Transcribed from The Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties Iowa
Originally published 1886
James ALEXANDER, section 29, South Fork Township, has a fine farm of 240 acres on which he has lived since 1874. It was entered by John Dowell, a pioneer of Wayne County, but was very little improved when purchased by Mr. Alexander. His buildings, which are large and convenient, were erected by him, and his valuable orchard, which is a great addition to his farm, was set out under his supervision. Mr. Alexander is a native of Wayne County, Ohio, born in 1834, and in 1836 his parents removed to Jefferson County, the same State, where he was reared. He remained in his native State until 1861, when he came to Iowa and located in Lee County. The same year he enlisted in the war of the Rebellion, in the Third Iowa Calvary, but at the expiration of about a year was discharged on account of disease of the eyes, brought on by exposure. A year later his eyes had so far recovered as to enable him and he went out with the Fourth Iowa Battery, light artillery, and served until the close of the war. The greater part of his second term was passed at New Orleans and vicinity. His eyes have never fully recovered from the effects of his army life.
Mr. Alexander was married in Lee County, Iowa, to Mattie Anderson, a native of Pennsylvania. They have four children -- Ella, Willie, Mamie and Carl. Two children are deceased. John died aged eleven years, and Mattie aged three years. In politics Mr. Alexander is a Republican. He is a member of the Board of Commissioners of Wayne County, having been elected in the fall of 1885 for a term of three years. Mr. Alexander's father, John Alexander, removed to Wayne County in 1876 and settled two miles east of Corydon. His family consisted of ten children, nine of whom are living, our subject being the second son.
Originally published 1886
James ALEXANDER, section 29, South Fork Township, has a fine farm of 240 acres on which he has lived since 1874. It was entered by John Dowell, a pioneer of Wayne County, but was very little improved when purchased by Mr. Alexander. His buildings, which are large and convenient, were erected by him, and his valuable orchard, which is a great addition to his farm, was set out under his supervision. Mr. Alexander is a native of Wayne County, Ohio, born in 1834, and in 1836 his parents removed to Jefferson County, the same State, where he was reared. He remained in his native State until 1861, when he came to Iowa and located in Lee County. The same year he enlisted in the war of the Rebellion, in the Third Iowa Calvary, but at the expiration of about a year was discharged on account of disease of the eyes, brought on by exposure. A year later his eyes had so far recovered as to enable him and he went out with the Fourth Iowa Battery, light artillery, and served until the close of the war. The greater part of his second term was passed at New Orleans and vicinity. His eyes have never fully recovered from the effects of his army life.
Mr. Alexander was married in Lee County, Iowa, to Mattie Anderson, a native of Pennsylvania. They have four children -- Ella, Willie, Mamie and Carl. Two children are deceased. John died aged eleven years, and Mattie aged three years. In politics Mr. Alexander is a Republican. He is a member of the Board of Commissioners of Wayne County, having been elected in the fall of 1885 for a term of three years. Mr. Alexander's father, John Alexander, removed to Wayne County in 1876 and settled two miles east of Corydon. His family consisted of ten children, nine of whom are living, our subject being the second son.
Transcribed from The Biographical and Historical Record of Wayne and Appanoose Counties Iowa
Originally published 1886
James ALEXANDER, section 29, South Fork Township, has a fine farm of 240 acres on which he has lived since 1874. It was entered by John Dowell, a pioneer of Wayne County, but was very little improved when purchased by Mr. Alexander. His buildings, which are large and convenient, were erected by him, and his valuable orchard, which is a great addition to his farm, was set out under his supervision. Mr. Alexander is a native of Wayne County, Ohio, born in 1834, and in 1836 his parents removed to Jefferson County, the same State, where he was reared. He remained in his native State until 1861, when he came to Iowa and located in Lee County. The same year he enlisted in the war of the Rebellion, in the Third Iowa Calvary, but at the expiration of about a year was discharged on account of disease of the eyes, brought on by exposure. A year later his eyes had so far recovered as to enable him and he went out with the Fourth Iowa Battery, light artillery, and served until the close of the war. The greater part of his second term was passed at New Orleans and vicinity. His eyes have never fully recovered from the effects of his army life.
Mr. Alexander was married in Lee County, Iowa, to Mattie Anderson, a native of Pennsylvania. They have four children -- Ella, Willie, Mamie and Carl. Two children are deceased. John died aged eleven years, and Mattie aged three years. In politics Mr. Alexander is a Republican. He is a member of the Board of Commissioners of Wayne County, having been elected in the fall of 1885 for a term of three years. Mr. Alexander's father, John Alexander, removed to Wayne County in 1876 and settled two miles east of Corydon. His family consisted of ten children, nine of whom are living, our subject being the second son.
Originally published 1886
James ALEXANDER, section 29, South Fork Township, has a fine farm of 240 acres on which he has lived since 1874. It was entered by John Dowell, a pioneer of Wayne County, but was very little improved when purchased by Mr. Alexander. His buildings, which are large and convenient, were erected by him, and his valuable orchard, which is a great addition to his farm, was set out under his supervision. Mr. Alexander is a native of Wayne County, Ohio, born in 1834, and in 1836 his parents removed to Jefferson County, the same State, where he was reared. He remained in his native State until 1861, when he came to Iowa and located in Lee County. The same year he enlisted in the war of the Rebellion, in the Third Iowa Calvary, but at the expiration of about a year was discharged on account of disease of the eyes, brought on by exposure. A year later his eyes had so far recovered as to enable him and he went out with the Fourth Iowa Battery, light artillery, and served until the close of the war. The greater part of his second term was passed at New Orleans and vicinity. His eyes have never fully recovered from the effects of his army life.
Mr. Alexander was married in Lee County, Iowa, to Mattie Anderson, a native of Pennsylvania. They have four children -- Ella, Willie, Mamie and Carl. Two children are deceased. John died aged eleven years, and Mattie aged three years. In politics Mr. Alexander is a Republican. He is a member of the Board of Commissioners of Wayne County, having been elected in the fall of 1885 for a term of three years. Mr. Alexander's father, John Alexander, removed to Wayne County in 1876 and settled two miles east of Corydon. His family consisted of ten children, nine of whom are living, our subject being the second son.
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