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Dr William Clawson Alexander

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Dr William Clawson Alexander

Birth
Chester, Chester County, South Carolina, USA
Death
21 Jun 1939 (aged 75)
Nashville, Davidson County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Concord, Cabarrus County, North Carolina, USA Add to Map
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--Son of Sample Alexander & his 2nd wife Lucy Clawson.
--Occupation: Presbyterian Minister. He was awarded the honorary Doctor of Divinity degree.
--He served a variety of pastorates: in Tennessee in 1890, then in Cabarrus County, NC where he was a pastor in 1896, then he was serving a church in Baltimore in 1900. He & his family were in VA in 1905 & in Memphis, TN in 1908. By 1920, they were in Nashville where he remained until his death.
--He married Juliet Dickinson in 1888; three sons died young. Their other 5: Sallie Cabell Alexander, Juliet Dickinson Alexander, Emma Woods Alexander, Ridley H. Alexander, & William Carrington Alexander.
--Likely William & Juliet chose to have their family plot in Concord because of their sons who died when they lived in Concord in the 1890s.
--Son of Sample Alexander & his 2nd wife Lucy Clawson.
--Occupation: Presbyterian Minister. He was awarded the honorary Doctor of Divinity degree.
--He served a variety of pastorates: in Tennessee in 1890, then in Cabarrus County, NC where he was a pastor in 1896, then he was serving a church in Baltimore in 1900. He & his family were in VA in 1905 & in Memphis, TN in 1908. By 1920, they were in Nashville where he remained until his death.
--He married Juliet Dickinson in 1888; three sons died young. Their other 5: Sallie Cabell Alexander, Juliet Dickinson Alexander, Emma Woods Alexander, Ridley H. Alexander, & William Carrington Alexander.
--Likely William & Juliet chose to have their family plot in Concord because of their sons who died when they lived in Concord in the 1890s.

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