Reverend Thomas Alexander
1799 (April 8) - born near Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky
1818-1821 - educated at Princeton Theological Seminary
1824 (May 8) - ordained by the South Alabama Presbytery
1824-1837 - pastor, Valley Creek Church and Mt. Pleasant
Church, Selma, Alabama
1838-1847 - Vincennes, Indiana
1847-1850 - stated supply pastor, Marion and Fairview,
Indiana
1852-1854 - stated supply pastor, First Church,
Bloomington, Indiana
1854-1858 - home missionary and stated supply pastor,
Texas
1855 (April 20) - the Presbytery of Central Texas appointed
the Reverend Thomas Alexander to serve on a committee
with the Reverend John M. McChord and the Reverend
Samuel C. Taylor to organize a church in Waco Village.
The congregation was called the First Presbyterian
Church of McLennan County
1855 – The Reverend Thomas Alexander purchased land
and built a home twelve miles from Waco Village.
1857 - stated supply pastor, Oak Island, Freestone County,
Texas
1858 - 1864 - installed as pastor, Oak Island Church, Texas
1864 (March 26) - died in Cotton Gin, Freestone County,
Texas, and buried in Oak Island Presbyterian Church
Cemetery, Freestone County. Broken grave marker
2018 (June 26) – a grave marker was placed at Oak Island
Presbyterian Church Cemetery for the three organizing
ministers of First Presbyterian Church, Waco, Texas
From: The Organizing Ministers, First Presbyterian Church,
Waco, Texas, compiled by T. Bradford Willis, DDS, church
historian, 2018.
Sources:
Conger, Roger Norman. 1955. The First Presbyterian Church
of Waco, Texas: a memorial history, 1855-1955.
Presbyterian Church in the U.S., and E. C. Scott. 1942.
Ministerial directory of the Presbyterian Church, United
States, 1861-1941. Austin, Tex: Press of Von Boeckmann-
Jones Co.
“Rev. Thomas Alexander,” Find A Grave Memorial
(https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19910446).
Tenney, Leonard. 1895. History of the Presbytery of Central
Texas. Austin: E. Von Boeckmann.
1799 (April 8) - born near Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky
1818-1821 - educated at Princeton Theological Seminary
1824 (May 8) - ordained by the South Alabama Presbytery
1824-1837 - pastor, Valley Creek Church and Mt. Pleasant
Church, Selma, Alabama
1838-1847 - Vincennes, Indiana
1847-1850 - stated supply pastor, Marion and Fairview,
Indiana
1852-1854 - stated supply pastor, First Church,
Bloomington, Indiana
1854-1858 - home missionary and stated supply pastor,
Texas
1855 (April 20) - the Presbytery of Central Texas appointed
the Reverend Thomas Alexander to serve on a committee
with the Reverend John M. McChord and the Reverend
Samuel C. Taylor to organize a church in Waco Village.
The congregation was called the First Presbyterian
Church of McLennan County
1855 – The Reverend Thomas Alexander purchased land
and built a home twelve miles from Waco Village.
1857 - stated supply pastor, Oak Island, Freestone County,
Texas
1858 - 1864 - installed as pastor, Oak Island Church, Texas
1864 (March 26) - died in Cotton Gin, Freestone County,
Texas, and buried in Oak Island Presbyterian Church
Cemetery, Freestone County. Broken grave marker
2018 (June 26) – a grave marker was placed at Oak Island
Presbyterian Church Cemetery for the three organizing
ministers of First Presbyterian Church, Waco, Texas
From: The Organizing Ministers, First Presbyterian Church,
Waco, Texas, compiled by T. Bradford Willis, DDS, church
historian, 2018.
Sources:
Conger, Roger Norman. 1955. The First Presbyterian Church
of Waco, Texas: a memorial history, 1855-1955.
Presbyterian Church in the U.S., and E. C. Scott. 1942.
Ministerial directory of the Presbyterian Church, United
States, 1861-1941. Austin, Tex: Press of Von Boeckmann-
Jones Co.
“Rev. Thomas Alexander,” Find A Grave Memorial
(https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19910446).
Tenney, Leonard. 1895. History of the Presbytery of Central
Texas. Austin: E. Von Boeckmann.
