I next pulled in at the home of Wm. Alexander. Bill is 48 years old; was born in Clinton county, Iowa; has been in Nebraska 26 years; was the first settler in this part of the county; has 3 children dead and 8 living. He says George, his second boy, was the first born child in Howard county, as he was born in June 1872. Bill knows all about the ups and downs of a wilderness life and has had more bad luck than anybody. The 6th of last June the North Loup river took a fit and jumped out of its banks and strewed a whole lot of Let. Procter's rubbish all over his crop and pretty near done it up. I have found him to be as good hearted a man as there is in this valley. He and his boys farmed a good deal of land in '96, but the hail, rust and high water cut down on his yield to a great extent. His 4 oldest are of age: Charley, George, James and Mary. Mary taught our school 2 years ago, and my children never learned faster from any teacher than they did from her. Mary can't be cruel enough to whip a child in the hand like some teachers. A teacher who will whip a child in the hand ought to be dragged through a bonfire heels first.
- Transcribed by Linda Berney
I next pulled in at the home of Wm. Alexander. Bill is 48 years old; was born in Clinton county, Iowa; has been in Nebraska 26 years; was the first settler in this part of the county; has 3 children dead and 8 living. He says George, his second boy, was the first born child in Howard county, as he was born in June 1872. Bill knows all about the ups and downs of a wilderness life and has had more bad luck than anybody. The 6th of last June the North Loup river took a fit and jumped out of its banks and strewed a whole lot of Let. Procter's rubbish all over his crop and pretty near done it up. I have found him to be as good hearted a man as there is in this valley. He and his boys farmed a good deal of land in '96, but the hail, rust and high water cut down on his yield to a great extent. His 4 oldest are of age: Charley, George, James and Mary. Mary taught our school 2 years ago, and my children never learned faster from any teacher than they did from her. Mary can't be cruel enough to whip a child in the hand like some teachers. A teacher who will whip a child in the hand ought to be dragged through a bonfire heels first.
- Transcribed by Linda Berney
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William C. Alexander
1870–1954
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George F Alexander
1872–1918
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Nicholas J. Alexander
1874–1950
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Mary Maggie Alexander Jefferies
1877–1914
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Alva H. Alexander
1879–1967
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Grover Cleveland "Pete" Alexander
1887–1950
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Warren Alexander
1889–1963
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Edgar Owen Alexander
1891–1896
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Raymond Sylvester Alexander
1895–1933
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