Dr. John Houston ALEXANDER

Dr. John Houston ALEXANDER

Male 1828 - 1919  (90 years)

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  • Name John Houston ALEXANDER  [1, 2
    • Son of John C. and Nancy (Wilson) Alexander

      Exerpts from History of Decatur County, Indiana, 1915

      John H. Alexander was born on November 7, 1828, at Palestine, Illinois, and is the son of Dr. John C. and Nancy (Wilson) Alexander, natives of Kentucky and Virginia, respectively.....

      Educated in the country schools of Illinois and at Danville, that state, after his father's death, Dr. John H. Alexander moved to Palestine, Illinois, where he attended the Parish Academy and later the Ohio Medical College at Cincinnati. In these times the schools were very crude, especially the buildings in which they were housed. he crossed the plains to California in 1850, by mule team, during the gold fever and spent eight years in the West. Locating in Decatur county, July 7, 1858, for the practice of his profession, four years later, on September 27, 1862, he enlisted in the Twenty-seventh Regiment, Indiana Volunteer Infantry, under Col. Silas Colgrove, and was promoted to surgeon, july 15, 1864, having been commissioned assistant surgeon, September 27, 1862. he was mustered out of service on November 4, 1864.

      In December, 1860, Doctor Alexander was married to Mary Tarkington, who was born on February 25, 1834, in Greensburg, Indiana, a daughter of Rev. Joseph Tarkingtoin, a well-known pioneer minister of the Methodist church.....

      Dr. and Mrs. Alexander have had two children, John T., who lives in Greensburg, and Joseph H., a traveling drug salesman of Springfield, Illinois. John T., who also is a traveling salesman, married Claudia Hill. joseph H. married Myrilla Anderson and they have one child, Margaret June......

      Family [1]
    Prefix Dr. 
    Birth 7 Nov 1828  Palestine, Crawford Co., Illinois Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 3, 4
    Gender Male 
    Census 1870  Living in Milford, Decatur Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Census 1880  Living in Milford, Decatur Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    Census 1900  Living in Washington, Decatur County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 1910  Living in Washington, Decatur County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [7
    Fact Son of Dr. John C. Alexander and Nancy Wilson Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Death 02 Sep 1919  Greensburg, Decatur Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Burial 4 Sep 1919  South Park Cemetery, Greensburg, Decatur Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 4
    Person ID I01720  Main Tree
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2022 

    Family Mary Melissa TARKINGTON,   b. 26 Feb 1834, Greensburg, Decatur Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 08 Aug 1923, Greensburg, Decatur Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Marriage 09 Dec 1860  at the farm near Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Married At the farm near Greensburg, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  [8
    Children 
     1. John Tarkington ALEXANDER,   b. 5 Aug 1865, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jul 1953, Tyler, Smith Co., Texas Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)  [Birth]
    +2. Joseph Harmon ALEXANDER,   b. Aug 1866, Greensburg, Decatur Co., Indiana Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Jan 1927, Foley, Baldwin Co., Alabama Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F24358  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 25 Aug 2022 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 09 Dec 1860 - at the farm near Greensburg, Decatur, Indiana, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarried - - At the farm near Greensburg, Indiana Link to Google Earth
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    Dr. John Houston Alexander
    Dr. John Houston Alexander
    Dr. John H. Alexander is the husband of Mary M. Tarkington.

    Photo added by: Heather Abrahamson

    History of Decatur Co., Indiana, Its People, Industries and Institutions

  • Sources 
    1. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    2. [S03873] "Autobiography Rev Joseph Tarkington".

    3. [S13187] 1900 Census Washington, Decatur County, Indiana.

    4. [S13201] Death Certificate for Dr. John Houston Alexander.

    5. [S13186] 1870 Census Milford, Decatur County, Indiana.

    6. [S3019] 1880 Census Milford, Decatur County, Indiana.

    7. [S13188] 1910 Census Greensburg, Decatur County, Indiana.

    8. [S03873] "Autobiography Rev Joseph Tarkington", by. T.A. Goodwin.