From Mecklenburg to Moore: Four North Carolina Families
      

Descendants of Telemacus & Hannah Smith Alexander:

William N. Alexander, m. Sarah Loucinda (Lou) White
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


obituary from The Charlotte News, August 24, 1905

William N. Alexander was born in March of 1828.1 He married Sarah Loucinda (Lou) White on October 29, 1855.2 She was born on December 26, 1834.3 In 1862 he enlisted in the cavalry as a private with James and Smith. At that time he was a farmer.4 In 1863 William was named as an heir of his uncle, Silas Alexander Jr., inheriting 25 acres of land and purchasing the undivided interest of Silas's son Harrison.5 He suffered a gunshot wound and was hospitalized in Danville, Virginia, in June 1864. He was hospitalized in Charlotte with typhoid the following November, and returned to duty in January 1865.6 In 1871 he was elected a deacon of Sharon Church.7

William served as Mecklenburg County coroner and as Deputy Marshal during the 1880's.8a

William died August 21, 1905, and was buried at Carmel Cemetery in Mecklenburg County.8b Mrs. Lou Alexander, age 83, widow of W.N., applied for a Confederate widow's pension from the state of North Carolina in July 1917 in Mecklenburg County.9 She died on August 24, 1921. They had children named Marcus A., Ellis Ulysses, and Robert Lester.10

Lou appears in the 1910 census in the Sharon community as a farmer and head of household. Her son Robert Lester lives with her, and in the 1920 census, they still share a household, along with R. L.'s wife Cynthia and their small daughter.11

William's middle name may have been Newton, as a William Newton Alexander appears in the records of Sharon Church around 1847 as a communicant, after William had joined the church.12

Footnotes:

1. Stafford, Dr. Alvah, Alexander Notebooks, (Charlotte NC: Public Library of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, 1985) Volume 1, p. 81.

2. Microfilm Marriage Bond Abstracts pre-1868, Mecklenburg County, N.C., Vol. 1, A-L, (Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1942) p. 8.

3. Manarin, Louis H. North Carolina Troops: 1861-1865 A Roster. Vol. II Cavalry, (Raleigh: North Carolina State Dept of Archives and History, 1968) pp. 367-372, pp. 413.

4. 1860 census cited above, Charlotte Township, family #84., 1870 census, cited above, Sharon Township, p. 278, Family #181.; Population Schedule of the Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, North Carolina, Vol. 14, Mecklenburg County (Washington: National Archives and Record Service), p. 23, Crab Orchard, family #235.

5. Estate Records 1762-1957, n.d., NC State Archives (C.R. 065.508.9) Silas Alexander Jr. 1863.

6. Roll #211, 13th Inf A-Bo, Microfilm # 270, Confederate Military and Pension Records (Raleigh: North Carolina Division of Archives and History).

7. Records of Sharon Presbyterian Church, 1830-1960, Reel HF 202, Volume 1855-1873, (Presbyterian Historical Society, Montreat, N.C.: 1969.) p. 10.

8a. "Death of Mr. Alexander," The Charlotte News, Charlotte NC, August 21, p.5.

8b. "Death of Mr. Alexander," cited above, and "A Correction," The Charlotte News, Charlotte NC, August 24, p. 6; and Karchaske, S. Janelle, Mecklenburg County, NC Cemetery Records, version 2, (Charlotte: Family History Researchers and Publishers, 1995) entry 92; Alexander, Charles C. and Virginia W., Alexander Kin, Volume II, (Greenville SC: Southern Historical Press: 1990), p. 195.

9. Widow's Application for Pension, Mecklenburg County, July 1917, Confederate Military and Pension Records (Raleigh: North Carolina Division of Archives and History).

10. Stafford, cited above, p. 81.

11. 1910 United States Census, Sharon District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, Enumeration District, 119, p.12B; 1920 United States Census, Sharon District, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina; Enumeration District 163, p. 3B.

12. Sharon Church records, cited above, Volume 1830-1855, p. 109; and Sharon Presbyterian Church, Sharing Our Heritage: 175 Years of Faith, Fellowship, and Food (Charlotte NC: Sharon Presbyterian Church, 2006) p. 96.

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