Maj. Samuel J. ALEXANDER, an influential farmer and merchant of Macon, Fayette Co., Tenn., was born in Henderson County December 1, 1833, and is the son of John M. and Cynthia (Williamson) ALEXANDER, both natives of Mecklenburg County, N.C. The father was of Scotish-Irish descent, the mother was of German. The father was born December 16, 18180, and died at our subject’s home May 10, 1877. The mother was born December 20, 1815 and died June 26, 1856. They married…
The following pages are taken from Goodspeed’s 1887 History of Tennessee. [scribd id=101402889 key=key-2fzim1gvpreeurevkh6a mode=list]
This is a scanned copy of the index to Fayette County Marriage Records 1838-1857 as produced in 1936 by the Works Project Administration (Project No. 64-44-1447) If you would like more information on these marriages, you have options: you can contact the Tennessee State Library Reference staff for a lookup email Taneya Koonce at tnsc@tngenweb.org and request a lookup. This may take me about a month to get to, but I will do it for free. Fayette County Marriages: 1838-1857…