Samuel Edmiston Alexander and Mary Alexander
Husband Samuel Edmiston Alexander 1 2
Born: 17 Jan 1785 - Sherman's Valley, Cumberland (later Perry) Co, PA 3 Christened: Died: 17 Jan 1862 4 Buried: - Little Valley Presbyterian Church
Father: John Alexander (Abt 1756-1816) 2 5 6 7 Mother: Margaret Clark ( -1834) 2 7 8
Marriage: 28 Dec 1809 3
Wife Mary Alexander 9
Born: Abt 1793 - Kishacoquillas Valley, Mifflin Co, PA Christened: Died: 9 Dec 1869 4 Buried: - Little Valley Presbyterian Church
Father: James Alexander (1772-1847) 10 11 Mother: Jane Adams (1776-1834) 12
Children
1 F Belinda Alexander 13
Born: 16 Nov 1810 13 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: John Cooper ( - ) 13 Marr: 3 May 1834 13
2 F Jane Adams Alexander 13
Born: 12 Jan 1813 13 Christened: Died: 9 Aug 1870 14 Buried:Spouse: Mathew B. Casey ( -1862) 14 Marr: 9 Oct 1839 14
3 M Rev. John Edmiston Alexander 13 15
Born: 2 Jun 1815 13 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Mary Milliken (1820-1854) 15 16 Marr: 22 Nov 1842 16Spouse: Catherine Milligan Potter ( - ) 17
4 F Margaret Ann Alexander 13
Born: 22 Sep 1817 13 Christened: Died: 28 Nov 1871 18 Buried:Spouse: Oliver Kerr ( - ) 18 Marr: 5 Oct 1847 18
5 M James Hamilton Alexander 13 19 20
Born: 19 Nov 1819 13 19 21 Christened: Died: 19 Oct 1893 19 21 Buried:Spouse: Elizabeth Rothrock (Abt 1826-1846) 18 Marr: 9 Oct 1844 18Spouse: Amanda Ellen Bell (1831-1852) 18 22 23 Marr: 24 May 1849 18 19 21Spouse: Susannah Beatty ( - ) 24
6 F Emily Alexander 13
Born: 22 Jan 1822 13 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: James Maginness Martin ( - ) 24 Marr: 16 Jun 1846 24
7 F Mary Elizabeth Alexander 13
Born: 25 Mar 1824 13 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Joseph Kearns ( -1860) 25 Marr: 5 Jul 1860 25
8 F Frances Martha "Hattie" Alexander 13
Born: 14 Feb 1826 13 Christened: Died: 22 Sep 1846 13 Buried:
9 M Samuel Hugh Alexander 13
Born: 27 Jan 1828 13 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Nancy McCurdy ( - ) 25 Marr: 22 Apr 1857 25
10 M William Annin Alexander 13
Born: 19 Aug 1830 13 Christened: Died: 5 Sep 1864 26 Buried: - Little Valley, Mifflin Co, PASpouse: Did Not Marry
11 M Milton Clark Alexander 13
Born: 28 Sep 1832 13 Christened: Died: 5 Sep 1840 13 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
12 F Harriet Rosanna Alexander 13
Born: 15 Dec 1834 13 Christened: Died: 26 Jun 1866 26 Buried: - Washington, Guernsey Co, OHSpouse: Elijah Sproat ( - ) 26
13 M Henry Price Alexander 13
Born: 22 Sep 1837 13 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Elizabeth Jane Kearns (1845- ) 27 Marr: 17 May 1864 27
14 M David Bingham Alexander 13
Born: 27 Jul 1838 13 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Eunice Maria Ray ( - ) 27 Marr: 6 Dec 1870 27
15 M Thomas Howard Alexander 13
Born: 2 Jul 1841 13 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Mary Thompson ( - ) 27 Marr: 1865 27Spouse: Unknown ( - )
General Notes: Husband - Samuel Edmiston Alexander
He was a few months over two years old when his parents moved to Little Valley, near Lewistown, Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. Besides farming, he also learned in his youth to use the tools of the smith and carpenter, but employed this skill only for private purposes. He established himself on a portion of his father's tract, which was mostly a forest. This he cleared and improved, and on this, by industry, economy and good management, he raised and educated a family of fifteen children.
He never contracted a debt that could be avoided, or delayed the payment of a necessary one. Remembering on his deathbed that he owed a debt of a few dollars which had been forgotten in his sickness, he directed an immediate payment, and was glad in the consciousness of "owing no man anything." Thus he avoided troublesome embarrassments, and enjoyed a noble independence.
He sought no public offices, yet his fellow-citizens entrusted him with those of County Commissioner and Associate Judge. He was an active and efficient elder of the Presbyterian Church for forty years, taking an interest in all that pertained to its temporal and spiritual prosperity; giving liberally, attending punctually on the means of grace and in the church courts, and delighting to entertain the clergy, who often enjoyed his generous hospitality. In his family he was thoughtful, kind, provident, strict and faithful. Family worship, Bible-reading, learning and reciting the Catechism, and the proper observance of the Sabbath, were constantly maintained by him.
He and his wife were second cousins.
1 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 43, 53.
2 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 590.
3 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 53.
4 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 54.
5 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 30.
6 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 41.
7 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 22.
8 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 42.
9 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 53, 159.
10 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 122.
11 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 31.
12 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 155.
13 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 55.
14 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 56.
15 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 586.
16 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 58.
17 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 60.
18 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 61.
19 Raymond M. Bell, Founders of the Bell Family (Carlisle, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 18.
20 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 37.
21 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 61.
22 Raymond M. Bell, Founders of the Bell Family (Carlisle, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 11.
23 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 35.
24 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 62.
25 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 63.
26 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 64.
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John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 65.
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