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) 5 6 7 8 Mother: Margaret Clark ( -1834) 6 8 9
Marriage: 28 Dec 1809 3
Wife Mary Alexander 10 11
Born: Abt 1793 - Kishacoquillas Valley, Mifflin Co, PA Christened: Died: 9 Dec 1869 4 Buried: - Little Valley Presbyterian Church
Father: James Alexander (1772-1847) 12 13 14 Mother: Jane Adams (1776-1834) 11 15
Children
1 F Belinda Alexander 16
Born: 16 Nov 1810 16 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: John Cooper ( - ) 16 Marr: 3 May 1834 16
2 F Jane Adams Alexander 16
Born: 12 Jan 1813 16 Christened: Died: 9 Aug 1870 17 Buried:Spouse: Mathew B. Casey ( -1862) 17 Marr: 9 Oct 1839 17
3 M Rev. John Edmiston Alexander 16 18
Born: 2 Jun 1815 16 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Mary Milliken (1820-1854) 18 19 Marr: 22 Nov 1842 19Spouse: Catherine Milligan Potter ( - ) 20
4 F Margaret Ann Alexander 16
Born: 22 Sep 1817 16 Christened: Died: 28 Nov 1871 21 Buried:Spouse: Oliver Kerr ( - ) 21 Marr: 5 Oct 1847 21
5 M James Hamilton Alexander 16 22 23
Born: 19 Nov 1819 16 22 24 Christened: Died: 19 Oct 1893 22 24 Buried:Spouse: Elizabeth Rothrock (Abt 1826-1846) 21 Marr: 9 Oct 1844 21Spouse: Amanda Ellen Bell (1831-1852) 21 25 26 Marr: 24 May 1849 21 22 24Spouse: Susannah Beatty ( - ) 27
6 F Emily Alexander 16
Born: 22 Jan 1822 16 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: James Maginness Martin ( - ) 27 Marr: 16 Jun 1846 27
7 F Mary Elizabeth Alexander 16
Born: 25 Mar 1824 16 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Joseph Kearns ( -1860) 28 Marr: 5 Jul 1860 28
8 F Frances Martha "Hattie" Alexander 16
Born: 14 Feb 1826 16 Christened: Died: 22 Sep 1846 16 Buried:
9 M Samuel Hugh Alexander 16
Born: 27 Jan 1828 16 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Nancy McCurdy ( - ) 28 Marr: 22 Apr 1857 28
10 M William Annin Alexander 16
Born: 19 Aug 1830 16 Christened: Died: 5 Sep 1864 29 Buried: - Little Valley, Mifflin Co, PASpouse: Did Not Marry
11 M Milton Clark Alexander 16
Born: 28 Sep 1832 16 Christened: Died: 5 Sep 1840 16 Buried:Spouse: Did Not Marry
12 F Harriet Rosanna Alexander 16
Born: 15 Dec 1834 16 Christened: Died: 26 Jun 1866 29 Buried: - Washington, Guernsey Co, OHSpouse: Elijah Sproat ( - ) 29
13 M Henry Price Alexander 16
Born: 22 Sep 1837 16 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Elizabeth Jane Kearns (1845- ) 30 Marr: 17 May 1864 30
14 M David Bingham Alexander 16
Born: 27 Jul 1838 16 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Eunice Maria Ray ( - ) 30 Marr: 6 Dec 1870 30
15 M Thomas Howard Alexander 16
Born: 2 Jul 1841 16 Christened: Died: Buried:Spouse: Mary Thompson ( - ) 30 Marr: 1865 30Spouse: 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 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 590, 757.
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 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 30.
6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 590.
7 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 41.
8 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 22.
9 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 42.
10 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 53, 159.
11 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 757.
12 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 122.
13 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 31.
14 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 756.
15 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 155.
16 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 55.
17 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 56.
18 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 586.
19 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 58.
20 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 60.
21 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 61.
22 Raymond M. Bell, Founders of the Bell Family (Carlisle, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 18.
23 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 37.
24 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 61.
25 Raymond M. Bell, Founders of the Bell Family (Carlisle, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 11.
26 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 35.
27 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 62.
28 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 63.
29 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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