Reverend Thomas Alexander
1799 (April 8) - born near Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky
1818-1821 - educated at Princeton Theological Seminary
1824 (May 8) - ordained by the South Alabama Presbytery
1824-1837 - pastor, Valley Creek Church and Mt. Pleasant
Church, Selma, Alabama
1838-1847 - Vincennes, Indiana
1847-1850 - stated supply pastor, Marion and Fairview,
Indiana
1852-1854 - stated supply pastor, First Church,
Bloomington, Indiana
1854-1858 - home missionary and stated supply pastor,
Texas
1855 (April 20) - the Presbytery of Central Texas appointed
the Reverend Thomas Alexander to serve on a committee
with the Reverend John M. McChord and the Reverend
Samuel C. Taylor to organize a church in Waco Village.
The congregation was called the First Presbyterian
Church of McLennan County
1855 – The Reverend Thomas Alexander purchased land
and built a home twelve miles from Waco Village.
1857 - stated supply pastor, Oak Island, Freestone County,
Texas
1858 - 1864 - installed as pastor, Oak Island Church, Texas
1864 (March 26) - died in Cotton Gin, Freestone County,
Texas, and buried in Oak Island Presbyterian Church
Cemetery, Freestone County. Broken grave marker
2018 (June 26) – a grave marker was placed at Oak Island
Presbyterian Church Cemetery for the three organizing
ministers of First Presbyterian Church, Waco, Texas
From: The Organizing Ministers, First Presbyterian Church,
Waco, Texas, compiled by T. Bradford Willis, DDS, church
historian, 2018.
Sources:
Conger, Roger Norman. 1955. The First Presbyterian Church
of Waco, Texas: a memorial history, 1855-1955.
Presbyterian Church in the U.S., and E. C. Scott. 1942.
Ministerial directory of the Presbyterian Church, United
States, 1861-1941. Austin, Tex: Press of Von Boeckmann-
Jones Co.
“Rev. Thomas Alexander,” Find A Grave Memorial
(https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19910446).
Tenney, Leonard. 1895. History of the Presbytery of Central
Texas. Austin: E. Von Boeckmann.
1799 (April 8) - born near Paris, Bourbon County, Kentucky
1818-1821 - educated at Princeton Theological Seminary
1824 (May 8) - ordained by the South Alabama Presbytery
1824-1837 - pastor, Valley Creek Church and Mt. Pleasant
Church, Selma, Alabama
1838-1847 - Vincennes, Indiana
1847-1850 - stated supply pastor, Marion and Fairview,
Indiana
1852-1854 - stated supply pastor, First Church,
Bloomington, Indiana
1854-1858 - home missionary and stated supply pastor,
Texas
1855 (April 20) - the Presbytery of Central Texas appointed
the Reverend Thomas Alexander to serve on a committee
with the Reverend John M. McChord and the Reverend
Samuel C. Taylor to organize a church in Waco Village.
The congregation was called the First Presbyterian
Church of McLennan County
1855 – The Reverend Thomas Alexander purchased land
and built a home twelve miles from Waco Village.
1857 - stated supply pastor, Oak Island, Freestone County,
Texas
1858 - 1864 - installed as pastor, Oak Island Church, Texas
1864 (March 26) - died in Cotton Gin, Freestone County,
Texas, and buried in Oak Island Presbyterian Church
Cemetery, Freestone County. Broken grave marker
2018 (June 26) – a grave marker was placed at Oak Island
Presbyterian Church Cemetery for the three organizing
ministers of First Presbyterian Church, Waco, Texas
From: The Organizing Ministers, First Presbyterian Church,
Waco, Texas, compiled by T. Bradford Willis, DDS, church
historian, 2018.
Sources:
Conger, Roger Norman. 1955. The First Presbyterian Church
of Waco, Texas: a memorial history, 1855-1955.
Presbyterian Church in the U.S., and E. C. Scott. 1942.
Ministerial directory of the Presbyterian Church, United
States, 1861-1941. Austin, Tex: Press of Von Boeckmann-
Jones Co.
“Rev. Thomas Alexander,” Find A Grave Memorial
(https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19910446).
Tenney, Leonard. 1895. History of the Presbytery of Central
Texas. Austin: E. Von Boeckmann.
