From Mecklenburg to Moore: Four North Carolina Families
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From Mecklenburg to Moore: Four North Carolina Families
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Descendants of Telemacus & Hannah Smith Alexander:Silas Washington Alexander, m. Sarah Louvinia Taylor |
| 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 |
Silas Washington Alexander and his twin, John Smith Alexander, were born December 22, 1826.1 The twins both served in the Civil War. Washington enlisted with Company B of the 13th Infantry Regiment of North Carolina Troops, along with brothers Oswald and Ulysses and several cousins.2 He resigned his commission as a second lieutenant in 1862, on account of ill health and returned home.3
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Washington made his living as a wagon maker and wheel wright, as well as farmer.4 On February 24, 1870, he married Sarah Louvinia Taylor, the daughter of William D. Taylor, at Sharon Presbyterian Church.5 Sarah, called Sally, was born February 18, 1849.6 She was a seamstress. They had two daughters, Maggie Estelle, born November 2, 18707 and Cora Dean, born August 14, 1879, pictured at left. 8 As of June 17, 1882, Mr. S. W. and Mrs. Sarah Alexander were listed as charter members of Amity Presbyterian Church in Charlotte.9 Washington died March 14, 1891. In 1900, Sarah and her daughters and her sister, Mattie J. Taylor, shared a home, all but Maggie working as seamstresses. Sarah died December 1, 1925.10 Maggie Estelle Alexander, called Essie, was baptized as an infant at Sharon Presbyterian Church.11 She married Holman Gould around 1900, and worked as a saleslady in a store.12 She died May 22, 1922.13 They had a daughter named Helen Myrtle Gould who married Harold Leroy Maine in 1926. Helen died in 1983.14 Cora Dean Ross, pictured above, was a schoolteacher at Sugaw Creek Presbyterian School and a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.15 She married Samuel Caldwell Ross in 190816 and had two daughters, Sarah Anne and Milbray Lee.17 Sarah Anne married Hugh Bryant Houser in 1939.18 She passed away in 1986, and Milbray, in 1987.19 |