Alexander Family File
A FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY
covering 1848-1989
plus some earlier
Vera B. Andrews, Author
Elkhart, IN
1989
This book is available from the author – cost $15.00.
Contact: Vera B. Andrews. 3601 H. Bent Oak Tr., Elkhart, IN 46517-3849 or email UCQZ77A [at] prodigy [dot] com
1 Ezekial ALEXANDER, Sr. the son of James Alexander and his second wife Abigail (McKnitt)
b: October 21, 1754 Cecil Co., MD he married abt 1772/3 Jemima Esther MCCOY. He was given his father’s land, where he lived for some period of time before coming to TN. Ezekial d: August 18, 1832 in Wilson Co., TN Ezekial & Jemima Esther Alexander had 8 children: James b. 16 Nov. 1774,
Jean b. 25 Feb 1776, Abner b. 10 Aug 1778, Lydia b. 2 Mar 1784, Josiah b. 7 May 1785,
John McKnitt b. 20 May 1787 & Ezekial Jr. b. 22 Dec 1789.
ref. “Alexanders of Cannon Co. TN” p. 5
These are the descendants of Ezekial Alexander, Jr. who married Mary “Polly” Cooper 8 Oct. 1810 in Wilson Co. Tennessee. Mary “Polly” Cooper, the daughter of Christopher and Permelia Hogg Cooper, is buried behind the old Sanders Fork School in Cannon Co. Tn. Her will at her death left her son FC Alexander (Francis Clinton) her estate.
ref. “Alexanders of Cannon Co. TN” p. 6, Cannon Co. Will Bk.A, p.179, signed 31May 1865, proved 5 June 1865
2 Ezekial ALEXANDER, Jr. b: December 22, 1789 NC d: Wilson Co., TN
… +Mary “Polly” COOPER b: May 20, 1788 VA m: October 08, 1810 Wilson Co., TN
d: 1865 Cannon Co., TN
3 C. C. ALEXANDER b: September 28, 1811 d: 1859 Tyler,TX
3 Emily ALEXANDER b: February 06, 1814 TN d: Aft. 1870
…. +Andrew J. Bogle b: Abt. 1814 TN
. 4 James Bogle b: Abt. 1843
. 4 Samuel Bogle b: Abt. 1846
3 Jemima Annice ALEXANDER b: March 04, 1815 d: March 29, 1874 Savannah,TN
…. +Hiram Bryson
3 [1] Abner D. ALEXANDER b: March 24, 1816
…. +Nancy Sauls
*2nd Wife of [1] Abner D. ALEXANDER:
…. +Permelia J. Cooper
3 John McCoy ALEXANDER b: September 23, 1818 d: November 18, 1861 TX
3 Nancy ALEXANDER b: Abt. 1820 Wilson Co., TN d: Bef. May 1874
…. +Daniel BRYSON b: 1814 Wilson Co., TN m: January 17, 1839 Cannon Co., TN d: Aft. 1880
. 4 Margaret Fatimony BRYSON b: December 15, 1839 d: October 18, 1875
….. +Abner Dement COOPER b: 1834 m: October 06, 1859 Cannon Co.,TN
Father: Benjamin B. COOPER Mother: Rebecca OWEN
.. 5 Clarence COOPER b: 1875
. 4 Ezekiel Dillard BRYSON b: 1844 Cannon Co., TN
….. +Martha L. WILSON b: 1832 m: August 05, 1865 Cannon Co., TN Father: Mother:
. 4 Jemima BRYSON b: 1846
. 4 Mary J. BRYSON b: 1848
….. +John P. MILLIGAN b: 1855 m: March 23, 1873 Cannon Co., TN Father: Mother:
. 4 Emily S. BRYSON b: 1851
….. +William T. MEARS
.. 5 [7] Altie Jemima MEARS b: February 15, 1878 d: June 08, 1957
…… +[6] Robert Martin “Bobby” ALEXANDER b: May 02, 1878 m: Abt. 1898 d: August 11, 1951
Father: John Dee ALEXANDER Mother: Margaret Susan DAVENPORT
. 4 Abraham R. BRYSON b: 1852
….. +E.D. TUCKER m: August 12, 1877
. 4 William K. BRYSON b: 1854
….. +E.J. RAMSEY m: January 05, 1881
. 4 Thomas J. BRYSON b: 1858
….. +Sarah L. ADAMS m: September 05, 1885
3 Abraham O. ALEXANDER b: May 06, 1823 Wilson Co., TN d: 1851 Cannon Co.,TN
…. +Martha Frances SAULS b: Abt. 1830 TN m: October 05, 1847 TN
Thought to be the dau of John Sauls & Fannie Alexander. Siblings of Martha may be Nancy who
m. Abner D. Alexander, Rhoda who m. Thomas Tedder and Caroline Fann. It is assumed that
A.O. and Martha Alexander died between 1851-53 when there were court records in Cannon Co.
