James Mitchell Alexander was a son of Newton Humphrey Alexander (1803-1847) and his wife Mary Ann "Polly" Foster (1806-1853), and thus was descended from two of the earliest families to settled in Buncombe County, North Carolina. He was probably named for his father's brother, Col. James Mitchell Alexander (1793-1858).
On 3 May 1861, James enlisted in Co. F, 14th NC Regiment, the company called the Rough & Ready Guards, that had been raised by future Governor Zebulon Vance, and served in the War Between the States. In July, 1862, he was listed in the Winder Hospital near Richmond and was "pretty sick" with a fever per a newspaper article. On 25 Sept. 1862, he was transferred to the 60th NC Regiment, and served as a hospital steward for a time. He was wounded in the Battle of Bentonville near the end of the war.
James M. Alexander married Kellie A. France (1845-1929) around 1871, and they had three children, Clyde H. Alexander (1872-1961), Lt. Gale Hamilton Alexander (1877-1918, killed in action in World War One), and Mary Ruth Penn Alexander (1880-1970, Mrs. John Norris Myers, Jr.)
On 18 Sept. 1880, James got into an altercation with a cook in a restaurant on Main Street in Asheville and the man stabbed him to death with a butcher knife. He left a wife and three children. Per a newspaper article at the time, he was buried in the Methodist churchyard. Since the graves there were later moved to Riverside, I have put his memorial here.
On 3 May 1861, James enlisted in Co. F, 14th NC Regiment, the company called the Rough & Ready Guards, that had been raised by future Governor Zebulon Vance, and served in the War Between the States. In July, 1862, he was listed in the Winder Hospital near Richmond and was "pretty sick" with a fever per a newspaper article. On 25 Sept. 1862, he was transferred to the 60th NC Regiment, and served as a hospital steward for a time. He was wounded in the Battle of Bentonville near the end of the war.
James M. Alexander married Kellie A. France (1845-1929) around 1871, and they had three children, Clyde H. Alexander (1872-1961), Lt. Gale Hamilton Alexander (1877-1918, killed in action in World War One), and Mary Ruth Penn Alexander (1880-1970, Mrs. John Norris Myers, Jr.)
On 18 Sept. 1880, James got into an altercation with a cook in a restaurant on Main Street in Asheville and the man stabbed him to death with a butcher knife. He left a wife and three children. Per a newspaper article at the time, he was buried in the Methodist churchyard. Since the graves there were later moved to Riverside, I have put his memorial here.
James Mitchell Alexander was a son of Newton Humphrey Alexander (1803-1847) and his wife Mary Ann "Polly" Foster (1806-1853), and thus was descended from two of the earliest families to settled in Buncombe County, North Carolina. He was probably named for his father's brother, Col. James Mitchell Alexander (1793-1858).
On 3 May 1861, James enlisted in Co. F, 14th NC Regiment, the company called the Rough & Ready Guards, that had been raised by future Governor Zebulon Vance, and served in the War Between the States. In July, 1862, he was listed in the Winder Hospital near Richmond and was "pretty sick" with a fever per a newspaper article. On 25 Sept. 1862, he was transferred to the 60th NC Regiment, and served as a hospital steward for a time. He was wounded in the Battle of Bentonville near the end of the war.
James M. Alexander married Kellie A. France (1845-1929) around 1871, and they had three children, Clyde H. Alexander (1872-1961), Lt. Gale Hamilton Alexander (1877-1918, killed in action in World War One), and Mary Ruth Penn Alexander (1880-1970, Mrs. John Norris Myers, Jr.)
On 18 Sept. 1880, James got into an altercation with a cook in a restaurant on Main Street in Asheville and the man stabbed him to death with a butcher knife. He left a wife and three children. Per a newspaper article at the time, he was buried in the Methodist churchyard. Since the graves there were later moved to Riverside, I have put his memorial here.
On 3 May 1861, James enlisted in Co. F, 14th NC Regiment, the company called the Rough & Ready Guards, that had been raised by future Governor Zebulon Vance, and served in the War Between the States. In July, 1862, he was listed in the Winder Hospital near Richmond and was "pretty sick" with a fever per a newspaper article. On 25 Sept. 1862, he was transferred to the 60th NC Regiment, and served as a hospital steward for a time. He was wounded in the Battle of Bentonville near the end of the war.
James M. Alexander married Kellie A. France (1845-1929) around 1871, and they had three children, Clyde H. Alexander (1872-1961), Lt. Gale Hamilton Alexander (1877-1918, killed in action in World War One), and Mary Ruth Penn Alexander (1880-1970, Mrs. John Norris Myers, Jr.)
On 18 Sept. 1880, James got into an altercation with a cook in a restaurant on Main Street in Asheville and the man stabbed him to death with a butcher knife. He left a wife and three children. Per a newspaper article at the time, he was buried in the Methodist churchyard. Since the graves there were later moved to Riverside, I have put his memorial here.
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