Born: March 6, 1832, Allegany County, Maryland.
Died: September 7, 1914, Berks County, Pennsylvania.
Buried: Charles Evans Cemetery, Reading, Pennsylvania.
Alpheus was the son of Adam Sembower and Eve Margaret Ruff, and husband of Helena K. Knowlton.
He was pastor of the First Baptist Church, Pottsville, Pennsylvania (1868–72).
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