stating:Benjamin C and John Dee being left orphaned at young ages were made guardianships of
Abner D Alexander, bro of Abram O., witnessed by Ezekial Alexander and Robert Bryson.
John D. & Benjamin C. Alexander m. sisters and both lived in the Sanders Fork area of Cannon Co.
ref. “Alexanders of Cannon Co. TN” p. 7 & 57
. 4 Benjamin C. ALEXANDER b: August 19, 1848 Cannon Co., TN d: July 25, 1909 Cannon Co., TN
….. +Nancy Elizabeth DAVENPORT b: December 18, 1857 Cannon Co., TN m: October 22, 1872
Cannon Co., TN d: October 04, 1949 Cannon Co., TN
Father: Thomas Whitlock DAVENPORT Mother: Mary E. JONES
.. 5 Martha E. ALEXANDER b: August 05, 1873 d: January 30, 1969
…… +Elisha Jones
.. 5 Ellie ALEXANDER b: January 10, 1875 d: April 07, 1911
…… +Adam A. Smith b: February 04, 1873 d: January 05, 1927
Father: James Smith Mother: Elizabeth Fann
.. 5 John Albert ALEXANDER b: June 25, 1877 d: January 10, 1972
…… +Lulu Smith b: Abt. 1878 m: August 02, 1901 d: Abt. 1912
Father: James Smith Mother: Elizabeth Fann
.. 5 Altie B. ALEXANDER b: July 25, 1879 d: March 15, 1946
…… +Silas Powell Tedder b: September 06, 1875 d: April 01, 1960
Father: Chalmus H. Tedder Mother: Dorothy M. Baines
.. 5 [2] Thomas Wesley ALEXANDER b: January 19, 1882 Cannon Co., TN
d: June 13, 1973 Mishawaka, IN
…… +Linda Ellen TRAVIS b: Nov 05, 1882 Cannon Co., TN m: Dec 23, 1903 Cannon Co., TN
d: June 13, 1955 Mishawaka, IN Father: Leander F. TRAVIS
Mother: Mary Ann “Travis” TRAVIS
.. *2nd Wife of [2] Thomas Wesley ALEXANDER:
…… +Octa Elizabeth “Tabors” DENTON b: Jan 18, 1892 m: 1956 Henderson Co., KY d: July 04, 1966
.. 5 Sally P. Alexander b: November 19, 1884 d: July 25, 1984 Cannon Co., TN
…… +Samuel B. FANN b: January 25, 1869 Cannon Co., TN m: October 01, 1906 d: February 02, 1944
Father: William H. FANN Mother: Martha L. WILSON
.. 5 Mary Annis ALEXANDER b: August 03, 1887 d: February 11, 1978
…… +William Albert Tucker m: December 26, 1912
.. 5 Ernest Baxter ALEXANDER b: April 11, 1891 d: September 17, 1986
…… +Cassie Davenport b: September 14, 1899 Father: Horace Maynard DAVENPORT
Mother: Stella ISOM
.. 5 Earlie ALEXANDER b: August 07, 1895
.. 5 Geneva Ailene ALEXANDER b: June 14, 1897
…… +Robert Hunt, Sr. b: September 18, 1897 TN m: March 20, 1923 d: April 03, 1982 Father: Mother:
. 4 [8] John Dee ALEXANDER b: July 31, 1851 d: June 11, 1936
….. +Margaret Susan DAVENPORT b: February 13, 1853 m: August 25, 1870 d: February 22, 1885
Father: Thomas Whitlock DAVENPORT Mother: Mary E. JONES
.. 5 Frances Emmaline “Fannie” ALEXANDER b: February 11, 1871 Cannon Co., TN
d: January 08, 1944 Slaughters, KY
…… +Michael WILSON b: July 10, 1874 Woodbury, Cannon Co., TN m: January 12, 1895 Cannon Co.,
