Daviess County, Missouri Biography - ALEXANDER, J. H.
From "The History of Daviess County Missouri." 
Birdsall & Dean, 1882 p. 833 .


J. H. ALEXANDER  Was born in Kentucky, November 30, 1819, 
and was one of a family of nine, six boys and three girls.  
His father was a Virginian by birth, served as a soldier in 
the War of 1812, and died at the advanced age of seventy-two 
years; his grandfather was a soldier in the Revolutionary War 
and was wounded at the battle of Brandywine; his mother was a 
native of Kentucky and died at the age of forty-six.  
 Mr. Alexander was united in the marriage bonds to Miss Mary V. 
Reid, on the 5th of June, 1845, and the same year removed to 
Daviess county, Missouri, and located upon his present farm, 
where he has since ben engaged in his chosen pursuit, agriculture.  
His farm is situated in the southwestern part of Jefferson township 
and consists of 118 acres of fertile land.  Mr. and Mrs. Alexander 
became the parents of five children; named as follows:  Ann M., born 
February 28, 1846; Mary E., born July 16, 1847; Martha J., born 
December 28, 1848; James D., born October 4, 1850; and Sarah E., 
born March 27, 1852.  Mrs. Alexander died March 3, 1853.  
Mr. Alexander was united in marriage to Miss Eliza Reed, on the 
3d of June, 1853.  By this union three children were born; namely, 
Nancy M., May 29, 1854; Daniel R., September 19, 1856; and John 
William, March 7, 1861.

On the 19th of April, 1875, Mr. Alexander made a visit to the homes 
of his brothers in California and Oregon, and while on his tour, 
which lasted until October 20th of the same year, he gathered a large 
collection of natural curiosities, consisting of fossils, quartz, 
crystals, ores, stalactites, stalagmites and shells.  Many of these 
specimens are of wonderful formation and rare beauty.  Besides this 
collection he is the possessor of a number of curious relics, among 
which may be mentioned a gourd which was used by his grandfather as 
a powder-flask during the Revolutionary War; several unique canes, 
upon the outer surface of which are carved varieties of birds, 
fishes and serpents; a laurel leaf from a shrub planted by 
Washington; a lump of salt from the Great Salt Lake, Utah; and a 
small stone from the summit of Mount Sherman, the highest telegraph 
station in the world.  These form an interesting cabinet of 
curiosities of which Mr. Alexander feels justly proud.

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