The son of John & Nancy (Sigworth) Alexander, in 1860 he was living in Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, but shortly after the census enumeration moved to Carlisle, Cumberland County, where he worked as a clerk. He stood 5' 8" tall and had black hair and dark eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the overstated age of eighteen in Carlisle July 25, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 6 as a private with Co. G, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Harrisburg June 18, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service there June 19 as a corporal with Murray's Independent Cavalry Militia, and honorably discharged with the unit August 11, 1863.
After the war, he returned to Schuylkill County where he married Mary Louisa Glassmire September 27, 1865, at Orwigsburg, fathering the children you see linked below. A member of a musical family, he took a position as band director in Wilkes Barre, Luzerne County, and became renown throughout northeastern Pennsylvania and possibly beyond. In 1881, he enlisted with the Pennsylvania National Guard and served as band master for many years.
Death came while ice fishing on Harveys Lake. He fell through the ice and remained submerged for up to fifteen minutes, although his death certificate oddly lists a cerebral hemorrhage, not drowning, as cause of death. His obituary in a Wilkes Barre newspaper wrongly claims that he served with the 139th Pennsylvania Infantry, and his death certificate reports December 8 as birthday.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the overstated age of eighteen in Carlisle July 25, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 6 as a private with Co. G, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Harrisburg June 18, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service there June 19 as a corporal with Murray's Independent Cavalry Militia, and honorably discharged with the unit August 11, 1863.
After the war, he returned to Schuylkill County where he married Mary Louisa Glassmire September 27, 1865, at Orwigsburg, fathering the children you see linked below. A member of a musical family, he took a position as band director in Wilkes Barre, Luzerne County, and became renown throughout northeastern Pennsylvania and possibly beyond. In 1881, he enlisted with the Pennsylvania National Guard and served as band master for many years.
Death came while ice fishing on Harveys Lake. He fell through the ice and remained submerged for up to fifteen minutes, although his death certificate oddly lists a cerebral hemorrhage, not drowning, as cause of death. His obituary in a Wilkes Barre newspaper wrongly claims that he served with the 139th Pennsylvania Infantry, and his death certificate reports December 8 as birthday.
The son of John & Nancy (Sigworth) Alexander, in 1860 he was living in Orwigsburg, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, but shortly after the census enumeration moved to Carlisle, Cumberland County, where he worked as a clerk. He stood 5' 8" tall and had black hair and dark eyes.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the overstated age of eighteen in Carlisle July 25, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 6 as a private with Co. G, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Harrisburg June 18, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service there June 19 as a corporal with Murray's Independent Cavalry Militia, and honorably discharged with the unit August 11, 1863.
After the war, he returned to Schuylkill County where he married Mary Louisa Glassmire September 27, 1865, at Orwigsburg, fathering the children you see linked below. A member of a musical family, he took a position as band director in Wilkes Barre, Luzerne County, and became renown throughout northeastern Pennsylvania and possibly beyond. In 1881, he enlisted with the Pennsylvania National Guard and served as band master for many years.
Death came while ice fishing on Harveys Lake. He fell through the ice and remained submerged for up to fifteen minutes, although his death certificate oddly lists a cerebral hemorrhage, not drowning, as cause of death. His obituary in a Wilkes Barre newspaper wrongly claims that he served with the 139th Pennsylvania Infantry, and his death certificate reports December 8 as birthday.
A Civil War veteran, he served two terms of service:
1. Enlisted at the overstated age of eighteen in Carlisle July 25, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 6 as a private with Co. G, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 21, 1863.
2. Enlisted at the stated age of eighteen in Harrisburg June 18, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service there June 19 as a corporal with Murray's Independent Cavalry Militia, and honorably discharged with the unit August 11, 1863.
After the war, he returned to Schuylkill County where he married Mary Louisa Glassmire September 27, 1865, at Orwigsburg, fathering the children you see linked below. A member of a musical family, he took a position as band director in Wilkes Barre, Luzerne County, and became renown throughout northeastern Pennsylvania and possibly beyond. In 1881, he enlisted with the Pennsylvania National Guard and served as band master for many years.
Death came while ice fishing on Harveys Lake. He fell through the ice and remained submerged for up to fifteen minutes, although his death certificate oddly lists a cerebral hemorrhage, not drowning, as cause of death. His obituary in a Wilkes Barre newspaper wrongly claims that he served with the 139th Pennsylvania Infantry, and his death certificate reports December 8 as birthday.
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