Alex was born at home on April 21, 1888, in Cowanshannock Township in Rural Valley. On March 24, 1915 he married Ethel Mae Emerson in Kittanning. Ethel was born October 25, 1888 in Rayburn Twp. in Armstrong County. For Alex to get work, sometime after 1930, they moved to Detroit, MI (living there in 1916 when his father died) before finally settling in Youngstown, OH, as did many others (including brother Robert for a time) at that time as it was an industrial boomtown, where he as a engineer at Automatic Sprinkling Co.
He was a member of the Poland Methodist Church and the Masonic Lodge and resided at 255 Oakley Avenue in Youngstown.
They had three children: Kathryn M.(born 1917, married named Walters, died in 1955), Emerson (born 1918) and Sara Jane (born 1921, married a Schall).
Physically Alex was a short man, slightly built; he was "lame in one leg, had a limp in his walk and one shoe had to be built up." When he retired the couple moved to Ft. Lauderdale, FL. He had a massive stroke and was hospitalized for several months before they moved back to Youngstown where he died at age 72 on May 18, 1961. Both he and his wife are buried in Lake Park cemetery in Youngstown, OH.
He was a member of the Poland Methodist Church and the Masonic Lodge and resided at 255 Oakley Avenue in Youngstown.
They had three children: Kathryn M.(born 1917, married named Walters, died in 1955), Emerson (born 1918) and Sara Jane (born 1921, married a Schall).
Physically Alex was a short man, slightly built; he was "lame in one leg, had a limp in his walk and one shoe had to be built up." When he retired the couple moved to Ft. Lauderdale, FL. He had a massive stroke and was hospitalized for several months before they moved back to Youngstown where he died at age 72 on May 18, 1961. Both he and his wife are buried in Lake Park cemetery in Youngstown, OH.
Alex was born at home on April 21, 1888, in Cowanshannock Township in Rural Valley. On March 24, 1915 he married Ethel Mae Emerson in Kittanning. Ethel was born October 25, 1888 in Rayburn Twp. in Armstrong County. For Alex to get work, sometime after 1930, they moved to Detroit, MI (living there in 1916 when his father died) before finally settling in Youngstown, OH, as did many others (including brother Robert for a time) at that time as it was an industrial boomtown, where he as a engineer at Automatic Sprinkling Co.
He was a member of the Poland Methodist Church and the Masonic Lodge and resided at 255 Oakley Avenue in Youngstown.
They had three children: Kathryn M.(born 1917, married named Walters, died in 1955), Emerson (born 1918) and Sara Jane (born 1921, married a Schall).
Physically Alex was a short man, slightly built; he was "lame in one leg, had a limp in his walk and one shoe had to be built up." When he retired the couple moved to Ft. Lauderdale, FL. He had a massive stroke and was hospitalized for several months before they moved back to Youngstown where he died at age 72 on May 18, 1961. Both he and his wife are buried in Lake Park cemetery in Youngstown, OH.
He was a member of the Poland Methodist Church and the Masonic Lodge and resided at 255 Oakley Avenue in Youngstown.
They had three children: Kathryn M.(born 1917, married named Walters, died in 1955), Emerson (born 1918) and Sara Jane (born 1921, married a Schall).
Physically Alex was a short man, slightly built; he was "lame in one leg, had a limp in his walk and one shoe had to be built up." When he retired the couple moved to Ft. Lauderdale, FL. He had a massive stroke and was hospitalized for several months before they moved back to Youngstown where he died at age 72 on May 18, 1961. Both he and his wife are buried in Lake Park cemetery in Youngstown, OH.
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