married 23 March 1857 Jackson Co. Missouri
1860 Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska Territory, post office Nebraska City household 90
Alexander Majors overland carrier real estate $25000 personal 791150? Ky
Susan 23 VA
Elizabeth 22 Mo
Missourian 20 female Mo
Flora A 17 Mo
Benjamin 14 Mo
Jane 12 MO
Green 9 male MO
Kate 2 Nebraska
1870 6th Ward, St Louis, Missouri, 15 June 1870, St Louis PO household 306
Elick Majors 54 freight agent Kentucky
Susan R 33 Virginia
Flora 25 Mo
Jane 18 Mo
Kate 12 nebraska
Elick 10 Nebraska
Nellie 7 Nebraska
Green 14 Missouri
Anna Kennedy 26 domestic servant Ireland
1880 San Jose, Santa Clara, California household 246
Alex Majors 65 miner Ky parents Ky
Susan D 39 Virg
Katie 21 dtr Nebraska
Alex Jr son 19 printer Nebraska
Nellie dtr 17 Nebraska
1900 Kansas City Ward 11, Jackson, Missouri household
Susan D Majors Jan 1837 63 widow West virginia
Katherine dtr June 1857 42 Nebraska fa Ky
1910 St Joseph Ward 5, Buchanan, Missouri household 14
Susan D Majors 73 widow 4 born 3 living West virginia
"History of the San Francisco Bay Region : history and biography"
BY BAILEY MILLARD
VOLUME II
PUBLISHERS THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC.
CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO NEW YORK 1924
His first wife bore him seven children, of which the two bovs are still living. The second wife bore him four children, of which three are living. Her name was Susan Dudley Wetzel, she was from Independence,
Missouri, but born in Virginia. She was a woman of remarkable beauty and sweetness of character and many years the junior of Alex Majors. She presided over his home in Nebraska City with great efficiency and kindliness. Of the two children living in California one is Greene Majors,
one-time mayor of Alameda and at present judge of the Piedmont, California, court. He is the youngest child of Mr. Majors' first marriage, and the other, Mrs. Elinor Carlisle, senior member of the A. Carlisle & Company firm of San Francisco. In an official capacity she served as the
first woman school director on the Berkeley, California. Board of Education, and finally on the Chamber of Commerce directorate, from which she resigned to move to San Francisco after the big fire in September, 1923, at which time she lost her old home. Greene Majors has one son,
Dr. Ergo Majors, of Oakland, California. Mrs. Carlisle has six children, the eldest, Catherine, married to Samuel Van Ornum, a civil engineer of Pasadena, California, and Burlington M. Carlisle. the manager and director
of A. Carlisle & Company, and four children at home Alma, Helen. Albert and Grafton.
Alexander Majors died at Chicago on the first dav of January, 1900.
His wife died in California in 1915. She was called upon as the widow of Alexander Majors in 1913 to unveil the Pony Express monument in Saint Joseph, Missouri, as his daughter, Mrs. Elinor Cariisle, performed the like service in unveiling the Marker at Sacramento March 3. 1923,
memorials placed by the ladies of the Daughters of the American Revolution to commemorate historical events. With the passing of Alexander Majors a great soul crossed the Great Divide. A Boston newspaper in commenting upon his death spoke of him as "the John the Baptist of the
West, blazing the way for a new civilization," which was the purest tribute that could be paid him.
1860 Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska Territory, post office Nebraska City household 90
Alexander Majors overland carrier real estate $25000 personal 791150? Ky
Susan 23 VA
Elizabeth 22 Mo
Missourian 20 female Mo
Flora A 17 Mo
Benjamin 14 Mo
Jane 12 MO
Green 9 male MO
Kate 2 Nebraska
1870 6th Ward, St Louis, Missouri, 15 June 1870, St Louis PO household 306
Elick Majors 54 freight agent Kentucky
Susan R 33 Virginia
Flora 25 Mo
Jane 18 Mo
Kate 12 nebraska
Elick 10 Nebraska
Nellie 7 Nebraska
Green 14 Missouri
Anna Kennedy 26 domestic servant Ireland
1880 San Jose, Santa Clara, California household 246
Alex Majors 65 miner Ky parents Ky
Susan D 39 Virg
Katie 21 dtr Nebraska
Alex Jr son 19 printer Nebraska
Nellie dtr 17 Nebraska
1900 Kansas City Ward 11, Jackson, Missouri household
Susan D Majors Jan 1837 63 widow West virginia
Katherine dtr June 1857 42 Nebraska fa Ky
1910 St Joseph Ward 5, Buchanan, Missouri household 14
Susan D Majors 73 widow 4 born 3 living West virginia
"History of the San Francisco Bay Region : history and biography"
BY BAILEY MILLARD
VOLUME II
PUBLISHERS THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC.
CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO NEW YORK 1924
His first wife bore him seven children, of which the two bovs are still living. The second wife bore him four children, of which three are living. Her name was Susan Dudley Wetzel, she was from Independence,
Missouri, but born in Virginia. She was a woman of remarkable beauty and sweetness of character and many years the junior of Alex Majors. She presided over his home in Nebraska City with great efficiency and kindliness. Of the two children living in California one is Greene Majors,
one-time mayor of Alameda and at present judge of the Piedmont, California, court. He is the youngest child of Mr. Majors' first marriage, and the other, Mrs. Elinor Carlisle, senior member of the A. Carlisle & Company firm of San Francisco. In an official capacity she served as the
first woman school director on the Berkeley, California. Board of Education, and finally on the Chamber of Commerce directorate, from which she resigned to move to San Francisco after the big fire in September, 1923, at which time she lost her old home. Greene Majors has one son,
Dr. Ergo Majors, of Oakland, California. Mrs. Carlisle has six children, the eldest, Catherine, married to Samuel Van Ornum, a civil engineer of Pasadena, California, and Burlington M. Carlisle. the manager and director
of A. Carlisle & Company, and four children at home Alma, Helen. Albert and Grafton.
Alexander Majors died at Chicago on the first dav of January, 1900.
His wife died in California in 1915. She was called upon as the widow of Alexander Majors in 1913 to unveil the Pony Express monument in Saint Joseph, Missouri, as his daughter, Mrs. Elinor Cariisle, performed the like service in unveiling the Marker at Sacramento March 3. 1923,
memorials placed by the ladies of the Daughters of the American Revolution to commemorate historical events. With the passing of Alexander Majors a great soul crossed the Great Divide. A Boston newspaper in commenting upon his death spoke of him as "the John the Baptist of the
West, blazing the way for a new civilization," which was the purest tribute that could be paid him.
married 23 March 1857 Jackson Co. Missouri
1860 Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska Territory, post office Nebraska City household 90
Alexander Majors overland carrier real estate $25000 personal 791150? Ky
Susan 23 VA
Elizabeth 22 Mo
Missourian 20 female Mo
Flora A 17 Mo
Benjamin 14 Mo
Jane 12 MO
Green 9 male MO
Kate 2 Nebraska
1870 6th Ward, St Louis, Missouri, 15 June 1870, St Louis PO household 306
Elick Majors 54 freight agent Kentucky
Susan R 33 Virginia
Flora 25 Mo
Jane 18 Mo
Kate 12 nebraska
Elick 10 Nebraska
Nellie 7 Nebraska
Green 14 Missouri
Anna Kennedy 26 domestic servant Ireland
1880 San Jose, Santa Clara, California household 246
Alex Majors 65 miner Ky parents Ky
Susan D 39 Virg
Katie 21 dtr Nebraska
Alex Jr son 19 printer Nebraska
Nellie dtr 17 Nebraska
1900 Kansas City Ward 11, Jackson, Missouri household
Susan D Majors Jan 1837 63 widow West virginia
Katherine dtr June 1857 42 Nebraska fa Ky
1910 St Joseph Ward 5, Buchanan, Missouri household 14
Susan D Majors 73 widow 4 born 3 living West virginia
"History of the San Francisco Bay Region : history and biography"
BY BAILEY MILLARD
VOLUME II
PUBLISHERS THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC.
CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO NEW YORK 1924
His first wife bore him seven children, of which the two bovs are still living. The second wife bore him four children, of which three are living. Her name was Susan Dudley Wetzel, she was from Independence,
Missouri, but born in Virginia. She was a woman of remarkable beauty and sweetness of character and many years the junior of Alex Majors. She presided over his home in Nebraska City with great efficiency and kindliness. Of the two children living in California one is Greene Majors,
one-time mayor of Alameda and at present judge of the Piedmont, California, court. He is the youngest child of Mr. Majors' first marriage, and the other, Mrs. Elinor Carlisle, senior member of the A. Carlisle & Company firm of San Francisco. In an official capacity she served as the
first woman school director on the Berkeley, California. Board of Education, and finally on the Chamber of Commerce directorate, from which she resigned to move to San Francisco after the big fire in September, 1923, at which time she lost her old home. Greene Majors has one son,
Dr. Ergo Majors, of Oakland, California. Mrs. Carlisle has six children, the eldest, Catherine, married to Samuel Van Ornum, a civil engineer of Pasadena, California, and Burlington M. Carlisle. the manager and director
of A. Carlisle & Company, and four children at home Alma, Helen. Albert and Grafton.
