Edward porter alexander sixth of eight children, alexander was born on may 26, 1835, in wilkes county to sarah and adam alexander. United states and who was known as the commodore, died saturday, feb. We have 1248 records for nancy akleyhenderson ranging in age from 32 years old to 84 years old. Robert slemmons, son of william 2 slemmons, was born in what is now lawrence county, pennsylvania, september 29, 1816, died in january, 1885.
Genealogy profile for edward reading alexander edward reading alexander 1839 1912 genealogy genealogy for edward reading alexander 1839 1912 family tree on geni, with over 200 million profiles of ancestors and living relatives. Margriat porter 2 sept 1768 10 may 1841 age 72 married 7 feb 1787 john darragh 5 dec 1763 24 jul 1821 from a list in the handwriting of david porter b 1754 alexdr porter senr born may 5th 1727. Binns, john alexander article about binns, john alexander. The personal recollections of general edward porter alexander posthumous, 1989. Our editors have compiled this checklist of genealogical resources, combining links to commercial databases along with usercontributed information and web sites for the alexander surname. Alexander sellar abt 1719 scotland 16 mar 1807 managed by william ingram last edited 10 nov 2019 jean sellar ingram 24 aug 1803 botriphnie, banffshire, scotland, united kingdom bef 12 jun 1843 robert sellar abt 1758 tenantown, botriphine, scotland jan 1815 managed by ina schoentrup.
His ancestors, descendants, and some of the allied families, 17291977 west, carrie mclain on. A william robb in newton is mentioned as a witness at the baptism of james robb, son of george, in 1772, and at the baptism of georges twin daughters four years later. This family was the first to settle where the county seat was established. Nancy has been found in 15 states including north carolina, mississippi, california, texas, florida, and 10 others.
Owing also to its intermarriages with other leading families of monroe, the alexander connection has been very prominent in local annals. Alexander mackenzie mackenzie, alexander, 17641820 online books about this author are available, as is a wikipedia article mackenzie, alexander, 17641820. Edward porter alexander has 27 books on goodreads with ratings. Books, images, historic newspapers, maps, archives and more.
Edward porter alexander was an engineer, united states and confederate army officer, university professor, businessman, and planter. Porter alexander spent 1861 as an intelligence officer, and he served as part of a signal guard, but he soon became chief of ordnance for joseph johnstons army near richmond. Nathaniel dixon people search, genealogy, find deceased. Partly through example and partly through his pamphlet, treatise on practical farming 1903, what came to be. William robb 17491757 1817 we know from an inscription in auchterless kirkyard that william robb, farmer in logie newton, died in 1817, aged 68, which means he would have been born in about 1749. The socalled temenids having been driven out of argos grafted themselves onto a preexisting dynasty in macedonia, that of perdiccas, who had themselves grafted onto a previous line descending from deucalian through macedonmakedon and argeus. General edward porter alexander was the master gunner of the confederacy, and undeniably one of the great american artillerists. John buchanan, alexanders father, emigrated with his family in 1802 and settled in quebec city, where he was surgeon to the garrison, in 1803. When you find a useful new resource, go to the right linkpendium page. Civil war papers include diaries and notebooks, voluminous postwar correspondence with other officers concerning a proposed history of longstreets corps and preparation of alexanders memoirs published 1907. He was one of the first to experiment with gypsum as a fertilizer and to convince others of its efficacy.
Ebenezer porter porter, ebenezer, 17721834 books from the extended shelves. Digging into the origins of the dickson and dixon surnames not forgetting other spellings including the very first of dicson. Alexander barnett is the ancestor who assisted in establishing american independence, while acting in the capacity of private in the south carolina continentals and. He died between 18 feb 16845 date of will and 11 may 1685 date of probate in boston, suffolk, massachusetts. His father also owned a pub, located on wexford towns main street. Alexander was a respected author following the war. The alexander genealogy and family tree page welcome to the alexander family page at surname finder, a service of genealogy today. Wikipedia article, commons category, wikidata item. June 30th, 1864, at elliotts salient, at petersburg, virginia, edward porter alexander was hit in the left shoulder by a sharpshooters minie ball. Robert lanphear historical records and family trees related to robert lanphear.
Annals of southwest virginia by lewis preston summers, pages 1084 washington county va will book 1, 1777 1792, by shelby ireson edwards, bristol, virginia. Laurence, through the continent of north america, to the frozen and pacific oceans, in the years 1789 and 1793. He became a dairy farmer on the family farm at mulgannon. Pneumatos, or the grace and duty of being spiritually minded. William robb 17491757 1817 and his son alexander 1796.
His wife was agnes cruickshank of inverkeithny, who died in 1831 aged 75, meaning she was born in about 1742. He is noted for killing thomas of lancaster, duke of clarence, heir to the english throne, at the battle of bauge. The personal recollections of general edward porter alexander military memoirs of a confederate if you havent read his personal memoir, fighting for the confederacy, i highly recommend it. Dushe shaw alexander urqt mary burke aug 1807 james ward john sinclair farquherd mcrae jane ellis feb 1807. Half a year later, johnston would be injured during the peninsula campaign at the battle of seven pines, after which he was replaced by robert e. No epitaph for me with virtues deep punctured in marble pitiless and chill. Edward porter alexander and the petersburg campaign.
