Clay Alexander is a representative farmer, liveryman and stockman of Clay township. In his life he has outstripped many of those less active on the highway of life and during the last decade, especially, has made a considerable amount of money in the various enterprises in which he has been engaged. He is a man of unfailing integrity and oine whose word is generally recognized as being as good as his bond. He owns a farm three miles south of Burney and is engaged in the livery, feed and sales business in Burney.
Clay Alexander was born in Bartholomew county, Indiana, on June 8, 1862, son of A.J. and Charlotta (Steward) Alexander, the former of whom was a native of Butler county, Ohio, born in 1839, who came to Indiana when he was eighteen years old, settling in Bartholomew county. he later owned eighty acres of land near Hartsville, but traded this for one hundred and sixty acres of land in this county, to which he moved and there spent the remainder of his active business life. Charlotta Steward, who was born in Ireland, came with her parents when six years old to America. They settled in Bartholomew county, Indiana, where she was married to A.J. Alexander and by industry, economy and shrewd management, she and her husband became prosperous farmers. Clay Alexander was about thirteen years old when his parents came to Decatur county and he lived on the old Alexander homestead south of Burney, in Clay township, until he was twenty-seven years old.
At the age of twenty-seven, Clay Alexander was married to Mollie Elliott, daughter of James Elliott, after which he moved to hartsville where for a time he was engaged in various callings. Later he rented a farm for a year and then moved to Burney where he engaged in teaming and kindred work for fifteen years. At the end of that time, Mr. Alexander built the livery barn in Burney, which he still owns. he has been in the hay, straw, feed and livery business since that time and has a flourishing patronage in this county. He buys large quantities of hay and straw and ships it to distant points, after bailing. For ten years he has been an extensive dealer in horses and about three years ago purchased eighty acres of land three miles south of Burney. This farm is operated by a tenant and its chief products are corn and clover; he is also a breeder of hogs.
Clay Alexander is a stanch Republican and one of the leaders of his party in Clay township. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Phthias lodge in Burney. mrs. Alexander is a member of the Baptist church. She is the Local correspondent of the Greensburg Daily News and for thirteen years had charge of the Independent Telephone Company's plant at Burney. Mr. Alexander is one of the solid and substantial citizens of Decatur county and for the past ten years has made a remarkable record in business. Both he and his wife are well liked and respected by the people in the community in which they live.
History of Decatur County Indiana 1880-1944
Lewis A. Harding
pg 952
Clay Alexander was born in Bartholomew county, Indiana, on June 8, 1862, son of A.J. and Charlotta (Steward) Alexander, the former of whom was a native of Butler county, Ohio, born in 1839, who came to Indiana when he was eighteen years old, settling in Bartholomew county. he later owned eighty acres of land near Hartsville, but traded this for one hundred and sixty acres of land in this county, to which he moved and there spent the remainder of his active business life. Charlotta Steward, who was born in Ireland, came with her parents when six years old to America. They settled in Bartholomew county, Indiana, where she was married to A.J. Alexander and by industry, economy and shrewd management, she and her husband became prosperous farmers. Clay Alexander was about thirteen years old when his parents came to Decatur county and he lived on the old Alexander homestead south of Burney, in Clay township, until he was twenty-seven years old.
At the age of twenty-seven, Clay Alexander was married to Mollie Elliott, daughter of James Elliott, after which he moved to hartsville where for a time he was engaged in various callings. Later he rented a farm for a year and then moved to Burney where he engaged in teaming and kindred work for fifteen years. At the end of that time, Mr. Alexander built the livery barn in Burney, which he still owns. he has been in the hay, straw, feed and livery business since that time and has a flourishing patronage in this county. He buys large quantities of hay and straw and ships it to distant points, after bailing. For ten years he has been an extensive dealer in horses and about three years ago purchased eighty acres of land three miles south of Burney. This farm is operated by a tenant and its chief products are corn and clover; he is also a breeder of hogs.
Clay Alexander is a stanch Republican and one of the leaders of his party in Clay township. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Phthias lodge in Burney. mrs. Alexander is a member of the Baptist church. She is the Local correspondent of the Greensburg Daily News and for thirteen years had charge of the Independent Telephone Company's plant at Burney. Mr. Alexander is one of the solid and substantial citizens of Decatur county and for the past ten years has made a remarkable record in business. Both he and his wife are well liked and respected by the people in the community in which they live.
