PARENTS: Ann & William Alexander
MARRIED: Mary Ann DeWeese
CHILDREN: John Tracey; Wm. D; Lizzie
per contributor (#48730139) Thank you!:
OBITUARY: Wed, 23 Aug 1876 Kalamazoo Gazette (Michigan)
Death of John T. Alexander, the Great Cattle King.
Jacksonville, Ill., Aug. 22.
—John T. Alexander, the famous farmer and stock breeder, who has been very sick for several weeks, died at his home in Alexander, Morgan county, last night. His age was about 65, and he had been a resident of the State for nearly 40 years. At one time the magnitude of his farming operations, when he owned 40,000 acres, made him the wonder of agriculturists.
Serious reverses in cattle operations, several years ago, so crippled him as to compel the sale of all save about 7,000 acres, on which he has been transacting one of the largest, if not the largest, cattle business in the world. His cattle dealings during the late war were immense. His wealth is believed to have been very great, the insurance carried on his life being $75,000.
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Contributor suggestion:
According to a Dec 27, 1917 article in the Jacksonville Daily Journal re: Alexander Family: John & Mary had 8 children. Two daughters had died. Children alive in 1917: John T., Jr.; Wm H., both living in Chicago, Mrs. Smith of Island Grove, IL, and Mrs. Frederick C. Turner.
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There is also a breeder's article that mentions the family in the August 3, 1913, Jacksonville Daily Journal.
MARRIED: Mary Ann DeWeese
CHILDREN: John Tracey; Wm. D; Lizzie
per contributor (#48730139) Thank you!:
OBITUARY: Wed, 23 Aug 1876 Kalamazoo Gazette (Michigan)
Death of John T. Alexander, the Great Cattle King.
Jacksonville, Ill., Aug. 22.
—John T. Alexander, the famous farmer and stock breeder, who has been very sick for several weeks, died at his home in Alexander, Morgan county, last night. His age was about 65, and he had been a resident of the State for nearly 40 years. At one time the magnitude of his farming operations, when he owned 40,000 acres, made him the wonder of agriculturists.
Serious reverses in cattle operations, several years ago, so crippled him as to compel the sale of all save about 7,000 acres, on which he has been transacting one of the largest, if not the largest, cattle business in the world. His cattle dealings during the late war were immense. His wealth is believed to have been very great, the insurance carried on his life being $75,000.
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Contributor suggestion:
According to a Dec 27, 1917 article in the Jacksonville Daily Journal re: Alexander Family: John & Mary had 8 children. Two daughters had died. Children alive in 1917: John T., Jr.; Wm H., both living in Chicago, Mrs. Smith of Island Grove, IL, and Mrs. Frederick C. Turner.
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There is also a breeder's article that mentions the family in the August 3, 1913, Jacksonville Daily Journal.
PARENTS: Ann & William Alexander
MARRIED: Mary Ann DeWeese
CHILDREN: John Tracey; Wm. D; Lizzie
per contributor (#48730139) Thank you!:
OBITUARY: Wed, 23 Aug 1876 Kalamazoo Gazette (Michigan)
Death of John T. Alexander, the Great Cattle King.
Jacksonville, Ill., Aug. 22.
—John T. Alexander, the famous farmer and stock breeder, who has been very sick for several weeks, died at his home in Alexander, Morgan county, last night. His age was about 65, and he had been a resident of the State for nearly 40 years. At one time the magnitude of his farming operations, when he owned 40,000 acres, made him the wonder of agriculturists.
Serious reverses in cattle operations, several years ago, so crippled him as to compel the sale of all save about 7,000 acres, on which he has been transacting one of the largest, if not the largest, cattle business in the world. His cattle dealings during the late war were immense. His wealth is believed to have been very great, the insurance carried on his life being $75,000.
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Contributor suggestion:
According to a Dec 27, 1917 article in the Jacksonville Daily Journal re: Alexander Family: John & Mary had 8 children. Two daughters had died. Children alive in 1917: John T., Jr.; Wm H., both living in Chicago, Mrs. Smith of Island Grove, IL, and Mrs. Frederick C. Turner.
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There is also a breeder's article that mentions the family in the August 3, 1913, Jacksonville Daily Journal.
MARRIED: Mary Ann DeWeese
CHILDREN: John Tracey; Wm. D; Lizzie
per contributor (#48730139) Thank you!:
OBITUARY: Wed, 23 Aug 1876 Kalamazoo Gazette (Michigan)
Death of John T. Alexander, the Great Cattle King.
Jacksonville, Ill., Aug. 22.
—John T. Alexander, the famous farmer and stock breeder, who has been very sick for several weeks, died at his home in Alexander, Morgan county, last night. His age was about 65, and he had been a resident of the State for nearly 40 years. At one time the magnitude of his farming operations, when he owned 40,000 acres, made him the wonder of agriculturists.
Serious reverses in cattle operations, several years ago, so crippled him as to compel the sale of all save about 7,000 acres, on which he has been transacting one of the largest, if not the largest, cattle business in the world. His cattle dealings during the late war were immense. His wealth is believed to have been very great, the insurance carried on his life being $75,000.
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Contributor suggestion:
According to a Dec 27, 1917 article in the Jacksonville Daily Journal re: Alexander Family: John & Mary had 8 children. Two daughters had died. Children alive in 1917: John T., Jr.; Wm H., both living in Chicago, Mrs. Smith of Island Grove, IL, and Mrs. Frederick C. Turner.
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There is also a breeder's article that mentions the family in the August 3, 1913, Jacksonville Daily Journal.
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