Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


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William Brown Alexander and Nancy Davis


Husband William Brown Alexander 1 2 3 4 

           Born: 27 Mar 1782 - Kishacoquillas Valley, Mifflin Co, PA 2 5 6
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Mar 1862 - Bigler Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 6 7
         Buried: 


         Father: James Alexander (1726-1791) 8 9 10 11 12
         Mother: Rosa Reed (      -1792) 11 13


       Marriage: 23 Apr 1806 4 14

• Biographical Sketch: John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878).
To read this brief biographical sketch of his life and career, click here.


Wife Nancy Davis 4 14 

           Born: Abt Oct 1787
     Christened: 
           Died: 1 Apr 1861 - Clearfield Co, PA 4 7
         Buried: 


         Father: John Davis (      -      ) 14
         Mother:


Children
1 M Reed Alexander 7 

           Born: 1807 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 30 Jun 1858 7
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

2 F Jane Alexander 7 15 16 

           Born: 1809 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 21 Nov 1873 - Knox Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 7
         Buried:  - Hegarty Crossroads, Beccaria Twp, Clearfield Co, PA

         Spouse: John Hegarty (1797-Bef 1848) 17

         Spouse: John McMurray (1808-1878) 16 18
           Marr: 1848 18

3 F Rosannah Alexander 7 

           Born: 1811 7
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1878
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Alanson Bosworth (      -      ) 19

4 M William Brown Alexander 7 20 

           Born: 1 Jun 1813 - Clearfield Co, PA 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 14 Aug 1874 7
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Rebecca Whiteside (Abt 1816-1871) 19 21

5 F Catherine Alexander 7 

           Born: 1815 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 1869 7
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John Whiteside (      -      ) 21 22

6 F Nancy Alexander 7 21 

           Born: 1817 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Robert Whiteside (Abt 1814-1875) 21 23

7 M James Alexander 7 

           Born: 1820 7
     Christened: 
           Died: Jan 1848 7
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Margaret Davis (      -      ) 23

8 M John Davis Alexander 7 

           Born: 1822 7
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Rachel Ames (      -      ) 23

9 F Naomi Alexander 7 

            AKA: Naoma Alexander 23
           Born: 1824 7
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1876
         Buried: 

         Spouse: James H. Coogan (      -Aft 1876) 23

10 M Elimeleck Alexander 7 

           Born: 1826 7
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1876
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Miles (      -Aft 1876) 23

11 M Boaz Alexander 7 

           Born: 1828 7
     Christened: 
           Died: Aft 1876
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth Stanley (      -Aft 1876) 24

12 M Robert Alexander 7 25 

           Born: 1830 7
     Christened: 
           Died: Bef 1911
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Jane Hegarty (      -Bef 1911) 25 26

General Notes: Husband - William Brown Alexander


In the year 1800, when eighteen years of age, he visited Clearfield County (then part of Huntingdon county), Pennsylvania, and made a choice of the tract which his father had entered in his own name. It is worth recording that on this journey to Clearfield he took with him a pint of apple seed from Kishacoquillas Valley, and gave it for planting to an old man who lived several miles from his lands. Nine years later, when he came to settle on his tract, he planted an orchard of trees grown from that seed, later well-known as the old Alexander orchard. After making his choice, and before settling, he made what was then a long journey westward on horseback, visiting West Virginia, Ohio and Kentucky. On his return he stated that 200 acres of land, part of the present site of Wheeling, West Virginia, were offered him for the horse which he rode, so cheap was land in that section. He then married and rented a farm, and remained in that Valley three years longer; but in 1809 he moved to Clearfield County, following an Indian path across the Alleghany Mountains, and conveying his wife and two young children and all his effects on pack horses. He settled on the estate, which he continued to occupy until a few months before his death. He died at the residence of his son, William B., aged eighty years and three days. [CBRCP-CCJC, 676]

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Sources

1 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 122.

2 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 31.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 756.

4 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 677.

5 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 173.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 676.

7 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 176.

8 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 114.

9 Editor, History of the Susquehanna and Juniata Valleys (Philadelphia, PA: Everts, Peck & Richards, 1886), Pg 617.

10 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 755.

11 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 30.

12 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 444, 676.

13 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 444.

14 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 175.

15 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 874, 924.

16 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 450.

17 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 924.

18 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 874.

19 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 177.

20 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 677, 921.

21 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 921.

22 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 178.

23 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 179.

24 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 180.

25 Roland D. Swoope, Jr., 20th Century History of Clearfield County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1911), Pg 530.

26 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 925.

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