Mr. William Alexander, one of Boonville's old and respected citizens died at his home in Boonville, on Saturday evening at 8:40 p.m., after a long and severe illness of cancer. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the family residence at 4 p.m. and were conducted by Rev. Samuel Reid. The remains were interred at Maple Grove cemetery. Mr. Alexander was 76 years of age, was born in Warrick county and lived here all his life except two years he spent in Texas. He was married in 1848 to Miss Nancy J. Wilder who survives him, and to this union there were born eleven children, ten of whom are living as follows: Mrs. Will Wilder, Mattoon, Ill.; George Alexander, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. C.P. Brizius, Robert and Albert Alexander of Evansville; Charles Alexander of Chandler; Mrs. J.A. Hemenway, Mrs. Mary Slaughter and Miss Nannie Alexander, Boonville, and Andrew Alexander, Butte City, Montana.
Mr. William Alexander, one of Boonville's old and respected citizens died at his home in Boonville, on Saturday evening at 8:40 p.m., after a long and severe illness of cancer. The funeral services were held Sunday afternoon from the family residence at 4 p.m. and were conducted by Rev. Samuel Reid. The remains were interred at Maple Grove cemetery. Mr. Alexander was 76 years of age, was born in Warrick county and lived here all his life except two years he spent in Texas. He was married in 1848 to Miss Nancy J. Wilder who survives him, and to this union there were born eleven children, ten of whom are living as follows: Mrs. Will Wilder, Mattoon, Ill.; George Alexander, Kansas City, Mo.; Mrs. C.P. Brizius, Robert and Albert Alexander of Evansville; Charles Alexander of Chandler; Mrs. J.A. Hemenway, Mrs. Mary Slaughter and Miss Nannie Alexander, Boonville, and Andrew Alexander, Butte City, Montana.
Gravesite Details
Burial: April 30, 1899.
Shares stone with Nancy J., Albert R., Andrew W. & Laura B.
Family Members
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Susan K. Alexander Withers
1820–1877
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Delilah Alexander Roberts
1825–1903
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John Alexander
1827–1853
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Susannah Jane Alexander Hopkins
1828–1916
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Ratliff Boon Alexander
1830–1905
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James G. Alexander
1832–1846
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Perry Boone Alexander
1834–1852
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Homer Alexander
1836–1877
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Bailey Alexander
1839–1861
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Randolph Alexander Jr
1842–1914
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Mary M Alexander Slaughter
1849–1938
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William Franklin Alexander
1850–1851
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Albert R. Alexander
1852–1936
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Andrew W. Alexander
1854–1916
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Charles M. Alexander
1856–1931
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Laura Belle Alexander Wilder
1858–1929
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Ann Elizabeth "Lida" Alexander Hemenway
1863–1958
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Robert B Alexander
1865–1937
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Susan W "Nannie" Alexander Stevens
1869–1954
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Martha G Alexander Brizius
1872–1938
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