Father: William Brown Alexander
Mother: Susan Pearson Brown
1838 - Mother, Susan, died
1846 - Father, William, died
10/04/1850 - District 46, Lafayette Co., MO
03/01/1860 - M.D. degree, Columbian College Medical Dept. [National Medical College], Washington, DC (from: MO)
08/00/1860 - Practiced medicine, Cambridge, Saline Co., MO (living with his brother, Dr. Octavius Alexander - indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as Lee M. Alexander
10/09/1862 - As Surgeon, 4th MO Regt, MO St. Guards & Prisoner of War, paroled by the U. S. Army, on board Steamer Louis D'or near Baton Rouge, LA
02/12/1863 - Member, Confederate Army Board of Medical Examination, Ft. Smith, AR
04/11/1863-05/02/1863 - Acting Asst. Surgeon [contract physician], Gen. Hospital, Ft. Smith, AR
06/00/1863 - Surgeon and staff of Gen. S. B. Maxey
06/29/1863 - Passed Confederate Army Board of Medical Examination, Ft. Smith, AR
11/00/1863 - Surgeon, 2nd Creek Regt., in the field
02/02/1864 - Appointed Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 06/23/1863
02/02/1864 - Confirmed as Surgeon from MO by the Confederate States Senate
06/17/1864 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. S. B. Maxey, District of Indian Territory
09/15/1864 - Chief Surgeon, Gen. S. B. Maxey, District of Indian Territory
10/04/1864 - Medical Director, District of Indian Territory
01/00/1865 - Surgeon & Medical Director, Maj. Gen. S. B. Maxey, Ft. Towson, Indian Territory
03/00/1865 - Medical Director, District of Indian Territory, Brig. Gen. D. H. Cooper, commanding, Doaksville, Cherokee Nation
04/23/1867 - Married, Sarah H. Harris (1848-1917), Saline Co., MO
08/10/1870 - Practiced medicine, Jefferson, Saline Co., MO (living with wife, Sarah, and one child - indexed in the 1870 U.S. Census as "Dr. Alexander")
06/15/1880 - Practiced medicine, Marshall, Saline Co (living with wife, S.H., and one son - indexed in the 1880 U.S. Census as L.M. Alexander)
07/30/1885 - Signed a petition, addressed to Missouri Governor John S. Marmaduke, requesting that a planned branch penitentiary not be located in Marshall, Saline Co., MO
1890,1893 - Practiced medicine, Marshall, Saline Co., MO
02/25/1897 - Registered as a voter, Madison Precinct, Fresno Co., CA (occupation: physician; place of birth: Virginia; height: 6 ft. 6 in.; complexion: fair; eyes: blue; hair: gray) [From California voter register for Fresno Co., CA]
02/20/1900 - Died, Fresno Co., CA
11/13/1917 - Wife, Sarah, died (buried: Ridge Park Cemetery, Marshall, MO)

Note: Dr Octavius Alexander, a brother of Dr. Lee M. Alexander also served the Confederacy in a medical capacity.

This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
03/20/2016. Unpublished database.