Alexander, Taliaferro; Catahoula Parish; now Caddo Parish, Louisiana
Submitted by Mike Miller
Date: 1999-2000


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Alexander, Taliaferro, of Shreveport, a leading lawyer, was born March 17, 1846, in Catahoula parish, the son of John S. Alexander, 
a native of Kentucky, who followed the profession of physician, and in 1842 removed to Louisiana, engaging in the occupation of planter. 
He married Miss Susan Taliaferro, daughter of one of the early settlers of the Pelican state, who, with his father, had emigrated to Louisiana 
from Virginia in 1813.  Three sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. John S. Alexander, their second child being the subject of this sketch.  The 
Alexanders, of Scotch-Irish descent, rank with the pioneer inhabitants of Kentucky, where Robert Alexander, paternal grandfather of Taliaferro 
Alexander, was born.  At the age of 30 years, Dr. Alexander died.  Reared in his native parish; educated in local public schools, and next, 
a student at the Louisiana state university, the younger Alexander entered the law department of the University of Louisiana (now Tulane), 
and in 1869 received his degree of bachelor of laws.  He began the practice of his profession in Shreveport, and was verysuccessful.  He was
a member of the State Constitutional convention of 1898.  In 1876 occurred his marriage with Miss Laura Lister, the daughter of A. D. Lister. 
They have one son, Albert L. Alexander, who is a lawyer residing in Shreveport, and a graduate of University of Virginia, where he received the 
degree of bachelor of laws, in 1907. Source:  Louisiana:  Comprising Sketches of Parishes, Towns, Events, Institutions, and Persons, Arranged in 
Cyclopedic Form (volume 3), pp. 25-26.  Edited by Alcée Fortier, Lit.D.  
Published in 1914, by Century Historical Association.