William W. Alexander

Birth Date

c1820

Death Date

1874-07-21

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Bourbon County, Kentucky, attorney. Kentucky native. Married to Jane D. Alexander. Father of William S. Alexander, John R. Alexander, Isaac Alexander, and Lucy Alexander. Elected as a Member of the House of Representatives as a Whig from Bourbon County in 1850. Attorney in Bourbon County in 1860. Owned three enslaved persons in Bourbon County in 1860.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedule, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, p. 4. Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedule, Kentucky, Bourbon County, Paris, p. 1. The Louisville Daily Courier, "Representatives Elected," August 30, 1850, p. 2. Find A Grave, "William W. Alexander (unknown-July 21, 1874)," Memorial #40662524, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/40662524 (accessed March 16, 2017).

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