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From "A history of the Alexander Family"
by Roy J. Alexander
Joseph Alexander was born in Ramsbury Parish, Wiltshire England on 14 May 1826 (baptized on 4 June), the sixth child and fourth son of John and Harriet Pike Alexander.
Joseph and Hannah Knight were married 29 April 1844 in the church at Ramsbury, both age 19 and of Ramsbury. Joseph was listed as a carpenter son of John Alexander, also a carpenter. Hannah was the daughter of George Knight, a miller.
Joseph and his bride Hannah came to America the year they were married. It is probable that Joseph's father, John, his brothers and sisters, friends and neighbors came on the same ship, or these others may have come the following year when Joseph made a return trip to England.
The family remained together for a while in Albany, New York. Then some of the brothers and sisters went west into Minnesota and Wisconsin territories, into Iowa and all the way to California and Washington. Some remained in New York and many descendents (descendants) still live in the eastern states.
Joseph Alexander pushed westward and was living near Watertown, Wisconsin on a farm in 1844 when his son was born on 30 September. He probably lived there about 10 years, as another son, Joseph E. was born there 25 December 1854 and later children were born in Rochester, Minnesota. While living in Watertown he ran some sort of general mercantile business and also sold and repaired shoes. In his day book of the period from 1848 to 1852 there are numerous entries for leather, hemp, tacks and mending shoes. His entries for 1848 indicated that he was still using the English money system, pounds, shilling and pence.
The population of Watertown in 1844 was probably about 1,400 when Joseph Alexander left in 1854 it was about 4,000.
At the time Joseph settled there the country-side was heavily timbered and roads and trails were being cut through the forests. All provisions had to be brought in by wagon from Milwaukee, 45 miles to the east.
There were many Indians in the area at the time; the Winnebagos on one side of the river with the Powawatamis on the other side. One of the tribes was under Chief Black Hawk.
While living in Watertown Joseph and Hannah became parents of five children; George John, Jabez Newton, Mary Ann, Hannah Belinda and Joseph E. Jabez Newton was born in Ramsbury Parish, England in 1848 while Hannah was making a return visit to her home there. The first child of Joseph and Hannah, also named Jabez, was born in England, brought to America as an infant, died at the age of about two and was buried in Watertown. Harriet Pike Alexander, wife of Joseph's father, John Alexander was also buried there.
One has to wonder why Joseph Alexander decided to leave his own family, other relatives and friends and again head westward. He left Watertown October the sixth 1854 to seek a home in Minnesota. After a long and weary tramp he reached LaCrosse ( by highway today about 150 miles.) There he became acquainted with a Mr. Wesly Ilen and his father who were on there way to Oronoco, Minnesota, and they wanted him to ride with them. The next day they crossed the river on the ferry and camped by a stream. Several of the campers were sick and as he had medicine with him and he understood what herbs to administer to the sick, he practiced medicine for the first time in Minnesota.
Joseph Alexander arrived in Rochester on 14th of October 1854. His first business activity in Rochester was the operation of a saw mill. Leonard's History of Olmsted County says:
"Rochester's first manufacturing industry was a saw mill built by Joseph Alexander and William Goldsworth, a son-in-law of Judge Olds, in 1855. It consisted of a scaffold six or eight feet high to which logs were raised and sawed by a long saw worked by a man on the ground and one on the platform., a primitive plan in common use in China. It did a large business and turned out as much as 500 feet a day. There was a ready demand for all it could manufacture. A later enterprise, a furniture factory burned down in 1863, after which the power was used for a feed mill and woolen mill."
Joseph continued his practice as an herb doctor while in Rochester. Also, being deeply religious, he was often called upon to perform the acts of a minister during the first years he was in Rochester and before any regular minister had appeared in the settlement.