When you find a useful new resource, go to the right linkpendium page and click on the add your favorite websites to this page link. For me, my friend, no graveside vigil keep with tears that memory and remorse might fill. Explore historical records and family tree profiles about alexander binnie on myheritage, the worlds family history network. Jun 16, 2009 alexander, who also married a cruickshank amelia. In 1814, alexander was apprenticed to andrew stuart, a quebec city lawyer, and was called to the bar in 1819. It is a description of archival material held in the wilson library at the university of north carolina at chapel hill. He has also written military memoirs of a confederate, published by c. John porter 1 sept 1766 18 oct 1805 tn married 179495 mary porter d ca 1804 tn 3. A genealogy worksheet form is available in pdfformat to assist you in organizing your information. Edward porter alexander 18351910 new georgia encyclopedia. Army, confederate general in the american civil war, and later a railroad executive, planter, and author. Sarah snow mark russell stephen gilmore polly wardrope feb 1807 alexander shaw dushe shaw alexander urqt mary burke aug 1807 james ward john sinclair farquherd mcrae jane ellis feb 1807 litten raynor samuel hollingsworth betsey murphy sept 1807 wm morrison henry branson anne hammons.
Naylor and catherine bender naylor the ancestors are german, and the name was formerly spelled neilor. Alexander binnie historical records and family trees. The parallel lives of joshua lawrence chamberlain and edward. Linkpendium s goal is to index every genealogy, geneology. I recently stumbled across two books of memoirs by gen. General alexander has written a book upon railway practice which is regarded as an authority in its line. Alexander baker our immigrant ancestor baker family roots. For many years he wrote a satirical column for the people group under the pen name pat oleary and wrote regular features in the irish press, the farmers journal and biatas journal to the irish sugar company. Edward porter alexander was born on may 26, 1835, in washington, georgia, about 100 miles east of atlanta. Edward porter alexander, military memoirs of a confederate new york. He wrote many magazine articles and two major books. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in our. Edward porter alexander, fighting for the confederacy. Alexander negley was so well pleased with country here in the west, that after his term of service was up he went home to bucks county, sold out his property there, move his family to the west, and was the first white settler in the east liberty valley, where he acquired a large tract of land.
Ordered that john lowry, john mccutchan, alexander mcnutt, and david carson or any three of them appraise the estate of william berry. Partly through example and partly through his pamphlet. Free genealogy biography of robert slemmons, pennsylvania volunteer of the civil war rev. Name ssn date of birth date of death lived state zip code last residence. Alexander baker and elizabeth had the following children. It is incomplete at this time but provides some of the links illustrating how todays fortneys fit with the.
His father adam, was a yale graduate of the class of 1821. He was one of eight children born to adam leopold alexander, and sara hillhouse gilbert. George naylor, the grandfather, was a native of berks county, and removed to cumberland county when a young man where he was engaged in farming. Robert lanphear historical records and family trees. Alexander to anglin jamaican family search genealogy. He received a wellrounded education and entered the u. Records may include photos, original documents, family history, relatives, specific dates, locations and full names. Nov 28, 2018 alexander was a respected author following the war. Edward porter alexander wikisource, the free online library. Text is available under the creative commons attributionsharealike license. Fortney family tree this is an ambitious effort to try and diagram the fortney family genealogy. Nathaniel dixon people search, genealogy, find deceased relatives and locate ancestors. Alexander buchanan was born in gosport, england, on april 23, 1798.
More curiously, there is a record of a william robb marrying elizabeth jamieson in 1776. Rock, cumberland county, pennsylania, 6 june 1841, a son of nelson l. Edward porter alexander may 26, 1835 april 28, 1910 was a military engineer, railroad executive, planter, and author. Find a grave memorial page death record daily press february 29, 2004 leroy j. Cumberland county bastardy bonds and records 17601858. Alexander married elizabeth in about 1630, she was born abt 1611 in england. Military memoirs of a confederate, by edward porter alexander. Pierce and parker, 1833, also by john owen page images at hathitrust. He served first as an officer in the united states army and later, during the american civil war 18611865, in the confederate army, rising to the rank of brigadier general alexander was the officer in charge of the massive artillery bombardment preceding picketts.
Unlike fighting for the confederacy, which was based largely on alexander s own. Jul 25, 2014 alexander buchanan was born in gosport, england, on april 23, 1798. The personal recollections of edward porter alexander, ed. A collection of links to genealogy details mentioned on other websites. The name alexander was of course the same as the former crown prince of troy, a. Reuben and eliza jane looney alexander reuben and eliza jane looney alexanders family lived in dallas county, missouri. Partly through example and partly through his pamphlet, treatise on practical farming 1903, what came to be known as the loudoun system of soil treatment spread rapidly throughout virginia and maryland and.