Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Madison Augustine Alexander and Mary Margaret McVey




Husband Madison Augustine Alexander 1

           Born: 8 Oct 1832 - Kishacoquillas, Mifflin Co, PA 1
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           Died: 16 Feb 1865 1
         Buried: 


         Father: Thomas Clark Alexander (1799-1858) 2 3
         Mother: Nancy Beatty (      -1862) 4


       Marriage: 30 Sep 1857 - Ohio 1



Wife Mary Margaret McVey 1

           Born: 
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           Died: 12 Jul 1873 1
         Buried: 


         Father: Col.  McVey (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 




Children
1 F Emily Cornelia Alexander 1

           Born: 26 Oct 1858 1
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           Died: 
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2 F Martha Jane Alexander 5

           Born: 26 Jan 1861 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 31 Aug 1861 5
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


3 M William McVey Alexander 5

           Born: 23 Oct 1863 5
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           Died: 
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General Notes: Husband - Madison Augustine Alexander


He received a good boarding-school education in Pennsylvania, then followed his brothers to Ohio.
Early in the civil war he enlisted as an officer in an Ohio regiment, which went under the command of General Sherman. In the hard-fought battle of Pittsburg Landing, April 6, 1862, he received a severe wound, of which he never fully recovered.

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Sources


1 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 71.

2 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 43.

3 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 590.

4 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 67.

5 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 72.


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