Maggie Alexander, a schoolteacher, was the "keeper of the flame" in the Alexander family line's history during her era, and she passed a lot of her information and photos on to the late Historian of the Darlington County Historical Commission, Horace F. Rudisill, for safe keeping.
Mr. Rudisill interviewed Maggie several times about what she knew, and she knew a lot. Her father was a Confederate soldier who fought, among other battles, at Gettysburg, and survived. Also, her grandfather was a well-known Methodist preacher in the area.
Maggie was what some would call an "old maid", but there was more to her than that. She gave up a fiance, an opportunity to marry, in order to dedicate herself to care for some orphans of her late sister, Addie and Addie's husband.
She also wrote several obituaries, newspaper articles, and a publication called "A History of Pine Grove Church", which, according to an index I found in the South Carolina Department of Archives and History is reportedly catalogued at the South Caroliniana Library at the University of South Carolina in Columbia.
Another of her writings was fashioned from a dictation from her father entitled "A Reminiscence" of John W. Alexander. It was based mostly on his experiences as a young Confederate soldier in the War Between the States. Mr. Alexander, who went into the war at age 15 was no more than 20 years old when the war ended.
Maggie lived most of her life in Darlington County and some in Florence County, and attended the church at which she's buried.
Mr. Rudisill interviewed Maggie several times about what she knew, and she knew a lot. Her father was a Confederate soldier who fought, among other battles, at Gettysburg, and survived. Also, her grandfather was a well-known Methodist preacher in the area.
Maggie was what some would call an "old maid", but there was more to her than that. She gave up a fiance, an opportunity to marry, in order to dedicate herself to care for some orphans of her late sister, Addie and Addie's husband.
She also wrote several obituaries, newspaper articles, and a publication called "A History of Pine Grove Church", which, according to an index I found in the South Carolina Department of Archives and History is reportedly catalogued at the South Caroliniana Library at the University of South Carolina in Columbia.
Another of her writings was fashioned from a dictation from her father entitled "A Reminiscence" of John W. Alexander. It was based mostly on his experiences as a young Confederate soldier in the War Between the States. Mr. Alexander, who went into the war at age 15 was no more than 20 years old when the war ended.
Maggie lived most of her life in Darlington County and some in Florence County, and attended the church at which she's buried.
Maggie Alexander, a schoolteacher, was the "keeper of the flame" in the Alexander family line's history during her era, and she passed a lot of her information and photos on to the late Historian of the Darlington County Historical Commission, Horace F. Rudisill, for safe keeping.
Mr. Rudisill interviewed Maggie several times about what she knew, and she knew a lot. Her father was a Confederate soldier who fought, among other battles, at Gettysburg, and survived. Also, her grandfather was a well-known Methodist preacher in the area.
Maggie was what some would call an "old maid", but there was more to her than that. She gave up a fiance, an opportunity to marry, in order to dedicate herself to care for some orphans of her late sister, Addie and Addie's husband.
She also wrote several obituaries, newspaper articles, and a publication called "A History of Pine Grove Church", which, according to an index I found in the South Carolina Department of Archives and History is reportedly catalogued at the South Caroliniana Library at the University of South Carolina in Columbia.
Another of her writings was fashioned from a dictation from her father entitled "A Reminiscence" of John W. Alexander. It was based mostly on his experiences as a young Confederate soldier in the War Between the States. Mr. Alexander, who went into the war at age 15 was no more than 20 years old when the war ended.
Maggie lived most of her life in Darlington County and some in Florence County, and attended the church at which she's buried.
Mr. Rudisill interviewed Maggie several times about what she knew, and she knew a lot. Her father was a Confederate soldier who fought, among other battles, at Gettysburg, and survived. Also, her grandfather was a well-known Methodist preacher in the area.
Maggie was what some would call an "old maid", but there was more to her than that. She gave up a fiance, an opportunity to marry, in order to dedicate herself to care for some orphans of her late sister, Addie and Addie's husband.
She also wrote several obituaries, newspaper articles, and a publication called "A History of Pine Grove Church", which, according to an index I found in the South Carolina Department of Archives and History is reportedly catalogued at the South Caroliniana Library at the University of South Carolina in Columbia.
Another of her writings was fashioned from a dictation from her father entitled "A Reminiscence" of John W. Alexander. It was based mostly on his experiences as a young Confederate soldier in the War Between the States. Mr. Alexander, who went into the war at age 15 was no more than 20 years old when the war ended.
Maggie lived most of her life in Darlington County and some in Florence County, and attended the church at which she's buried.
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Don't know how the entry was posted, but Maggie had no children of her own. Her brother was John Luther Alexander, Sr., and her nephew Arnold had a son also name John Luther Alexander, Sr.
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