Archibald J. Alexander

Birth Date

1825-05-29

Death Date

1902-09-02

Gender

Race Description

White

Entity Type

Person

Louisville, Kentucky, lumber merchant and soldier. Erie County, Pennsylvania, native. Married to Drusilla Hite Alexander in Nelson County, Kentucky, on September 28, 1852. Father of Archibald V. Alexander, Emma Alexander, Guy D. Alexander, and Lowry Alexander. Lumber merchant in Louisville in 1860. Employed one enslaved person in Louisville in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a first lieutenant from May 7, 1862, to October 6, 1863. Served in the 11th Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as a lieutenant colonel from October 7, 1863, to June 9, 1864. Resigned on account of disability on June 9, 1864.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 56.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Louisville Ward 4, p. 271B.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Jefferson County, Two Mile House Precinct, p. 477B.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0001.
Compiled Service Records of Volunteer Union Soldiers Who Served in Organizations From the State of Kentucky, NARA RG 94, Microfilm Series M397, Roll 0105.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Nelson County Marriages, Film 001929414.
"Death Came Today," The Topeka State Journal (Topeka, KS), September 24, 1902, p. 4.
"Col. A. J. Alexander Dead," The Topeka Daily Capital (Topeka, KS), September 25, 1902, p. 8.

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