At one time Joseph Alexander built and operated a saw mill about three miles west of Pine Island on the middle branch of the Zumbro River. An agreement was made in 1861 between Alexander and Goldsworthy to remove the machinery from Rochester to the site near Pine Island. Joseph and Hannah built a house near the new mill and it was there that their last child, William, was born in 1870.
Joseph Alexander started the operation of his grist mill about 1873 or 1874. He used the same water power that ran the woolen mill and the two mills were attached. It probably about this time that the wooden water wheel fell into disuse. Joseph Alexander's power came from a horizontal wheel, similar to a turbine. The mill was first run by water power and later converted to steam power.
The woolen mill was established in 1872 by Joseph Alexander and W. G. Barley. Some time later Mr. Alexander took over sole ownership and operation of the mill. The mill manufactured yarn, blankets and flannel; made wool into batts, and single yarn to be used in making wool cloth; made wool into rolls about 3 feet long and 1/2" in diameter for use on old fashioned spinning wheels.
Joseph and Hannah Alexander were the parents of thirteen children.
Jabez Hezakiah Alexander - b. 1844 at Ramsbury Parish, England. d. 1846 Watertown, Wisconsin
George John Alexander - b. 26 September 1846 at Watertown, Wisconsin.
Jabez Newton Alexander - b. 15 September 1848. Hannah returned to England for a visit, and while there her son was born.
Mary Ann Alexander - b. 13 January 1850 in Watertown, Wisconsin.
Hannah Belinda Alexander - b. 2 February 1853 in Watertown, Wisconsin. d. 25 September 1857 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Joseph E. Alexander - b. 25 December 1854 in Watertown, Wisconsin.
Elizabeth May Alexander - b. 29 April 1857 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Jane Alexander - b. April 1859 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Charles A. Alexander - b. 14 May 1861 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Ida Alexander - b. 15 May 1863 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Mattie Alexander - b. 25 September 1865 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Henry Edward Alexander - b. 18 July 1868 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Merton William Alexander - b. 23 May 1870 west of Pine Island, Minnesota.
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From "A history of the Alexander Family"
by Roy J. Alexander
Joseph Alexander was born in Ramsbury Parish, Wiltshire England on 14 May 1826 (baptized on 4 June), the sixth child and fourth son of John and Harriet Pike Alexander.
Joseph and Hannah Knight were married 29 April 1844 in the church at Ramsbury, both age 19 and of Ramsbury. Joseph was listed as a carpenter son of John Alexander, also a carpenter. Hannah was the daughter of George Knight, a miller.
Joseph and his bride Hannah came to America the year they were married. It is probable that Joseph's father, John, his brothers and sisters, friends and neighbors came on the same ship, or these others may have come the following year when Joseph made a return trip to England.
The family remained together for a while in Albany, New York. Then some of the brothers and sisters went west into Minnesota and Wisconsin territories, into Iowa and all the way to California and Washington. Some remained in New York and many descendents (descendants) still live in the eastern states.
Joseph Alexander pushed westward and was living near Watertown, Wisconsin on a farm in 1844 when his son was born on 30 September. He probably lived there about 10 years, as another son, Joseph E. was born there 25 December 1854 and later children were born in Rochester, Minnesota. While living in Watertown he ran some sort of general mercantile business and also sold and repaired shoes. In his day book of the period from 1848 to 1852 there are numerous entries for leather, hemp, tacks and mending shoes. His entries for 1848 indicated that he was still using the English money system, pounds, shilling and pence.
The population of Watertown in 1844 was probably about 1,400 when Joseph Alexander left in 1854 it was about 4,000.
At the time Joseph settled there the country-side was heavily timbered and roads and trails were being cut through the forests. All provisions had to be brought in by wagon from Milwaukee, 45 miles to the east.
There were many Indians in the area at the time; the Winnebagos on one side of the river with the Powawatamis on the other side. One of the tribes was under Chief Black Hawk.