Alexander Majors died at Chicago on the first dav of January, 1900.
His wife died in California in 1915. She was called upon as the widow of Alexander Majors in 1913 to unveil the Pony Express monument in Saint Joseph, Missouri, as his daughter, Mrs. Elinor Cariisle, performed the like service in unveiling the Marker at Sacramento March 3. 1923,
memorials placed by the ladies of the Daughters of the American Revolution to commemorate historical events. With the passing of Alexander Majors a great soul crossed the Great Divide. A Boston newspaper in commenting upon his death spoke of him as "the John the Baptist of the
West, blazing the way for a new civilization," which was the purest tribute that could be paid him.
1860 Nebraska City, Otoe, Nebraska Territory, post office Nebraska City household 90
Alexander Majors overland carrier real estate $25000 personal 791150? Ky
Susan 23 VA
Elizabeth 22 Mo
Missourian 20 female Mo
Flora A 17 Mo
Benjamin 14 Mo
Jane 12 MO
Green 9 male MO
Kate 2 Nebraska
1870 6th Ward, St Louis, Missouri, 15 June 1870, St Louis PO household 306
Elick Majors 54 freight agent Kentucky
Susan R 33 Virginia
Flora 25 Mo
Jane 18 Mo
Kate 12 nebraska
Elick 10 Nebraska
Nellie 7 Nebraska
Green 14 Missouri
Anna Kennedy 26 domestic servant Ireland
1880 San Jose, Santa Clara, California household 246
Alex Majors 65 miner Ky parents Ky
Susan D 39 Virg
Katie 21 dtr Nebraska
Alex Jr son 19 printer Nebraska
Nellie dtr 17 Nebraska
1900 Kansas City Ward 11, Jackson, Missouri household
Susan D Majors Jan 1837 63 widow West virginia
Katherine dtr June 1857 42 Nebraska fa Ky
1910 St Joseph Ward 5, Buchanan, Missouri household 14
Susan D Majors 73 widow 4 born 3 living West virginia
"History of the San Francisco Bay Region : history and biography"
BY BAILEY MILLARD
VOLUME II
PUBLISHERS THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC.
CHICAGO SAN FRANCISCO NEW YORK 1924
His first wife bore him seven children, of which the two bovs are still living. The second wife bore him four children, of which three are living. Her name was Susan Dudley Wetzel, she was from Independence,
Missouri, but born in Virginia. She was a woman of remarkable beauty and sweetness of character and many years the junior of Alex Majors. She presided over his home in Nebraska City with great efficiency and kindliness. Of the two children living in California one is Greene Majors,
one-time mayor of Alameda and at present judge of the Piedmont, California, court. He is the youngest child of Mr. Majors' first marriage, and the other, Mrs. Elinor Carlisle, senior member of the A. Carlisle & Company firm of San Francisco. In an official capacity she served as the
first woman school director on the Berkeley, California. Board of Education, and finally on the Chamber of Commerce directorate, from which she resigned to move to San Francisco after the big fire in September, 1923, at which time she lost her old home. Greene Majors has one son,
Dr. Ergo Majors, of Oakland, California. Mrs. Carlisle has six children, the eldest, Catherine, married to Samuel Van Ornum, a civil engineer of Pasadena, California, and Burlington M. Carlisle. the manager and director
of A. Carlisle & Company, and four children at home Alma, Helen. Albert and Grafton.
Alexander Majors died at Chicago on the first dav of January, 1900.
His wife died in California in 1915. She was called upon as the widow of Alexander Majors in 1913 to unveil the Pony Express monument in Saint Joseph, Missouri, as his daughter, Mrs. Elinor Cariisle, performed the like service in unveiling the Marker at Sacramento March 3. 1923,
memorials placed by the ladies of the Daughters of the American Revolution to commemorate historical events. With the passing of Alexander Majors a great soul crossed the Great Divide. A Boston newspaper in commenting upon his death spoke of him as "the John the Baptist of the
West, blazing the way for a new civilization," which was the purest tribute that could be paid him.
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