Benton Co., AR - Biographies - G. L. Alexander

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SOURCE: History of Benton, Washington, Carroll, Madison, Crawford,
Franklin, and Sebastian Counties, Arkansas. Chicago: The Goodspeed 
Publishing Co., 1889.
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G. L. Alexander, druggist, Rogers, Ark., and one of the prominent 
citizens of Benton County, was born in Elbert County, Ga., in 1838. 
His father, Elijah Alexander, was born in Northfield, Mass., and when 
a young man immigrated to Georgia, where he met and married Miss 
Savannah Wilhight, and by her became the father of four children, G. 
L. Alexander being the eldest of their children. The father was a 
farmer by occupation, and died near Independence, Mo., on a steamboat 
while on his way to California; his wife in 1864, while in Georgia. G. 
L. Alexander was reared and educated in Georgia, and when the great 
Civil War broke out joined the Confederate army, and was a member of 
Longstreet's corps. He was quite severely wounded, and while home on 
furlough his mother died. After recovering from his wound he rejoined 
his command and served until the close of the war. He rose to the rank 
of first lieutenant, and afterward, for distinguished service at the 
battle of Fussell's Mills, he was promoted to the rank of captain, and 
served in this capacity with Company C. Fifteenth Georgia Regiment. 
Mr. Alexander has a number of interesting relics of the war in his 
possession, among which is a pistol with which he shot his way through 
a Federal regiment at the battle of Gettysburg. Two of his brothers 
were also Confederate soldiers, and the following are some of the 
battles in which they participated: Fredericksburg, Yorktown, 
Williamsburg, Richmond, Malvern Hill, second Manassas, Gordonville, 
Wilderness, Spottsylvania and numerous others of lesser note. Mr. 
Alexander has been married three times. The first time to Miss Emma 
Trenchard, who died after four years of married life. He was next 
married in Kansas to a Miss Early, a New York lady, and after her 
death was married, in Arkansas, to Miss Hattie Camden. While in 
Georgia Mr. Alexander dealt in cotton and other articles of 
merchandise, and after moving to Kansas followed various occupations 
for twelve years. In 1881 he came to Rogers, Ark., and engaged in the 
drug business, and by his honesty, energy and efforts to please has a 
large and paying trade. He is a stanch Democrat.