While living in Watertown Joseph and Hannah became parents of five children; George John, Jabez Newton, Mary Ann, Hannah Belinda and Joseph E. Jabez Newton was born in Ramsbury Parish, England in 1848 while Hannah was making a return visit to her home there. The first child of Joseph and Hannah, also named Jabez, was born in England, brought to America as an infant, died at the age of about two and was buried in Watertown. Harriet Pike Alexander, wife of Joseph's father, John Alexander was also buried there.
One has to wonder why Joseph Alexander decided to leave his own family, other relatives and friends and again head westward. He left Watertown October the sixth 1854 to seek a home in Minnesota. After a long and weary tramp he reached LaCrosse ( by highway today about 150 miles.) There he became acquainted with a Mr. Wesly Ilen and his father who were on there way to Oronoco, Minnesota, and they wanted him to ride with them. The next day they crossed the river on the ferry and camped by a stream. Several of the campers were sick and as he had medicine with him and he understood what herbs to administer to the sick, he practiced medicine for the first time in Minnesota.
Joseph Alexander arrived in Rochester on 14th of October 1854. His first business activity in Rochester was the operation of a saw mill. Leonard's History of Olmsted County says:
"Rochester's first manufacturing industry was a saw mill built by Joseph Alexander and William Goldsworth, a son-in-law of Judge Olds, in 1855. It consisted of a scaffold six or eight feet high to which logs were raised and sawed by a long saw worked by a man on the ground and one on the platform., a primitive plan in common use in China. It did a large business and turned out as much as 500 feet a day. There was a ready demand for all it could manufacture. A later enterprise, a furniture factory burned down in 1863, after which the power was used for a feed mill and woolen mill."
Joseph continued his practice as an herb doctor while in Rochester. Also, being deeply religious, he was often called upon to perform the acts of a minister during the first years he was in Rochester and before any regular minister had appeared in the settlement.
At one time Joseph Alexander built and operated a saw mill about three miles west of Pine Island on the middle branch of the Zumbro River. An agreement was made in 1861 between Alexander and Goldsworthy to remove the machinery from Rochester to the site near Pine Island. Joseph and Hannah built a house near the new mill and it was there that their last child, William, was born in 1870.
Joseph Alexander started the operation of his grist mill about 1873 or 1874. He used the same water power that ran the woolen mill and the two mills were attached. It probably about this time that the wooden water wheel fell into disuse. Joseph Alexander's power came from a horizontal wheel, similar to a turbine. The mill was first run by water power and later converted to steam power.
The woolen mill was established in 1872 by Joseph Alexander and W. G. Barley. Some time later Mr. Alexander took over sole ownership and operation of the mill. The mill manufactured yarn, blankets and flannel; made wool into batts, and single yarn to be used in making wool cloth; made wool into rolls about 3 feet long and 1/2" in diameter for use on old fashioned spinning wheels.
Joseph and Hannah Alexander were the parents of thirteen children.
Jabez Hezakiah Alexander - b. 1844 at Ramsbury Parish, England. d. 1846 Watertown, Wisconsin
George John Alexander - b. 26 September 1846 at Watertown, Wisconsin.
Jabez Newton Alexander - b. 15 September 1848. Hannah returned to England for a visit, and while there her son was born.
Mary Ann Alexander - b. 13 January 1850 in Watertown, Wisconsin.
Hannah Belinda Alexander - b. 2 February 1853 in Watertown, Wisconsin. d. 25 September 1857 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Joseph E. Alexander - b. 25 December 1854 in Watertown, Wisconsin.
Elizabeth May Alexander - b. 29 April 1857 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Jane Alexander - b. April 1859 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Charles A. Alexander - b. 14 May 1861 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Ida Alexander - b. 15 May 1863 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Mattie Alexander - b. 25 September 1865 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Henry Edward Alexander - b. 18 July 1868 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Merton William Alexander - b. 23 May 1870 west of Pine Island, Minnesota.
