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Jefferson Davis Alexander

J.D. Alexander
Full Name: Jefferson Davis "Jeff" Alexander
Birth date: March 17, 1861
Death date: March 20, 1925

Terms of Service

  • House, 25th (1) (2) Legislature
    1/12/1897 - 1/10/1899
    Democrat
(1) Siloam, Bowie County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004 2005.
(2) DeKalb. Texas Legislative Manual .

Biographical Notes and Resources

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  • Jefferson Davis Alexander, birth date 3/17/1861 in Sand Hill, Bowie County, death date 3/20/1925 in Lamesa, Dawson County, spouse Alice Lillian Carter (1866-1924, death date 10/8/1924). Residence in Bowie County in 1880, birth of children in DeKalb, Bowie County, in 1892 and 1894. The Tree of Life Family Tree. Ancestry.com .
  • Census of 1880 - Jefferson D. Alexander, Bowie County, age 19, born circa 1861 in Texas, works on farm, son of William P. and Sarah Alexander.
    J.D. Alexander, marriage to A.L. Carter 5/29/1882 in Little River County, Arkansas; residence place Bowie County, Texas.
    Census of 1900 - Jeff Alexander, Montgomery County, age 39, born December 1860 in Texas, farmer, spouse Alice Alexander, sons Henry and Virgie, daughter Daisy.
    Census of 1910 - Jefferson D. Alexander, Dawson County, age 49, born circa 1861 in Texas, farmer, spouse Alice L. Alexander, sons Henry H., Virgil V., James C., Jeff D., and Morris M., daughter Daisy D.
    Census of 1920 - J.D. Alexander, Bowie County, age 58, born circa 1862 in Texas, farmer, spouse Allice Alexander, daughter Daisey D., sons James C. and J.D. Alexander, Jr.
    Jefferson Davis Alexander and Alice Lillian Carter, parents of Virgil Vernon Alexander, birth date 10/29/1894 in DeKalb, Bowie County, death date 7/20/1970; and James Carter Alexander, birth date 6/6/1901, death date 9/22/1975. FamilySearch . Texas Deaths - James Carter Alexander Texas Deaths - Virgil Vernon Alexander
  • 1900 1880 Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957 1920 1910
  • Jeff Alexander (1861-1925), burial in Five Mile Cemetery, Fivemile, Dawson County. Find a Grave .
  • 25th Legislature (1897) - J.D. Alexander, postoffice DeKalb, nativity Texas, age 35, farmer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual .
  • Biographical sketch, J.D. Alexander, p. 120. Born 3/17/1861 in Bowie County; married Alice Lillian Carter 5/29/1883 in Richmond [Little River County], Arkansas. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature 1897.
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