Military pension records indicated he joined the army on March 5, 1849. He served as a musician in the army band for 30 years. A teamster after he left the service. Married Margaret Horan and fathered ten children. Died of acute alcoholism at the C. C. Hospital in San Francisco. His son, Edward Henry is also buried at the Presido. Alexander is the son of Walter Florentine who traces his ancestry back three generations to Marc Florentine and Ann Carlie, early settlers of NYC before 1700.
Military pension records indicated he joined the army on March 5, 1849. He served as a musician in the army band for 30 years. A teamster after he left the service. Married Margaret Horan and fathered ten children. Died of acute alcoholism at the C. C. Hospital in San Francisco. His son, Edward Henry is also buried at the Presido. Alexander is the son of Walter Florentine who traces his ancestry back three generations to Marc Florentine and Ann Carlie, early settlers of NYC before 1700.
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