Individual Details

Arthur William Alexander

(2 Oct 1868 - 17 Oct 1940)

Arthur was born, married, lived and died in Panola County. He was a farmer, a Mason and a Methodist Minister. He had three wives and fathered eight children, five of which lived to adulthood. He also raised two step-sons by his second marriage. He died at the age of seventy-two and is buried in the Deadwood Methodist Church Cemetery where he served as Pastor.

Events

Birth2 Oct 1868Shady Grove, Panola, Texas, USA
Residence1870Residence Post Office: Pulaski - Beat 4, Panola, Texas, USA
Residence1880Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head: Son - Panola, Texas, USA
Marriage27 Nov 1889Panola, Texas, USA - Lizzie Geneva Fargerson
MarriageOct 1894Panola, Texas, USA - Mary Ella LaGrone
MarriageAft 1920Jennie Priest
Rev. Jerry Alexander Obituary in The Shreveport Times16 Jun 1927Shreveport, Louisiana
Death17 Oct 1940Deadwood, Panola, Texas, USA
Title (Nobility)Rev.

Families

SpouseJennie Priest ( - )
SpouseMary Ella LaGrone (1870 - 1920)
SpouseLizzie Geneva Fargerson (1874 - 1894)
ChildOscar Alexander ( - )
ChildJackson Alexander ( - )
ChildLee Roberson Alexander (1891 - 1947)
ChildCora Alexander (1893 - 1893)
ChildLizzie Alexander (1894 - )
FatherJeremiah "Jerry" Roberson Alexander (1845 - 1927)
MotherCora Anne Simmons (1849 - 1873)
SiblingAlbert Augustus "Gus" Alexander (1866 - 1943)
SiblingJohn Bunyon Alexander (1869 - 1869)
SiblingMatthew J. Alexander (1871 - 1889)
SiblingRedonia "Dona" Alexander (1871 - 1924)
SiblingInfant Alexander (1873 - 1873)

Endnotes

1. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1880; Census Place: Panola, Texas; Roll: 1322; Page: 247B; Enumeration District: 062.

2. Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1870; Census Place: Beat 4, Panola, Texas; Roll: M593_1601; Page: 315B.

3. Ancestry.com, 1870 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009), Year: 1870; Census Place: Beat 4, Panola, Texas; Roll: M593_1601; Page: 315B.

4. Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1880 United States Federal Census (Lehi, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2010), Year: 1880; Census Place: Panola, Texas; Roll: 1322; Page: 247B; Enumeration District: 062.

5. , Newspapers.com - The Times - 16 Jun 1927 - Page 12 (Shreveport, Louisiana: The Times, 16 June 1927), Rev. Jerry Alexander Obituary in The Shreveport Times.