Biography of George Milton ALEXANDER Monongalia County, West Virginia This file was submitted by CJ Towery, E-mail address: The submitter does not have a connection to the subject of this sketch. This file may be freely copied by individuals and non-profit organizations for their private use. All other rights reserved. Any other use, including publication, storage in a retrieval system, or transmission by electronic, mechanical, or other means requires the written approval of the file's author. This file is part of the WVGenWeb Archives. If you arrived here inside a frame or from a link from somewhere else, our front door is at http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm The History of West Virginia, Old and New Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc., Chicago and New York, Volume II, page 232 GEORGE MILTON ALEXANDER, president of the Monongahela Power & Railway Company, and one of the most prominent and influential citizens of Fairmont, judicial center of Marion County, was born on the old family homestead farm in Cass District, Monongalia County, this state, November 10, 1861, and is a son of the late John and Caroline (Conn) Alexander. John Alexander likewise was born in Cass District, Monongalia County, and was a son of George Alexander, who was a native of Pennsylvania and who became the pioneer representative of the family in West Virginia, as now constituted. He reclaimed and developed one of the productive farms of Monoagalia County, and continued his residence in that county until his death. John Alexander became one of the substantial farmers of his native county, and long continued as one of the successful exponents of agricultural and livestock industry in that section of the state. He finally removed from his farm to Morgantown, the county seat, and there his death occurred in 1914. His wife was born near Laurel Point, in Grant District, that county, and was a daughter of Rev. George F. 0. Conn, who was born in Greene County, Pennsylvania, near the West Virginia line, and who became a prominent clergyman of the Baptist Church, he having established his home at Laurel Point, Monongalia County, in an early day. Mrs. Alexander passed to the life eternal in the year 1903. George M. Alexander passed the period of his childhood and early youth upon the old home farm which was the place of his birth, and in the meanwhile profited by the advantages offered by the rural schools, after which, in 1886, he entered the University of West Virginia. In this institution he was graduated in 1892, with the degree of Bachelor of Science, and also that of Bachelor of Laws. He was admitted to the bar in the same year, and in October, 1892, entered upon the practice of his profession by opening an office at Fairmont. He soon proved his powers as a resourceful trial lawyer and well fortified counselor and in 1896 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Marion County. Upon completing his official term of four years lie resumed the private practice of his profession, and later he became attorney for the Fairmont and Clarksburg Traction Company, which was the parent company of what is now known as the Monongahela Power & Railway Company. He also became attorney for the Consolidation Coal Company. Of the former corporation he is now the president, He has high standing in his profession and has been especially well known as a successful corporation lawyer. On the 11th of April, 1918, Mr. Alexander volunteered for service in the United States Army. He was commissioned captain in the ordnance department and was on duty at Washington, D. C., until he resigned his commission, December 23, 1918, and returned to Fairmont. In the following month he was chosen president of the Fairmont & Clarksburg Traction Company, now the Monongahela Power & Railway Company, and he has since given all of his time to his executive duties as head of this important corporation. Mr. Alexander is a member of the Fairmont Country Club and the Maryland Club in the City of Baltimore. He is affiliated with Fairmont Lodge No. 9. Ancient Free and Accepted Masons; Fairmont Lodge No. 2, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Fairmont Lodge No. 294, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; and the Phi Sigma Kappa college fraternity. His political allegiance is given to the democratic party, and he and his wife hold membership in the Christian Science Church. Mrs. Alexander, whose maiden name was Gertrude Jamison, is a daughter of James M. and Elizabeth (Boyers) Jamison, of Monongalia County. Mr. and Mrs. Alexander have two children: Virginia, who is the wife of Robert E. Barnes of Parkersburg, this state; and, Edward E., who is a student in a preparatory school at Lawrenceville, New Jersey.