OBIT: Agnes (COCHRANE) ALEXANDER, 1943, Salisbury, Somerset County, PA

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AGNES ALEXANDER

  Mrs. Agnes Alexander, for many years a well-known citizen of Salisbury, died 
last week at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon 
Martin, at Rowlesburg, W.Va., in her eighty-seventh year.  Her husband, the late 
William Alexander, Sr., preceded her in death within the last ten or twelve 
years.  She is survived by these children: William and Charles F. Alexander of 
Racine, Wis.; Dussell Alexander of Harmersville, Pa.; Mrs. Bella Tenny of 
Washington, Pa.; Mrs. Mahlon Martin and Mrs. Margaret Brooks of Rowlesburg, 
W.Va., and Mrs. Charlotte Matthews whose present place of residence is unknown 
to the writer.  She is also survived by one sister, Mrs. John Cunningham of 
Pittsburgh, and by a large number of grandchildren.
  Mrs. Alexander's death was caused by a complication of ailments incident to 
old age, and during the last two years she was confined to her bed most of the 
time.  She was one of twelve children born to the late James and Charlotte 
Cochrane, who were natives of Scotland.  Some of their children were also born 
in Scotland.  She was preceded in death by eight brothers, namely, Robert, 
Archibald, John, James, William, Thomas, David and Charles Cochrane, and by two 
sisters, Margaret Jeffery and Mrs. George Mull.
  Her father, the late James Cochrane, Sr., was one of the early coal mine 
operators in the vicinity of Salisbury.  He and his sons were well versed in 
coal mining.  Some of the sons were mine foremen, and well-known throughout the 
Meyersdale-Elk Lick coal region.  The oldest members of the family came to this 
region about the year 1879.
  For many years Mrs. Alexander was a prominent member of the Woman's Christian 
Temperance Union, and although brought up in the Presbyterian faith, was a 
regular worshiper at St. John's Reformed Church in Salisbury.
  Her remains were brought to Salisbury last Monday morning by a West Virginia 
mortician, and lay in state for a short time at the funeral parlor of Stanley M. 
Thomas.  At two o'clock a short funeral service was conducted there by Rev. Ira 
S. Monn, pastor of St. John's Reformed Church.  Following the service, her body 
was interred in the I.O.O.F. Cemetery.
  All of Mrs. Alexander's children were in attendance at her funeral, except 
Mrs. Charlotte Matthews.  The funeral was also attended by many of her 
grandchildren and other relatives from different places.  Among them were 
Russell Alexander and son, William, of Harmersville, Pa.; Dr. James Cochrane of 
Parkersburg, W.Va.; William and Charles F. Alexander of Racine, Wis.; Mrs. 
Thomas Amhurst of Struthers, Ohio; Mr. and Mrs. Mahlon Martin of Rowlesburg, 
W.Va., and Mr. and Mrs. John Cunningham of Pittsburgh.

Meyersdale Republican, May 27, 1943