Maj. Henry Alexander and Nancy Ann Hays

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Husband Maj. Henry Alexander ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 22 Mar 1801 - Westmoreland Co, PA 1 3
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           Died: 2 Jan 1894 - Callensburg, Licking Twp, Clarion Co, PA 3
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         Father: Samuel Alexander (      -      ) 1
         Mother: Mary Shirey (      -      ) 1

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       Marriage: 1836 1

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Wife Nancy Ann Hays ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 31 Mar 1810 or 1818 - Allegheny Co, PA 2 3
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           Died: 16 Oct 1906 3
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         Father: Jacob Hays (1778-1866) 2 4
         Mother: Jane Hardin (1779-1866) 2 4

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Children

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1 F Elmira Painter Alexander ^{1 3 5}

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           Born: 2 May 1838 - Callensburg, Licking Twp, Clarion Co, PA 3
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         Spouse: Rev. Levi Risher (1836-1894) 3 6 7
           Marr: 17 Jun 1862 3

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2 M Alvin Hays Alexander ^{1 3}

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3 F Mary Jane Alexander ^{1 3}

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           Died: Bef 1887
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         Spouse: Peter Young (      -      ) 3

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4 F Sarah Elizabeth Alexander ^{1 3}

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         Spouse: A. B. Klingensmith (      -      ) 1 3

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General Notes: Husband - Maj. Henry Alexander

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He was born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and settled in Armstrong County in 1812, working at farming until he was eighteen years of age. He served an apprenticeship to the carpenter trade, but on account of ill health became engaged in the mercantile business in Monroe township. He settled in Callensburg in 1831, and there opened his general store. He was appointed postmaster in 1832, an office which he held for eighteen years. He was appointed deputy marshal in 1840 to take the census of part of Armstrong and Clarion counties, in which year the first agricultural and manufacturing statistics were taken in the United States. He also served as first lieutenant and major of a regiment. He was engaged in the iron business from 1845 to 1850.
He and his wife had four children.

1 A. J. Davis, History of Clarion County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., 1887), BP 1.

2 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 769.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1203.

4 —, Memoirs of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Vol. II (Madison, WI: Northwestern Historical Assosciation, 1904), Pg 136.

5 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 297.

6 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 296, 725.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 1309.