History of Decatur County Indiana 1880-1944
Lewis A. Harding
pg 952
Clay Alexander is a representative farmer, liveryman and stockman of Clay township. In his life he has outstripped many of those less active on the highway of life and during the last decade, especially, has made a considerable amount of money in the various enterprises in which he has been engaged. He is a man of unfailing integrity and oine whose word is generally recognized as being as good as his bond. He owns a farm three miles south of Burney and is engaged in the livery, feed and sales business in Burney.
Clay Alexander was born in Bartholomew county, Indiana, on June 8, 1862, son of A.J. and Charlotta (Steward) Alexander, the former of whom was a native of Butler county, Ohio, born in 1839, who came to Indiana when he was eighteen years old, settling in Bartholomew county. he later owned eighty acres of land near Hartsville, but traded this for one hundred and sixty acres of land in this county, to which he moved and there spent the remainder of his active business life. Charlotta Steward, who was born in Ireland, came with her parents when six years old to America. They settled in Bartholomew county, Indiana, where she was married to A.J. Alexander and by industry, economy and shrewd management, she and her husband became prosperous farmers. Clay Alexander was about thirteen years old when his parents came to Decatur county and he lived on the old Alexander homestead south of Burney, in Clay township, until he was twenty-seven years old.
At the age of twenty-seven, Clay Alexander was married to Mollie Elliott, daughter of James Elliott, after which he moved to hartsville where for a time he was engaged in various callings. Later he rented a farm for a year and then moved to Burney where he engaged in teaming and kindred work for fifteen years. At the end of that time, Mr. Alexander built the livery barn in Burney, which he still owns. he has been in the hay, straw, feed and livery business since that time and has a flourishing patronage in this county. He buys large quantities of hay and straw and ships it to distant points, after bailing. For ten years he has been an extensive dealer in horses and about three years ago purchased eighty acres of land three miles south of Burney. This farm is operated by a tenant and its chief products are corn and clover; he is also a breeder of hogs.
Clay Alexander is a stanch Republican and one of the leaders of his party in Clay township. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Phthias lodge in Burney. mrs. Alexander is a member of the Baptist church. She is the Local correspondent of the Greensburg Daily News and for thirteen years had charge of the Independent Telephone Company's plant at Burney. Mr. Alexander is one of the solid and substantial citizens of Decatur county and for the past ten years has made a remarkable record in business. Both he and his wife are well liked and respected by the people in the community in which they live.
History of Decatur County Indiana 1880-1944
Lewis A. Harding
pg 952
Clay Alexander was born in Bartholomew county, Indiana, on June 8, 1862, son of A.J. and Charlotta (Steward) Alexander, the former of whom was a native of Butler county, Ohio, born in 1839, who came to Indiana when he was eighteen years old, settling in Bartholomew county. he later owned eighty acres of land near Hartsville, but traded this for one hundred and sixty acres of land in this county, to which he moved and there spent the remainder of his active business life. Charlotta Steward, who was born in Ireland, came with her parents when six years old to America. They settled in Bartholomew county, Indiana, where she was married to A.J. Alexander and by industry, economy and shrewd management, she and her husband became prosperous farmers. Clay Alexander was about thirteen years old when his parents came to Decatur county and he lived on the old Alexander homestead south of Burney, in Clay township, until he was twenty-seven years old.
At the age of twenty-seven, Clay Alexander was married to Mollie Elliott, daughter of James Elliott, after which he moved to hartsville where for a time he was engaged in various callings. Later he rented a farm for a year and then moved to Burney where he engaged in teaming and kindred work for fifteen years. At the end of that time, Mr. Alexander built the livery barn in Burney, which he still owns. he has been in the hay, straw, feed and livery business since that time and has a flourishing patronage in this county. He buys large quantities of hay and straw and ships it to distant points, after bailing. For ten years he has been an extensive dealer in horses and about three years ago purchased eighty acres of land three miles south of Burney. This farm is operated by a tenant and its chief products are corn and clover; he is also a breeder of hogs.
Clay Alexander is a stanch Republican and one of the leaders of his party in Clay township. Fraternally, he is a member of the Knights of Phthias lodge in Burney. mrs. Alexander is a member of the Baptist church. She is the Local correspondent of the Greensburg Daily News and for thirteen years had charge of the Independent Telephone Company's plant at Burney. Mr. Alexander is one of the solid and substantial citizens of Decatur county and for the past ten years has made a remarkable record in business. Both he and his wife are well liked and respected by the people in the community in which they live.
History of Decatur County Indiana 1880-1944
Lewis A. Harding
pg 952
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