Individual Details

Robert Jefferson Alexander

(6 Oct 1806 - 30 Jan 1863)


Found on Ancestry.com
A genealogical history of the Jennings Families in England and America : In three volumes - Vol 1 -
Descendants of Jacob, Fourth Generation, p.225
Mary Ann Jennings (David 3, Jacob, 2, Jacob 1), dau. of David & Susan (Daily) Jennings.
Born Nov. 26,1811
Died Oct 26, 1844 at St. Clairsville, O.
Bur. Union Cemetery, St. Clairsville
Married 1 Nov 1831 to Robert Jefferson Alexand, son of James & Isabella (Ross) Alexander
Born Oct 6, 1806
Died Jan 30, 1863, St. Clairsville, O.
Bur. Union Cemetery, St. Clairsville
Thier children:
Maria Theresa, b. Sep 5, 1832, m. Kenner S. Boreman
Ross James, b. Dec 25, 1834, m. Margaretta Asken
Robert Jennings, b. Sep. 17, 1837 m. Ada H. Miller
William Wilson b. July 19, 1842 m. Lena Woodmansee
*footnote states that by a second marriage with a sister of his first wife, Robert J. Alexander had one child.

Judge Robert Jefferson Alexander was the 4th son, 9th child of Judge James Alexander (a soldier of the American Revolution, Pennsylania Militia, born 1757, died May 11, 1852; and Isabell Ross, born 1767, died March 30, 1845; both natives of Scotland and buried in the Alexander Cemetery in Pease Twp, Belmont Co, O.). He was a graduate of Jefferson College, Cannonsburg, PA; a lawyer by profession; twice elected prosecuting attorney of Belmont County and was the first common pleas judge of Belmont, Guernsey and Monroe Counties under the new constitution of Ohio (1851). He took a great interest in fruit growing, agricultural and educational matters, being president of the County Agricultural Society, and for many years county examiner, and president of the school board of St. Clairsville.
His father and grandfather, both named James Alexander, served in the Revolutionary War with the Pennsylvania Militia, as with the Maryland troops did his uncle Andrew Alexander, who subsequently was sheriff of Baltimore.

Events

Birth6 Oct 1806Belmont County, Ohio
Death30 Jan 1863

Families

FatherJames Alexander (1762 - 1852)
MotherIsabella Ross (1767 - 1845)
SiblingMargaret Alexander (1787 - 1866)
SiblingJames Alexander (1789 - 1846)
SiblingAgnes Alexander (1792 - 1823)
SiblingJane Wilson Alexander (1794 - 1823)
SiblingIsabella Ross Alexander (1797 - 1815)
SiblingJohn Alexander (1798 - 1849)
SiblingJennetta Alexander (1801 - )
SiblingPeter Alexander (1804 - 1862)
SiblingLavina Alexander (1808 - 1888)