William Edmund ALEXANDER
M, b. 1768, d. 27 December 1840
William Edmund ALEXANDER was born in 1768 in Petersburg, Virginia. He was generally known as Edmund or Edmond.
According to information found on the Graves Family Association website, Edmund Alexander was descended from Lord Stirling, William Edmund Alexander, who was born 1726 in New York City, died 1783, and was a brigadier general in the Continental Army. He descended from Sir William Edmund Alexander, the Earl of Stirling, who was born in 1567 and died in 1640. He was a Scottish poet and was tutor to the Earl of Argyle, Prince Henry Frederick, and Prince Charles who later became King Charles I of England. He received a grant in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in 1621. He was secretary of state for Scotland from 1626 until his death in 1640. He was the author of "Monarchickie Tragedies," "Paracnesis to the Prince" (a poem written in 1604), and "Doomesday," a sacred epic.1
William married Mary GRAVES, daughter of William GRAVES and Sarah SMITH, in 1801 in Georgia.
William Edmund ALEXANDER moved from Oglethorpe County, Georgia to Montgomery (now Lowndes) County, Alabama, 1818. He traveled here along the Federal Road with his father-in-law, William Graves.
In 1820 William Edmund ALEXANDER and Rev. Peyton Smith GRAVES attended the first camp meeting held in Autauga county at Graves' Campground and both later became ministers.2,3,4
William Edmund ALEXANDER died on 27 December 1840 in Lowndes County, Alabama.1
According to information found on the Graves Family Association website, Edmund Alexander was descended from Lord Stirling, William Edmund Alexander, who was born 1726 in New York City, died 1783, and was a brigadier general in the Continental Army. He descended from Sir William Edmund Alexander, the Earl of Stirling, who was born in 1567 and died in 1640. He was a Scottish poet and was tutor to the Earl of Argyle, Prince Henry Frederick, and Prince Charles who later became King Charles I of England. He received a grant in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in 1621. He was secretary of state for Scotland from 1626 until his death in 1640. He was the author of "Monarchickie Tragedies," "Paracnesis to the Prince" (a poem written in 1604), and "Doomesday," a sacred epic.1
William married Mary GRAVES, daughter of William GRAVES and Sarah SMITH, in 1801 in Georgia.
William Edmund ALEXANDER moved from Oglethorpe County, Georgia to Montgomery (now Lowndes) County, Alabama, 1818. He traveled here along the Federal Road with his father-in-law, William Graves.
In 1820 William Edmund ALEXANDER and Rev. Peyton Smith GRAVES attended the first camp meeting held in Autauga county at Graves' Campground and both later became ministers.2,3,4
William Edmund ALEXANDER died on 27 December 1840 in Lowndes County, Alabama.1
Last Edited=25 Jun 2010
Children of William Edmund ALEXANDER and Mary GRAVES
- Sarah Elizabeth ALEXANDER+ b. 1806, d. 1893
- Ethelbert ALEXANDER b. c 1810
- Peyton Smith ALEXANDER+ b. c 1812, d. 1876
- Matilda ALEXANDER b. c 1815
- Martha Susan ALEXANDER b. 1 May 1817, d. 17 Oct 1865
- William Edmund ALEXANDER Jr.+ b. c 1819, d. 21 Feb 1893
- Charles ALEXANDER b. c 1821
- Asbury G. ALEXANDER b. 10 Jan 1821, d. 4 Dec 1860
- Mary Adeline ALEXANDER b. c 1822
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