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William W. Alexander (Bourbon County Lawyer)

b. 1820? d. 1874-07-21

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.

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White

Bibliography

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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Alexander, William W.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32197599 (November 12, 2026).

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