Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Thomas Clark Alexander and Nancy Beatty




Husband Thomas Clark Alexander 1 2

           Born: 1799 - Little Valley, Mifflin Co, PA 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 Jan 1858 - Adams Co, OH 3
         Buried: 


         Father: John Alexander (Abt 1756-1816) 2 4 5 6
         Mother: Margaret Clark (      -1834) 2 6 7


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Mary Glass (      -      ) 8



Wife Nancy Beatty 8

           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 12 Mar 1862 - Adams Co, OH 9
         Buried: 


         Father: John Beatty (      -      ) 8 10
         Mother: Nancy Glass (      -      ) 10 11




Children
1 M John William Alexander 9 12

           Born: 1 Jan 1822 - Little Valley, Mifflin Co, PA 9 12
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Rebecca Margaret Bell (1829-1851) 9 12 13
           Marr: 20 Dec 1847 or 1849 9 12
         Spouse: Martha Ann Marmon (      -1874) 9
           Marr: Adams Co, OH


2 M James Beatty Alexander 9

           Born: 27 Jan 1823 9
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Caroline Locke (      -      ) 9
           Marr: 12 May 1853 9


3 F Nancy Glass Alexander 11

           Born: 2 Jun 1824 11
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: George Kepler (      -      ) 11
           Marr: 1852 11


4 M Thomas Clark Alexander 11

           Born: 26 Nov 1826 - Little Valley, Mifflin Co, PA 11
     Christened: 
           Died: Mar 1852 11
         Buried: 



5 M Erastus Homer Alexander 14

           Born: 21 May 1828 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Susanna Barefoot (      -1875) 14
           Marr: 15 Oct 1850 14


6 M Oliver Calvin Alexander 14

           Born: 2 Mar 1831 - Little Valley, Mifflin Co, PA 14
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Jane Archie (      -      ) 14
           Marr: 11 Oct 1854 14


7 M Madison Augustine Alexander 15

           Born: 8 Oct 1832 - Kishacoquillas, Mifflin Co, PA 15
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Feb 1865 15
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Mary Margaret McVey (      -1873) 15
           Marr: 30 Sep 1857 - Ohio 15



General Notes: Husband - Thomas Clark Alexander


A farmer by occupation, he owned, and for many years occupied, that portion of his father's lands called "Fruitland," later owned and occupied by James H. Alexander. Having purchased a farm in East Kishacoquillas Valley, from J. & J. Milliken, he removed to it in 1831, and there continued in agricultural pursuits until age and infirmity compelled him to retire from active life. He then owned two farms in good state of cultivation. These he sold to provide settlements for his children, and followed some of them in 1856, who had already moved to Adams County, Ohio. The change from his native mountain air to that open and windy region, produced congestion of the lungs, of which he died, aged sixty-nine years.
In agriculture, he held a high position. By plowing thrice instead of twice, and by careful culture otherwise, he generally produced more wheat per acre than his neighbors, and wheat weighing four or five pounds per bushel more than theirs. This was often kept on hand by purchasers for exhibition and admiration.
He was a man of medium height and weight, black hair, and steady, deliberate movement; benignant countenance, benevolent disposition, good sense, few words, and undoubted piety. If an angry or unreasonable man began to use profane or abusive language, he always walked away from such a person without saying a word.

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Sources


1 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 43.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of the Juniata Valley (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Co., 1897), Pg 590.

3 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 66.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 30.

5 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 41.

6 Wm. H. Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Lane S. Hart, Publisher, 1884), Pg 22.

7 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 42.

8 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 67.

9 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 68.

10 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 60.

11 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 69.

12 Raymond Martin Bell, The Bell Family of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania (Ann Arbor, MI: Edwards Brothers, Inc., 1941), Pg 57.

13 Raymond M. Bell, Founders of the Bell Family (Carlisle, PA: Privately printed, 1929), Pg 11.

14 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 70.

15 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 71.


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