| From Mecklenburg to Moore: Four North Carolina Families |
Descendants of Telemacus & Hannah Smith Alexander:Prudence Morehead Alexander, m. Rufus F. Norwood |
| Silas and Mary Alexander, parents of Telemacus Alexander | Telemacus & Hannah Smith Alexander | John & Prudence Smith, Probable Parents of Hannah |
| Children of Telemacus & Hannah Alexander: |
| Jane Rankin | Martha Ann | James Wallace | John Smith | Silas Washington | William N. | Prudence Morehead | Ulysses Columbus | Oswald A. | Mary Steele |
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Prudence Morehead Alexander was born October 21, 1831.1 She married Rufus Norwood January 4, 1855 in Mecklenburg County. Bondsman was Silas Alexander.2 Rufus's birth date was August 3, 1828.3 The 1860 census shows R. F. and Prudence Norwood owning a home in Eastern Mecklenburg, with three small children. His occupation is carpenter.4
Rufus was born in Mecklenburg County and listed himself as a wagonmaker when he enlisted at age 34, July 7, 1862, in Company F, 63rd Regiment NC Troops, along with three of his wife's brothers. War records show him accounted for through August 1864.5 The 1870 census shows Rufus and Prudence farming in Sharon Township, with seven children. Their farm was located next to her brother Silas's farm, where he lived with his wife and widowed sister Martha Sample.6 Prudence had at least eight children: Julia Alice, Ruth Jane, Walter Harold, Tom, Oswald Morrison, Emma Loula Wallace, and twins Nannie Florence and Lelia J.7 The last four named were baptized at Sharon Church during the 1860's.8 Prudence died July 25, 1896, and her husband died in Monroe, North Carolina, on August 14, 1901.9
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