Alexander married Susannah Thompson in 1851. They were the parents of eight children. They along with their five living children moved from Fairfield, Iowa to Centerville, Iowa in April 1865, where Susannah constructed the "Jefferson House Hotel," later known as the "Continental Hotel," on the east side of the Centerville Square. Susannah later built a three story brick hotel on this site that burned in the early morning of February 9, 1893. While alerting her guests she was trapped on the third floor. In an attempt to save her life she jumped from a third story window and died from her injuries later that day.
Alexander married Susannah Thompson in 1851. They were the parents of eight children. They along with their five living children moved from Fairfield, Iowa to Centerville, Iowa in April 1865, where Susannah constructed the "Jefferson House Hotel," later known as the "Continental Hotel," on the east side of the Centerville Square. Susannah later built a three story brick hotel on this site that burned in the early morning of February 9, 1893. While alerting her guests she was trapped on the third floor. In an attempt to save her life she jumped from a third story window and died from her injuries later that day.
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