James Hillhouse Alexander (1840-1902)

James Hillhouse Alexander

Birth

6 Jun 1840

Death

4 Dec 1902 (aged 62)

Burial

Magnolia Cemetery

Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, USA Add to Map

Plot

J.H. ALEXANDER SECTION 99 W. of De L'Aigle AV. near 2nd St. - 3rd space from S.W. Cor.

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Son of Adam Leopold Alexander and Sarah Hillhouse Gilbert

Married Sarah Joyner Irvin on 25 June 1863

Children:

Irvin married Daisy Davidson
Hugh H. married Mary Burton
Elizabeth "Lizzie" married Llewellen G. Doughty

Siblings:

Harriett Virginia married Wallace Cumming
Mary Clifford married George Gilmer Hull
William Felix #1 married Maria Louisa Toombs, #2 Lucy Gilmer Gratton
Charles A. married #1 Ida Ann Calhoun #2 Rosa Calhoun
Marian Brockett married Rev. Will Ellison Boggs
Alice Van Yeveren married Alexander Cheves Haskell
Louisa Frederika married Jeremy Gilmer (Civil War General)
Edward Porter married #1 Betty Jacqueline Mason married #2 Mary Landon Mason, (niece of his first wife.) Famous Confederate General

Inscription

"Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright, for the end of that man is peace."

Obit: (AC.Fri Dec 5 1902)Died at 10:30 pm at his home on 267 Broad St, the Hon. James Hillhouse Alexander.
Major Alexander was sick for 6 months.
He was born in Washington (GA) where his boyhood was spent, in 1840. He was educated at the Univ. of VA and later took a course of law at Harvard Univ. He then entered the service of the Confederacy as a Lt. of the Irvin Guards, a company raised in his native county (Wilkes). He was later on the staff of Gen. A.R. Lawton with the rank of Captain. He later was under Gen. E.P. Alexander as a Signal officer. In Richmond, he led a TX company in which all of it's officers had been killed.
On June 25 1863, he married Miss Sarah Irvin of Washington.
He was connected with the Dixon Fertilizer Co. In 1876, he bought out the drug co. Plumb & Leitner and established the Alexander Drug and Seed Co.
Served as Mayor in Dec 1891 and served for 3 years.
He left a wife and two sons, Irvin and Hugh Alexander. His only daughter, Mrs. Llewellen Doughty, died a year or two ago. He was a member of the Methodist Church, attending Broadway Church.

Gravesite Details

Aged 62 yrs. 30 yr. resident of Augusta. Married. Merchant. b. in Wilkes Co,GA. d. Augusta from Supurative Hepatitis. Buried Dec 6 1902. Shares stone w/ Sarah Irvin Alexander.