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Josiah Lafayette Alexander 1814–1873 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 27 Jan 1814

Birth Location: Mecklenberg Co. North Carolina

Death Date: 1 January 1873

Death Location: Cerro Gordo, Hardin County, Tennessee, United States of America

Father: Ezekiel 1

Mother: Martha Robison

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The story of Josiah Lafayette Alexander began in 1814 in Mecklenberg Co. North Carolina. Josiah Lafayette Alexander passed away in 1873 in Cerro Gordo, Hardin County, Tennessee, United States of America.

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Biography

  • The story of Josiah Lafayette Alexander began in 1814 in Mecklenberg Co. North Carolina.
  • Josiah Lafayette Alexander passed away in 1873 in Cerro Gordo, Hardin County, Tennessee, United States of America.

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Josiah Alexander's Ancestors

Self
Josiah Alexander
1814–1873
Birth Place: Mecklenberg Co. North Carolina
Parents
Ezekiel Robert Wallace Alexander JR* 1
1789–1850
Mecklenburg Co., NC., North Carolina, USA
Martha (Patsey) Robison
1786–1858
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, USA
Grandparents
Ezekiel Alexander
1754–1832
New Munster, Cecil, Maryland, USA
Jemima (Esther) McCoy
1751–1865
, Cecil, Maryland, USA
Richard Robison
1750–1797
Sarah Alexander
1770–1839
Mecklenberg, North Carolina, USA
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Josiah Alexander's Timeline

3 Records

1814
27 June 1814
Birth of Josiah Lafayette Alexander in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States of America
Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States of America
1814
27 Jan 1814
Birth of Josiah Lafayette Alexander in Mecklenberg Co. North Carolina
Mecklenberg Co. North Carolina
1873
1 January 1873
Age 59
Death of Josiah Lafayette Alexander in Cerro Gordo, Hardin County, Tennessee, United States of America
Cerro Gordo, Hardin County, Tennessee, United States of America

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 June 1814
    Event Place: Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, United States of America

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 27 Jan 1814
    Event Place: Mecklenberg Co. North Carolina
    Record Source: Ancestry Family Trees, Ancestry Family Tree

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 January 1873
    Event Place: Cerro Gordo, Hardin County, Tennessee, United States of America

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