Christian County KyArchives Biographies.....Alexander, Lawrence G. April 28 1844 - March 19 1884 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ky/kyfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandi Gorin http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00002.html#0000404 January 25, 2005, 6:23 pm Author: County of Christian, Kentucky. Historical And Biographical. William Henry Perrin, F. A. Battey Publishing Co., Chicago and Louisville, 1884 LAWRENCE G. ALEXANDER, M. D., was born April 28, 1844, in the city of Augusta, Ga., to L. G. Alexander and Martha L. (Steele) Alexander. When he was six years old his father settled in Calhoun, McLean Co., Ky., and there engaged in the milling business. His father was born in Prince William County, Va., in February, 1815, and died in 1869. His mother was born in the city of Louisville, Ky., in 1818, and died in 1864. They had but two children, viz., Dr. L. G. Alexander and Annie A., wife of S. J. Boyd, of Hopkinsville, Ky. The subject of these lines began the study of medicine in 1863, and in the early part of 1867 graduated in the medical department of the Louisville University. He began practice at Calhoun, Ky., where in 1873, he married Lizzie Loving, of Warren County, Ky., who died in 1877, leaving one son - Norbern Alexander. From Calhoun he removed to the city of Atlanta, Ga., where for a time he engaged in the practice of his profession, and in editing a medical journal. In 1879 he located in Hopkinsville, Ky., and on the 5th of May, 1860, was married to Miss Bell Leavell, daughter of Livingston L. Leavell and Mary Ann Leavell. To them have been born two children - L. G. Alexander, Jr., and Mary Ann Alexander. Dr. Alexander is a member of the Knights of Pythias and of the Baptist Church. He is President of the Christian County Medical Society, Secretary of the County Board of Health, has a large and lucrative practice, and enjoys the confidence of an extensive circle of friends. Though but comparatively a young man, he has already achieved success in his chosen profession, and enjoys a reputation second to none in Hopkinsville. * *Since the preparation of this sketch, and on the 19th day of March, 1884, Dr. Alexander died at his residence in Hopkinsville. His portrait appears elsewhere in this work. Additional Comments: I have no connection and no further information. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ky/christian/bios/gbs170alexande.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/kyfiles/