Mrs. Annie E. ALEXANDER, widow of Albert G. ALEXANDER, a prominent farmer of Rutherford County, Tenn., was born March 31, 1814, in Virginia. Mr. Albert G. ALEXANDER, a native of this State, was born August 8, 1810, and is the son of Daniel and Sarah (Alexander) ALEXANDER. He was one of the early settlers of this county, coming here with his parents about 1827. He was an extensive and very successful farmer, and himself and family were leading members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. His death occurred February 26, 1862. His wife, Mrs. Anne E., still lives on the old homestead. To Mr. and Mrs. ALEXANDER were born five children: Eliza J. Madison (who died in March, 1862, in the prison of Camp Butler, Ill., during the war), Robert L., Elizabeth and Ophelia. Mrs. Annie E. ALEXANDER and family are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and are justly recognized as one of the leading families of the county.
Source: History of Tennessee from the Earliest Time to the Present: Together with an Historical and a Biographical Sketch of Maury, Williamson, Rutherford, Wilson (Goodspeed, 1886).