The bio information can be found at:
http://www.alexanderfamilyhistory.com/alexfam/alex.htm
====================================================
From "A history of the Alexander Family"
by Roy J. Alexander
Joseph Alexander was born in Ramsbury Parish, Wiltshire England on 14 May 1826 (baptized on 4 June), the sixth child and fourth son of John and Harriet Pike Alexander.
Joseph and Hannah Knight were married 29 April 1844 in the church at Ramsbury, both age 19 and of Ramsbury. Joseph was listed as a carpenter son of John Alexander, also a carpenter. Hannah was the daughter of George Knight, a miller.
Joseph and his bride Hannah came to America the year they were married. It is probable that Joseph's father, John, his brothers and sisters, friends and neighbors came on the same ship, or these others may have come the following year when Joseph made a return trip to England.
The family remained together for a while in Albany, New York. Then some of the brothers and sisters went west into Minnesota and Wisconsin territories, into Iowa and all the way to California and Washington. Some remained in New York and many descendents (descendants) still live in the eastern states.
Joseph Alexander pushed westward and was living near Watertown, Wisconsin on a farm in 1844 when his son was born on 30 September. He probably lived there about 10 years, as another son, Joseph E. was born there 25 December 1854 and later children were born in Rochester, Minnesota. While living in Watertown he ran some sort of general mercantile business and also sold and repaired shoes. In his day book of the period from 1848 to 1852 there are numerous entries for leather, hemp, tacks and mending shoes. His entries for 1848 indicated that he was still using the English money system, pounds, shilling and pence.
The population of Watertown in 1844 was probably about 1,400 when Joseph Alexander left in 1854 it was about 4,000.
At the time Joseph settled there the country-side was heavily timbered and roads and trails were being cut through the forests. All provisions had to be brought in by wagon from Milwaukee, 45 miles to the east.
There were many Indians in the area at the time; the Winnebagos on one side of the river with the Powawatamis on the other side. One of the tribes was under Chief Black Hawk.
While living in Watertown Joseph and Hannah became parents of five children; George John, Jabez Newton, Mary Ann, Hannah Belinda and Joseph E. Jabez Newton was born in Ramsbury Parish, England in 1848 while Hannah was making a return visit to her home there. The first child of Joseph and Hannah, also named Jabez, was born in England, brought to America as an infant, died at the age of about two and was buried in Watertown. Harriet Pike Alexander, wife of Joseph's father, John Alexander was also buried there.
One has to wonder why Joseph Alexander decided to leave his own family, other relatives and friends and again head westward. He left Watertown October the sixth 1854 to seek a home in Minnesota. After a long and weary tramp he reached LaCrosse ( by highway today about 150 miles.) There he became acquainted with a Mr. Wesly Ilen and his father who were on there way to Oronoco, Minnesota, and they wanted him to ride with them. The next day they crossed the river on the ferry and camped by a stream. Several of the campers were sick and as he had medicine with him and he understood what herbs to administer to the sick, he practiced medicine for the first time in Minnesota.
Joseph Alexander arrived in Rochester on 14th of October 1854. His first business activity in Rochester was the operation of a saw mill. Leonard's History of Olmsted County says:
"Rochester's first manufacturing industry was a saw mill built by Joseph Alexander and William Goldsworth, a son-in-law of Judge Olds, in 1855. It consisted of a scaffold six or eight feet high to which logs were raised and sawed by a long saw worked by a man on the ground and one on the platform., a primitive plan in common use in China. It did a large business and turned out as much as 500 feet a day. There was a ready demand for all it could manufacture. A later enterprise, a furniture factory burned down in 1863, after which the power was used for a feed mill and woolen mill."
Joseph continued his practice as an herb doctor while in Rochester. Also, being deeply religious, he was often called upon to perform the acts of a minister during the first years he was in Rochester and before any regular minister had appeared in the settlement.
