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Frances N. Alexander (Captain in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment)

b. 1829-02-08 d. 1901-03-17

Wayne County, Kentucky, farmer and soldier. Kentucky native. Married to Eliza Ann Roberts Alexander. Farmer in Wayne County in 1860. Household owned four enslaved persons in Wayne County in 1860. Served in the 1st Kentucky Volunteer Cavalry Regiment (U.S.A.) as captain from July 1, 1861, to April 14, 1863. Served in the 30th Kentucky Infantry (U.S.A.) as colonel from April 5, 1864, to April 18, 1865.

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White

Bibliography

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, p. 235.
Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, District 1, p. 20A.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Wayne County, p. 473B.
Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Wayne County Marriages, p. 135.
Find A Grave, "Frances N. Alexander (1829-1901)," Memorial #86918047, http://www.findagrave.com/memorial/86918047 (accessed June 30, 2020).
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 1, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 28-29.
Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Kentucky, vol. 2, 1861-1866 (Frankfort: Kentucky Yeoman Office, 1866), 286-287. 906.

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Alexander, Frances N.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32208596 (November 12, 2026).

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