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JOHN DAVIDSON ALEXANDER
BIOGRAPHY and GENEALOGY
(1829-1901)
Marengo County, Alabama
John Davidson Alexander was born September 15, 1829, in Mecklenburg County, N. C, and died February 24, 1901, at Faunsdale, Alabama. He was the son of Joseph McKnitt Alexander and Nancy Agnes (Cathey) Alexander, the former born February 3, 1793, in Mecklenburg County, N. C, who died March 13, 1865. in Marengo County, Alabama; the latter a native of Mecklenburg County, born January 5, 1800, and died November 20, 1855; grandson of William Bain Alexander and Violet (Davidson) Alexander, and of Capt. John Archer and Agnes (Caldwell) Cathey; great-grandson of John McKnitt and Jane (Bain) Alexander, the former of whom, with his brother Hezekiah Alexander, and four others of the same name, was a signer of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence at Charlotte, N. C, May 20, 1875, and of James Alexander and Margaret McKnitt.
The Alexander family tree contains more than eight hundred names, and has three crowns upon it. The family in this country has been traced back to Cecil County, Md. Mr. Alexander was related through blood and marriage to the Davidsons, the Wilsons, the Sharps, the Prices, the Hendersons and the Moores. J. G. M. Ramsey, a cousin, was historian of Tennessee. John Sharp Williams, senator from Mississippi, and Gen. Sterling Price, of the C. S. Army, were connected with the Alexander family.
Mr. Alexander moved from Mecklenburg County, N. C, with his parents, to Alabama, and settled in Marengo County. He became a planter and lived there for the remainder of his life.
He married: (1) at McKinley, Alabama, Rebecca Lawson Cathey, born January 2, 1836, and died January 21, 1894, the only daughter of Andrew and Elizabeth Anne (Miller) Cathey, of McKinley; (2) Livie Margaret Houston, daughter of Frank and Margaret (Woods) Houston, of Bibb County.
His children by his first marriage were;
- Millard Lesueur Alexander, b. February 11, 1854, died November 26, 1887. in Faunsdale, Alabama m. Clara L. Eaton, d. November 11, 1887, left three children;
- Andrew Clinton Alexander b. August 3, 1855, d. October 25, 1856;
- Florence Epher Alexander, b. April 10, 1857, d. November 7, 1880, in Faunsdale, Alabama m. John F. Watkins;
- John Davidson Alexander, Jr.,b. January 19, 1859, d. September 22, 1894;
- William Lee Alexander b. December 25, 1860. d. August 18, 1883, in Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama;
- Susan Elizabeth Alexander, b. December 4. 1862, d. March 19, 1864;
- Mary Gray Alexander b. October 26, 1864, d. November 16, 1892, in Faunsdale, Marengo Co., Alabama, m. J. T. McDonald;
- Joseph McKnitt Alexander b. August 29, 1866, m. Edna Earl Donovan, resideed at Alexandria, La.;
- Olive Rebecca Alexander , b. February 24, 1868. m. W. C. McKnight. resided at Faunsdale, Alabama;
- Ira Caldwell Alexander, b. October 13, 1869, d. November 17, 1890, m. Gaston Alexander Robins;
- James Franklin Alexander, b. February 27, 1872, m. Gertrude Blackburn, resided at Ashland, Alabama;
- Roy Cathey Alexander, b. November 23, 1873, d. September 23, 1915, m. Laura Maude Donovan
by second marriage
- Houston Davidson Alexander, b. June 6, 1897.
His last residence was Faunsdale, Marengo County, Alabama. John Davidson Alexander died Feb. 29, 1901. He is buried at Dayton Cemetery in Marengo County, Alabama.
SOURCES
- History of Alabama and dictionary of Alabama biography, Volume 3 By Thomas McAdory Owen, Marie Bankhead Owen
- Find A Grave.com # 5020075 # 50201083 50200994 # 50200706 # 50200773 50201118 # 81273147 # 50200790
His biography can be found in Biographies of Notable and Not-so-Notable Alabama Pioneers Volume VI
About Donna R Causey
Donna R. Causey, resident of Alabama, was a teacher in the public school system for twenty years. When she retired, Donna found time to focus on her lifetime passion for historical writing. She developed the websites www.alabamapioneers and www.daysgoneby.me All her books can be purchased at Amazon.com and Barnes & Noble. She has authored numerous genealogy books. RIBBON OF LOVE: A Novel Of Colonial America (TAPESTRY OF LOVE) is her first novel in the Tapestry of Love about her family where she uses actual characters, facts, dates and places to create a story about life as it might have happened in colonial Virginia. Faith and Courage: Tapestry of Love (Volume 2) is the second book and the third FreeHearts: A Novel of Colonial America (Book 3 in the Tapestry of Love Series) Discordance: The Cottinghams (Volume 1) is the continuation of the story. . For a complete list of books, visit Donna R Causey
