Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Benjamin Alexander and Mary Elizabeth Hosack




Husband Benjamin Alexander 1

           Born: Abt 1781 - Washington Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 18 Apr 1869 - ? Mercer Co, PA 1
         Buried: 


         Father: Hector Alexander (      -      ) 2
         Mother: 


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Rebecca Simpson (      -1868) 1

• Note: This may be the same person as : Benjamin Alexander.




Wife Mary Elizabeth Hosack 1

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Children
1 M Davidson Alexander 2

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           Died: Bef 1888
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2 M Henry Alexander 2

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           Died: Bef 1888
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3 M William H. Alexander 1

           Born: 1812 - Mercer Co, PA 2
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           Died: 1889 - Mercer Co, PA 2
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         Spouse: Mary McConnell (1812-      ) 2


4 F Drucilla Alexander 2

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           Died: Bef 1888
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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Alexander


He came to Mercer County, Pennsylvania, in 1816, and worked for a while for Benjamin Stokeley.
He was one of the first surveyors of Mercer County, and served two terms as county surveyor and one term as commissioner. He was a strong Republican, and an elder in the Second United Presbyterian Church.
He had six children with his first wife; only one was still living in 1888.

Upon coming to Mercer County, Pennsylvania, he settled in Findley township-about 1800. He lived and died on the farm on which he first located. The age he reached was either eighty-three or eighty-four years. Besides attending to his duties as an agriculturist, he was also a land surveyor and surveyed many tracts of land.

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Sources


1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 946.

2 J. G. White, A Twentieth Century History of Mercer County Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1909), Pg 530.


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