Husband Joseph Alexander 1 2 3 4 5
Born: 1 Apr 1795 - Ten-Mile Creek, Washington Co, PA 3 5 6
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Died: 20 Jun 1871 - Monongahela, Washington Co, PA 1 3 5 7
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Father: Joseph Alexander (1765-1847) 3 5 6
Mother: Rose Ann Jones (1765-1850) 6
Marriage: 8 Mar 1819 6
Wife Mary Jones 4 8
Born: 1 Nov 1793 9
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Died: 15 Aug 1856 - Monongahela, Washington Co, PA 6
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Father: William Jones (1763-1863) 10 11 12 13
Mother: Elizabeth McClung (1769-1829) 14
Children
1 M William Jones Alexander 1 3 4 15
Born: 16 Apr 1820 - Rostraver Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 1 4
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Died: 8 Jun 1894 3
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Spouse: Eliza Morrison (1821-Aft 1893) 1 16
Marr: 14 Nov 1844 16
2 F Rose Ann Alexander 6
Born: 5 Mar 1822 - Rostraver Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 6
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Spouse: Dr. Nelson A. Adams ( - ) 6
3 F Eliza Alexander 2 3
Born: 3 Apr 1824 - Rostraver Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 6
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Died: 1907 - Monongahela City, Washington Co, PA 3
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Spouse: Capt. David B. Herron ( -1864) 3 7
Marr: 28 Dec 1846 6
4 M Elijah Bascom Alexander 6
Born: 6 May 1826 - Rostraver Twp, Westmoreland Co, PA 6
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Died: 29 Jun 1827 6
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
5 M James Sansom Alexander 3 17
Born: 28 Aug 1828 - Monongahela, Washington Co, PA 3 18
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Died: 1904 3
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Spouse: Susan Stoddard King ( - ) 18
Marr: 16 Jan 1859 18
6 F Mary Emeline Alexander 6
Born: 15 Apr 1831 - Monongahela, Washington Co, PA 6
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Died: 5 Oct 1889 6
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7 F Amanda Malvina Alexander 6
Born: 29 Apr 1833 - Washington Co, PA 6
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Died: 9 Apr 1854 6
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8 F Hannah Theresa Alexander 6
Born: 31 Dec 1835 - Washington Co, PA 6
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Died: 13 Mar 1843 6
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Spouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - Joseph Alexander
The early life of this man was spent on the farm on Ten-Mile creek, later on a farm in Rostraver township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. Subsequently the family moved to Barnesville, Ohio, where he received such education as the time and place afforded, and it is apparent that he profited by these opportunities, and was fairly well educated for his time and circumstances. During his life in Barnesville his father was interested in teaming and transporting supplies for United States troops, then engaged in the War of 1812. Joseph was then employed by his father as a teamster, and among his associates and companions was Tom Corwin, who became famous in after years as a statesman, serving as governor of Ohio, United States senator, etc. Corwin was employed by Joseph's father also as a teamster, the two boys occupying the same room. After marriage he settled on a farm in Rostraver township, Westmoreland County, and in 1828 he moved to Williamsport (now Monongahela) and entered into the mercantile business, living there until the time of his death.
He was prominently identified with the moral, social and business interests of Monongahela, serving frequently as a member of council, and school board. He was a member and trustee of the M. E. Church; was an original stock-holder, and among the first managers of Williamsport Bridge Company. His long and honorable career as a merchant gave him a wide acquaintance in Washington and adjacent counties, and his frank and manly traits of character, as well as his uprightness and native kindness, won for him the esteem and affection of a large circle of friends. For a long period (since 1850) he was associated in business with his sons, under the firm of Alexander & Co., at first in mercantile and subsequently in banking business.
He was progressive and enterprising in all his efforts; and in the various positions of honor and trust he occupied was always zealous and faithful. He was a member of the school board at the time of the building of the school-house on Chess street, now occupied as a primary school, and was earnest in advocating the importance of the new building which met with considerable opposition, giving much of his time and personal attention in superintending the erection of the building. He was also a member of the board of trustees of the M. E. Church at the time of the erection of the present edifice (as well as the edifice preceding it, which was erected in 1833), and although then advanced in years and in feeble health gave liberally and was active and earnest in his efforts in behalf of the movement. He was a man of uncompromising integrity and of strong convictions-fearless and aggressive in the expression of his opinions and unhesitatingly championing any cause which he believed to be right. He was one of the first to avow anti-slavery and abolition sentiments, at a time when such ideas were by no means regarded with favor. During the war of the Rebellion he was fervently loyal to the United States Government, and fiercely intolerant of any other sentiments. He died at the age of seventy-six, after a life of honest purpose and honest industry, his declining years having been spent in comfort and ease amongst his children, six of whom were living, all in the course of honorable and successful careers; his sons following along the same lines of life that he had trod with ability and success, but with ampler means and more extended interests. [CBRWC, 137]
He admitted his son, William J, Alexander, to an interest in his store in 1843, under the name of J. Alexander & Son, which title existed until 1850, when the name of Alexander & Co. was adopted and the banking business established. In 1860 James S. Alexander, a younger son of Joseph Alexander was admitted to the firm, which was further enlarged by the admittance of Joseph A. Herron, a grandson of Joseph Alexander, in 1871. On the death, in 1894, of William J. Alexander, William H. Alexander and Frederick K. Alexander, sons of James S. Alexander were admitted.