TN d: Feb 02, 1968 Slaughters, KY Father: Sam B. WILSON Mother: Nancy Elizabeth HIGGINS
.. 5 [5] Thomas Abram ALEXANDER b: October 09, 1872 d: November 17, 1961 Cannon Co., TN
…… +Lorry Magnolia “Nolie” WILSON b: January 23, 1879 TN d: September 04, 1910 Cannon Co., TN
Father: Sam B. WILSON Mother: Nancy Elizabeth HIGGINS
.. 5 Charles E. ALEXANDER b: May 22, 1876 d: August 19, 1964
…… +Mae TARPLEY b: November 18, 1894 d: March 22, 1943
.. 5 [6] Robert Martin “Bobby” ALEXANDER b: May 02, 1878 d: August 11, 1951
…… +[7] Altie Jemima MEARS b: February 15, 1878 m: Abt. 1898 d: June 08, 1957
Father: William T. MEARS Mother: Emily S. BRYSON
.. 5 Hattie Roxanne ALEXANDER b: April 01, 1882 d: March 23, 1958
…… +Henry “H” C. DUGGAN b: January 23, 1881 d: November 17, 1953 Father: John C. DUGGIN
Mother: Caldonia “Callie” LEACH
… 6 Lassie Leota DUGGAN b: November 25, 1901
……. +Daniel Alexander NICHOLS b: January 09, 1893 Father: William Barry NICHOLS
Mother: Nancy Melissa JONES
… 6 Dora DUGGAN b: December 25, 1902 d: June 17, 1964
……. +Otis Leaburn Tarpley b: August 05, 1902 m: September 07, 1924 d: December 31, 1975
.. 5 Nancy M. ALEXANDER b: December 15, 1884 d: January 23, 1913
…… +[9] George Lafayette “Fate” TENPENNY b: March 21, 1884 m: Abt. 1903 d: March 18, 1940
Father: Jesse Allen Tenpenny Mother: Edna Bogle
. *2nd Wife of [8] John Dee ALEXANDER:
….. +Nancy Annis DAVENPORT b: June 25, 1865 m: Abt. 1893 Father: Burchet Douglas “Doug”
DAVENPORT Mother: Deborah Lucinda “Diby” WILLARD
.. 5 Ovie Ethel ALEXANDER b: April 18, 1895 Cannon Co., TN d: October 22, 1970 Cannon Co., TN
…… +[9] George Lafayette “Fate” TENPENNY b: March 21, 1884 m: August 24, 1913
d: March 18, 1940 Father: Jesse Allen Tenpenny Mother: Edna Bogle
.. 5 Willie Lucinda ALEXANDER b: June 28, 1897 Cannon Co., TN
d: January 07, 1968 Cannon Co., TN
.. 5 Marvin Estes ALEXANDER b: January 17, 1900 Cannon Co., TN
d: November 16, 1970 Cannon Co., TN
.. 5 Lovie Gertrude ALEXANDER b: September 06, 1905 Cannon Co., TN
d: January 29, 1984 Cannon Co., TN
…… +Mack Duggan b: February 21, 1915
.. 5 Johnny May ALEXANDER b: October 31, 1907
…… +Isaac Haskell Mathis b: December 07, 1885 m: August 31, 1935
d: August 14, 1958
3 Benjamin B. ALEXANDER b: April 01, 1825 d: Savannah,TN
…. +Margaret Rogers
3 Francis Clinton ALEXANDER b: April 12, 1828 d: July 06, 1890
Note by Pat Spradley 28 Feb 1998:
Several of the desc. of the Alexander, Davenport and Wilson families migrated to Hopkins Co.,KY
including and Vera’s line and my Wilson’s.
Additional ref. on the Davenpots can be found in “The Davenport File” Copyright © Bettye Joyce Smith
and “The History of Hopkins Co.,KY” Copyright © Hopkins Co. Historical Society