At one time Joseph Alexander built and operated a saw mill about three miles west of Pine Island on the middle branch of the Zumbro River. An agreement was made in 1861 between Alexander and Goldsworthy to remove the machinery from Rochester to the site near Pine Island. Joseph and Hannah built a house near the new mill and it was there that their last child, William, was born in 1870.
Joseph Alexander started the operation of his grist mill about 1873 or 1874. He used the same water power that ran the woolen mill and the two mills were attached. It probably about this time that the wooden water wheel fell into disuse. Joseph Alexander's power came from a horizontal wheel, similar to a turbine. The mill was first run by water power and later converted to steam power.
The woolen mill was established in 1872 by Joseph Alexander and W. G. Barley. Some time later Mr. Alexander took over sole ownership and operation of the mill. The mill manufactured yarn, blankets and flannel; made wool into batts, and single yarn to be used in making wool cloth; made wool into rolls about 3 feet long and 1/2" in diameter for use on old fashioned spinning wheels.
Joseph and Hannah Alexander were the parents of thirteen children.
Jabez Hezakiah Alexander - b. 1844 at Ramsbury Parish, England. d. 1846 Watertown, Wisconsin
George John Alexander - b. 26 September 1846 at Watertown, Wisconsin.
Jabez Newton Alexander - b. 15 September 1848. Hannah returned to England for a visit, and while there her son was born.
Mary Ann Alexander - b. 13 January 1850 in Watertown, Wisconsin.
Hannah Belinda Alexander - b. 2 February 1853 in Watertown, Wisconsin. d. 25 September 1857 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Joseph E. Alexander - b. 25 December 1854 in Watertown, Wisconsin.
Elizabeth May Alexander - b. 29 April 1857 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Jane Alexander - b. April 1859 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Charles A. Alexander - b. 14 May 1861 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Ida Alexander - b. 15 May 1863 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Mattie Alexander - b. 25 September 1865 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Henry Edward Alexander - b. 18 July 1868 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Merton William Alexander - b. 23 May 1870 west of Pine Island, Minnesota.
http://www.alexanderfamilyhistory.com/alexfam/alex.htm
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From "A history of the Alexander Family"
by Roy J. Alexander
Joseph Alexander was born in Ramsbury Parish, Wiltshire England on 14 May 1826 (baptized on 4 June), the sixth child and fourth son of John and Harriet Pike Alexander.
Joseph and Hannah Knight were married 29 April 1844 in the church at Ramsbury, both age 19 and of Ramsbury. Joseph was listed as a carpenter son of John Alexander, also a carpenter. Hannah was the daughter of George Knight, a miller.
Joseph and his bride Hannah came to America the year they were married. It is probable that Joseph's father, John, his brothers and sisters, friends and neighbors came on the same ship, or these others may have come the following year when Joseph made a return trip to England.
The family remained together for a while in Albany, New York. Then some of the brothers and sisters went west into Minnesota and Wisconsin territories, into Iowa and all the way to California and Washington. Some remained in New York and many descendents (descendants) still live in the eastern states.
Joseph Alexander pushed westward and was living near Watertown, Wisconsin on a farm in 1844 when his son was born on 30 September. He probably lived there about 10 years, as another son, Joseph E. was born there 25 December 1854 and later children were born in Rochester, Minnesota. While living in Watertown he ran some sort of general mercantile business and also sold and repaired shoes. In his day book of the period from 1848 to 1852 there are numerous entries for leather, hemp, tacks and mending shoes. His entries for 1848 indicated that he was still using the English money system, pounds, shilling and pence.
The population of Watertown in 1844 was probably about 1,400 when Joseph Alexander left in 1854 it was about 4,000.
At the time Joseph settled there the country-side was heavily timbered and roads and trails were being cut through the forests. All provisions had to be brought in by wagon from Milwaukee, 45 miles to the east.
There were many Indians in the area at the time; the Winnebagos on one side of the river with the Powawatamis on the other side. One of the tribes was under Chief Black Hawk.
