Robert Minter ALEXANDER
M, b. 23 October 1836, d. 18 August 1904
- Relationship
- 2nd cousin 3 times removed of John Kennedy BROWN Jr.
Robert Minter ALEXANDER, son of Peyton Smith ALEXANDER and Mary Puryear Minter, was born on 23 October 1836 in Lowndes County, Alabama.
Robert Minter ALEXANDER appeared on a census, enumerated 19 December 1850, in the household of Peyton Smith ALEXANDER and Mary Puryear Minter in Lowndes Division, Lowndes County, Alabama.1
Robert married Mary Lavinia Taylor circa 1856.
Robert began military service at age 25 on 1 November 1861 in Union Mills, Virginia, where he enlisted for a period of one year in Company G "The Autauga Rifles", 6th Alabama Infantry, CSA. He was present at the battles of Yorktown, Seven Pines, Cold Harber, Malvern Hill, and Boonsboro, Maryland. He was captured at Boonsboro 14 Sep 1862 and exchanged in December. He was absent sick until the Battle of Martinsburg, Virginia on 13 Jun 1863 and present through the remainder of the war. His wife, Mary, was the sister of Lt. Thomas Taylor of Company G and she corresponded with her brother throughout the war. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama.
Robert Minter ALEXANDER died on 18 August 1904 in Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama, at age 67.
Robert's obituary was printed on 26 August 1904 in the Prattville Progress newspaper, published in Prattville, Alabama. It read: "Hon. Robert M. Alexander, of Montgomery, dropped dead on Washington Street here Thursday afternoon of last week on his way to his brother's home. It is supposed that his heart was affected heretofore. He was nearing 68 years of age... Mr. Alexander was a native of Lowndes County, but removed to this county long prior to the time when he volunteered to go to the front in 1861, with Company G, 6th Regiment of the Alabama Infantry. His first service was at the siege of Yorktown. He was captured at Boonsboro, Maryland on September 14, 1862, and exchanged December 18, 1862. He fought 27 battles from the time he entered the service till he was captured at Petersburg, Virginia on March 24, 1865... He was a son of Peyton Alexander, a noted Methodist minister. He leaves a brother, John L. Alexander, of this place, and several sisters. Mr. Alexander is survived by a widow and two daughters, Mrs. J. F. Keyton, of Montgomery, and Mrs. Charles Herman, of Selma... The remains were sent to Montgomery on Friday and interred in Oakwood Cemetery on Saturday morning."2
Robert Minter ALEXANDER appeared on a census, enumerated 19 December 1850, in the household of Peyton Smith ALEXANDER and Mary Puryear Minter in Lowndes Division, Lowndes County, Alabama.1
Robert married Mary Lavinia Taylor circa 1856.
Robert began military service at age 25 on 1 November 1861 in Union Mills, Virginia, where he enlisted for a period of one year in Company G "The Autauga Rifles", 6th Alabama Infantry, CSA. He was present at the battles of Yorktown, Seven Pines, Cold Harber, Malvern Hill, and Boonsboro, Maryland. He was captured at Boonsboro 14 Sep 1862 and exchanged in December. He was absent sick until the Battle of Martinsburg, Virginia on 13 Jun 1863 and present through the remainder of the war. His wife, Mary, was the sister of Lt. Thomas Taylor of Company G and she corresponded with her brother throughout the war. He was buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Montgomery, Alabama.
Robert Minter ALEXANDER died on 18 August 1904 in Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama, at age 67.
Robert's obituary was printed on 26 August 1904 in the Prattville Progress newspaper, published in Prattville, Alabama. It read: "Hon. Robert M. Alexander, of Montgomery, dropped dead on Washington Street here Thursday afternoon of last week on his way to his brother's home. It is supposed that his heart was affected heretofore. He was nearing 68 years of age... Mr. Alexander was a native of Lowndes County, but removed to this county long prior to the time when he volunteered to go to the front in 1861, with Company G, 6th Regiment of the Alabama Infantry. His first service was at the siege of Yorktown. He was captured at Boonsboro, Maryland on September 14, 1862, and exchanged December 18, 1862. He fought 27 battles from the time he entered the service till he was captured at Petersburg, Virginia on March 24, 1865... He was a son of Peyton Alexander, a noted Methodist minister. He leaves a brother, John L. Alexander, of this place, and several sisters. Mr. Alexander is survived by a widow and two daughters, Mrs. J. F. Keyton, of Montgomery, and Mrs. Charles Herman, of Selma... The remains were sent to Montgomery on Friday and interred in Oakwood Cemetery on Saturday morning."2
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