Obituary of Major Joseph P. Alexander, Chicot Co, Ar *********************************************************** Submitted by: Paul V. Isbell Date: 1 May 2011 Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm *********************************************************** Obituary: Major Joseph P. Alexander Dead-San Diego, Cal. Oct. 25-Major Joseph P. Alexander, of Harwood, Ark. , is dead at Coronado, of heart failure. He was one of the largest and most successful cotton planters in the south, having plantations in Arkansas and Louisiana, and was well known through all the lower Mississippi Valley, particularly in New Orleans. He was a veteran of the Confederate Army, having served in the Ross Cavalry Brigade, under Nathan Bedford Forrest. Atlanta Constitution, Oct. 26,1902. Born Mar. 20,1840 buried Mt. Hope Cemetery, San Diego, California Extracted from: Atlanta Constitution via Ancestry. com