While living in Watertown Joseph and Hannah became parents of five children; George John, Jabez Newton, Mary Ann, Hannah Belinda and Joseph E. Jabez Newton was born in Ramsbury Parish, England in 1848 while Hannah was making a return visit to her home there. The first child of Joseph and Hannah, also named Jabez, was born in England, brought to America as an infant, died at the age of about two and was buried in Watertown. Harriet Pike Alexander, wife of Joseph's father, John Alexander was also buried there.
One has to wonder why Joseph Alexander decided to leave his own family, other relatives and friends and again head westward. He left Watertown October the sixth 1854 to seek a home in Minnesota. After a long and weary tramp he reached LaCrosse ( by highway today about 150 miles.) There he became acquainted with a Mr. Wesly Ilen and his father who were on there way to Oronoco, Minnesota, and they wanted him to ride with them. The next day they crossed the river on the ferry and camped by a stream. Several of the campers were sick and as he had medicine with him and he understood what herbs to administer to the sick, he practiced medicine for the first time in Minnesota.
Joseph Alexander arrived in Rochester on 14th of October 1854. His first business activity in Rochester was the operation of a saw mill. Leonard's History of Olmsted County says:
"Rochester's first manufacturing industry was a saw mill built by Joseph Alexander and William Goldsworth, a son-in-law of Judge Olds, in 1855. It consisted of a scaffold six or eight feet high to which logs were raised and sawed by a long saw worked by a man on the ground and one on the platform., a primitive plan in common use in China. It did a large business and turned out as much as 500 feet a day. There was a ready demand for all it could manufacture. A later enterprise, a furniture factory burned down in 1863, after which the power was used for a feed mill and woolen mill."
Joseph continued his practice as an herb doctor while in Rochester. Also, being deeply religious, he was often called upon to perform the acts of a minister during the first years he was in Rochester and before any regular minister had appeared in the settlement.
At one time Joseph Alexander built and operated a saw mill about three miles west of Pine Island on the middle branch of the Zumbro River. An agreement was made in 1861 between Alexander and Goldsworthy to remove the machinery from Rochester to the site near Pine Island. Joseph and Hannah built a house near the new mill and it was there that their last child, William, was born in 1870.
Joseph Alexander started the operation of his grist mill about 1873 or 1874. He used the same water power that ran the woolen mill and the two mills were attached. It probably about this time that the wooden water wheel fell into disuse. Joseph Alexander's power came from a horizontal wheel, similar to a turbine. The mill was first run by water power and later converted to steam power.
The woolen mill was established in 1872 by Joseph Alexander and W. G. Barley. Some time later Mr. Alexander took over sole ownership and operation of the mill. The mill manufactured yarn, blankets and flannel; made wool into batts, and single yarn to be used in making wool cloth; made wool into rolls about 3 feet long and 1/2" in diameter for use on old fashioned spinning wheels.
Joseph and Hannah Alexander were the parents of thirteen children.
Jabez Hezakiah Alexander - b. 1844 at Ramsbury Parish, England. d. 1846 Watertown, Wisconsin
George John Alexander - b. 26 September 1846 at Watertown, Wisconsin.
Jabez Newton Alexander - b. 15 September 1848. Hannah returned to England for a visit, and while there her son was born.
Mary Ann Alexander - b. 13 January 1850 in Watertown, Wisconsin.
Hannah Belinda Alexander - b. 2 February 1853 in Watertown, Wisconsin. d. 25 September 1857 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Joseph E. Alexander - b. 25 December 1854 in Watertown, Wisconsin.
Elizabeth May Alexander - b. 29 April 1857 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Jane Alexander - b. April 1859 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Charles A. Alexander - b. 14 May 1861 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Ida Alexander - b. 15 May 1863 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Mattie Alexander - b. 25 September 1865 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Henry Edward Alexander - b. 18 July 1868 in Rochester, Minnesota.
Merton William Alexander - b. 23 May 1870 west of Pine Island, Minnesota.
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