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Jane was the daughter of Col. Elias Alexander of Rutherford Co NC. Her mother said to be Ann McCall.

Date: Wed, 17 May 2000 20:13:25 -0700
From: Olive Ruth Alexander .
Source: ALEXANDER-L@rootsweb.com
Subject: Re: [ALEXANDER-L]
Alexander Genealogy . HISTORY OFF OLD TRYON AND RUTHERFORD COUNTIES, NORTH CAROLINA 1730-1936 By Clarence W. Griffin, Asheville, NC: The Miller Printing Company, 1937 Page 170:
Senator Elias Alexander, III, was a son of Elias Alexander, II, who was born in Maryland in 1746.
Elias Alexander, I, lived in Maryland and died there in 1747. His wife was Ann Taylor, who died in Mecklenburg Co., NC, in 1800. Elias Alexander, II, was a son of this couple. He migrated to Mecklenburg Co. with other Alexanders, and settled in the Sugaw Creek settlement, a few miles north of Charlotte.
Elias, II, later removed to Rutherford Co., and was a valiant soldier in the Revolution, participating in the battles at Kings Mountain and Guilford Court House. His wife, Agnes (McCall) Alexander, died in Rutherford Co. in 1826 and Col. Elias Alexander died May 13, 1818. They had eleven children:
(1) Francis Alexander (1778-1852), many years county surveyor of Rutherford Co. His daughter, Jane McBee, married Francis S. Coxe of Philadelphia, April 24, 1823. They were the parents of the late Frank Coxe of Asheville. Margaret Rebecca, another daughter of Francis Alexander, married Rev. Campbell Smith of the South Carolina Methodist Conference. A son, Ross Alexander, Jr., married Charlotte Hill and they were parents of the late J. F. Alexander, Forest City lumberman, businessman, textile manufaccturer and Assemblyman, and Hon. A. C. Alexander, of Georgia.
(2) Major Ross Alexander, Sr., son of Elias, II, was thrown from a mule and killed July 6, 1849, near Hazelhurst Farm, three miles south of Forest City.
(3) Anna married Stephen Camp.
(4) Jane married Verdry McBee, of Lincolnton.
(5) Margaret married Col. David Reinhardt.
(6) Patsy Blanton married Jacob Fisher.
(7) William Alexander died 1821.
(8) Elias Alexander, III, son of Elias, II, was State Sentor in 1832. He was living in Greenville, SC, in 1875.
(9) James Taylor Alexander.
(10 and 11) Thomas and Alston Alexander both died young.

Spouse	Vardry McBee (1775 - 1864)
Child	Joseph Gallishaw McBee (1805 - 1806)
Child	Malinda Penelope McBee (1807 - 1891)
Child	Silas Leroy McBee (1809 - 1827)
Child	Luther Martin McBee (1812 - 1854)
Child	Hannah Echols McBee (1813 - 1814)
Child	Martha Adeline McBee (1816 - )
Child	Vardry Alexander McBee (1818 - 1904)
Child	William Pinkney McBee (1820 - 1860)
Child	Stephen Alexander McBee (1822 - 1897)