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Alexander Downey Hightower 1881–1953 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: Aug 1881

Birth Location: Arkansas

Death Date: 11 August 1953

Death Location: Zion, Izard County, Arkansas, United States of America

Father: martin Hightower

Mother: Mary Taylor

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Alexander Downey Hightower was born in 1881 in Arkansas, the child of Martin Van Buren Hightower And Mary Taylor. In 1900, Alexander Downey Hightower resided in Pleasant Hill, Izard, Arkansas, USA. Alexander Downey Hightower passed away in 1953 in Zion, Izard County, Arkansas, United States of America.

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Biography

  • Alexander Downey Hightower was born in 1881 in Arkansas, the child of Martin Van Buren Hightower And Mary Taylor.
  • In 1900, Alexander Downey Hightower resided in Pleasant Hill, Izard, Arkansas, USA.
  • Alexander Downey Hightower passed away in 1953 in Zion, Izard County, Arkansas, United States of America.

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Alexander Hightower's Ancestors

Self
Alexander Hightower
1881–1953
Birth Place: Arkansas
Parents
martin van buren Hightower
1839–1905
Arkansas
Mary Taylor
1841–1917
Tennessee
Grandparents
william (robert Hightower) notes
1805–1846
Bowling Green, Warren, Kentucky, USA
martha downey
1808–1894
Kentucky, United States of America
Great-Grandparents
Thomas NOTES
1736–1807
jane cherokee
1766–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
thomas sr
1712–1761
TBD DNA
1700–1763
Oldham Judsen
1744–1823

Alexander Hightower's Timeline

3 Records

1881
Aug 1881
Birth of Alexander Downey Hightower in Arkansas
Arkansas
1900
1900
Age 19
Alexander Downey Hightower resided here in Pleasant Hill, Izard, Arkansas, USA
Pleasant Hill, Izard, Arkansas, USA
1953
11 August 1953
Age 72
Death of Alexander Downey Hightower in Melbourne, Izard County, Arkansas, United States of America
Melbourne, Izard County, Arkansas, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: Aug 1881
    Event Place: Arkansas
    Record Source:
    [1] 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Pleasant Hill, Izard, Arkansas; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0167; FHL microfilm: 1240062
    [2] U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1900
    Event Place: Pleasant Hill, Izard, Arkansas, USA
    Record Source: 1900 United States Federal Census, Year: 1900; Census Place: Pleasant Hill, Izard, Arkansas; Page: 2; Enumeration District: 0167; FHL microfilm: 1240062

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 11 August 1953
    Event Place: Melbourne, Izard County, Arkansas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Zion, Izard County, Arkansas, United States of America
    Record Source: U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current

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