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James Wardlaw Alexander 1813 – 1897 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 9 October 1813

Birth Location: Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States

Death Date: 27 May 1897

Death Location: Mississippi, USA

Father: James Alexander

Mother: Katharine Bannerman

Spouse(s): Nancy Wardlaw, Mary McCartney, Sarah Young, Mary Easley

Children(s): James Alexander, John Alexander, William Alexander, David Alexander, Orlando Alexander, Lamar Alexander, Silas Alexander, Martin Alexander, Thomas Alexander, Sarah Alexander

According to available records, James Wardlaw Alexander was born in 1813 in Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States, the child of James Alexander and Katharine Bannerman. Following those early years, James Wardlaw Alexander married Nancy V. Wardlaw, Mary McCartney, Sarah Catherine Young and Mary M Easley, and their family grew to include James Warren Alexander, John Alexander, William A. Alexander, David Henry Alexander, Orlando Lee Alexander, Lamar Jackson Alexander, Silas Baxter Alexander, Martin Luther Lute Alexander, Thomas Hamilton Alexander and Sarah Ocie Ida Alexander. In the later years of life, James Wardlaw Alexander died in 1897 in Mississippi, USA.

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Parents

James Alexander
Birth Location: –
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Katharine Bannerman
Birth Location: –
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Spouses(s)

Nancy Wardlaw
1804 – 1860
Birth Location: South Carolina, United States
NW
Mary McCartney
1830 – 1867
Birth Location: –
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Sarah Young
1834 – 1880
Birth Location: Alabama
SY
Mary Easley
1844 – 1939
Birth Location: Alabama, United States
ME

Children(s)

James Alexander
1838 – 1908
Birth Location: South Carolina, United States
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John Alexander
1842 –
Birth Location: South Carolina, United States
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William Alexander
1844 –
Birth Location: Mississippi
WA
David Alexander
1845 – 1927
Birth Location: Mississippi, United States
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Orlando Alexander
1861 – 1946
Birth Location: Mississippi, United States
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Lamar Alexander
1871 – 1957
Birth Location: –
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Silas Alexander
1874 – 1939
Birth Location: Mississippi, United States of America
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Martin Alexander
1876 – 1956
Birth Location: Calhoun, Mississippi, United States
MA
Thomas Alexander
1882 – 1941
Birth Location: Mississippi, United States
TA
Sarah Alexander
1885 – 1968
Birth Location: Mississippi, United States
SA

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 9 October 1813
    Event Place: Abbeville, Abbeville, South Carolina, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 22 Feb 1849
    Event Place: Pontotoc, Mississippi

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 27 May 1897
    Event Place: Mississippi, USA

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