Rev. Maitland Alexander, A.B., A.M., D.D. and Madelaine F. Laughlin

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Husband Rev. Maitland Alexander, A.B., A.M., D.D. ¹

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           Born: 8 Apr 1867 - New York City, NY 1
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         Father: Henry M. Alexander (      -      ) 1 2
         Mother: Susan Mary Brown (      -      ) 1 2

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       Marriage: 17 Apr 1896 1

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Wife Madelaine F. Laughlin ¹

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General Notes: Husband - Rev. Maitland Alexander, A.B., A.M., D.D.

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After completing his preparatory studies in the schools of his native city, as a young man, he entered Princeton University, from which he was graduated in 1889, with the degree of Bachelor of Arts. He then went to Chicago, Illinois, and spent the year 1889-90 at the McCormick Theological Seminary, in that city. Thereafter, entering Princeton Theological Seminary, he was graduated in 1892, at that time receiving the degree of Master of Arts. He was later honored by Lafayette College, of Easton, Pennsylvania, which conferred upon him, in 1897, the degree of Doctor of Divinity. Dr. Alexander was ordained to the Presbyterian ministry in the year 1892, and was called to the pastorate of the Long Branch, New Jersey, church of that denomination in 1893, and served this church for four years. In 1897 he was called to Harlem, New York, and there served for about two years. Then on May 1, 1899, Dr. Alexander accepted the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh.
Dr. Alexander was appointed moderator of the Presbyterian General Assembly in 1916. Politically he endorsed the principles of the Republican Party. He held membership with the Pittsburgh Club, Duquesne Club, the Allegheny Country Club, the University Club, and the New York Yacht Club.

1 George P. Donehoo, Pennsylvania - A History (SW) (New York, NY; Chicago, IL: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, Inc., 1926), Pg 15.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 89.