Titus Co., TX - Obit - Alex Commander
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COMMANDER, ALEX - Mount Pleasant, Texas, Aug. 5, 1909 - A negro, Alex
Commander, died here today. He was said to have been 117 years old, and is
believed to have been the oldest person in the United States. He was born a
slave, and prior to the civil war he fell into the hands of W. R. Edwards, one
of the pioneers of this section, and one of the early day sheriffs of this
county. After emancipation, he lived continuously with Mr. Edwards until the
latter's death, about nine years ago. At that time he took up his home with
Dr. W. H. Blythe, a son-in-law of Mr. Edwards, and continued as a servant in
his family until his death. (S.S. Gazette)