Father of JM Alexander - Memorial# 54124439. The other side of this monument marks JM's grave.
From "Strangers within Gate City"
He was the only native-born Jew among Atlanta's male antebellum pioneers. he was the grandson of a Revolutionary War officer and lay rabbi of Sephardic descent. He settled first in Vicksburg, MI, then in Athens, GA, before he came to Atlanta in 1848. He worked as a RR engineer, and then opened the town's first drugstore. Alexander also brought the first carload of ice to Atlanta, and opened the first soda fountain.
Father of JM Alexander - Memorial# 54124439. The other side of this monument marks JM's grave.
From "Strangers within Gate City"
He was the only native-born Jew among Atlanta's male antebellum pioneers. he was the grandson of a Revolutionary War officer and lay rabbi of Sephardic descent. He settled first in Vicksburg, MI, then in Athens, GA, before he came to Atlanta in 1848. He worked as a RR engineer, and then opened the town's first drugstore. Alexander also brought the first carload of ice to Atlanta, and opened the first soda fountain.
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