Benjamin Alexander and Rebecca Simpson

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Husband Benjamin Alexander ¹

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           Born: Abt 1781 - Washington Co, PA
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           Died: 18 Apr 1869 - ? Mercer Co, PA 1
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         Father: Hector Alexander (      -      ) 2
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   Other Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Hosack (      -      ) 1

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

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Wife Rebecca Simpson ¹

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           Born:  - Washington Co, PA
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           Died: 1868 - ? Mercer Co, PA 1
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         Father: Robert Simpson (      -      ) 1
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Children

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1 F Elizabeth N. Alexander ¹

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2 M James S. Alexander ^{1 3}

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           Born: 8 Apr 1823 1
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         Spouse: Sarah A. McChesney (      -1861) 1 3
           Marr: 1850 1 3

         Spouse: Mary Carroll (      -      ) 1 3
           Marr: 1 Jan 1868 1

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3 M Mathew W. Alexander ^{4 5}

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           Born: 21 Mar 1826 - Findley Twp, Mercer Co, PA 1
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         Spouse: Celia McChesney (      -      ) 1
           Marr: 1848 1 3

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4 F Prudence Alexander ¹

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           Died: Aft 1888
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         Spouse: Patterson Findley (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - Benjamin Alexander

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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.

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.

3 Beatrice Barnes McClelland, A History of the Barnes Families in Jackson Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Tionesta, PA: Forest Press, Inc., 1977), Pg 192.

4 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 946, 948.

5 Beatrice Barnes McClelland, A History of the Barnes Families in Jackson Township, Mercer County, Pennsylvania (Tionesta, PA: Forest Press, Inc., 1977), Pg 167, 192.