William Dennison Alexander (1893 - 1978)

Born 8 Mar 1893 in Lawton, Comanche, Oklahoma Territory, United States

Ancestors

Died 18 Dec 1978 at age 85 in Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, United States

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Biography

Colonel William Alexander served in the United States Army in World War I
Service started: 29 Nov 1916
Unit(s): 180th Field Artillery
Service ended:

Col William Alexander served in the United States Army in World War II
Service started: 29 Nov 1916
Unit(s):
Service ended:

US Army 29 Nov 1916-30 Oct 1952^[1]

married 1st Rachel T Claude (1896-1962) divorced she married a Doughty.

1. Gordon (1917-1986)
2. Robert (1919-2016)

2nd Corinne Mumma (1905-1997)

1. Evelyn Corrine Alexander (1925-1925)
2. William (1929-1987)

Frances Harriet Griffith Dixon (1910-1988)

1. Richard Havelock Alexander (1934-2010)

Cora Marie Riley (1904-1992)

He died at 75 years of age ^{[2] [3]} and is interred in the Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA ^[4]

See Also

• For military merit : recipients of the Purple Heart

Census

1900 Port of Ponce Detachment of Hospital Corp, Medical Dept. (Port Hospital), Puerto Rico^[5]

1920 Champaign Ward 2, Champaign, Illinois, United States^[6]

1930 Lawton, Comanche, Oklahoma, United States^[7]

1940 Ward 1, Providence, Providence City, Providence, Rhode Island, United States^[8]

Sources

1. ↑ U.S., Department of Veterans Affairs BIRLS Death File, 1850-2010
2. ↑ "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGWM-468 : 18 July 2017), William Alexander, 18 Dec 1978; citing Asheville, Buncombe, North Carolina, v 43B cn 43587, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,984,453.
3. ↑ "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JPJN-6ZW : 19 May 2014), William Alexander, Dec 1978; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/9080502/william-alexander
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M318-MJ2 : accessed 7 February 2018), William D Alexander in household of Robert Alexander, Port of Ponce Detachment of Hospital Corp, Medical Dept. (Port Hospital), Puerto Rico; citing enumeration district (ED) 104, sheet 2A, family 28, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,838.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ9B-CKW : accessed 7 February 2018), William Alexander, Champaign Ward 2, Champaign, Illinois, United States; citing ED 6, sheet 6B, line 68, family 183, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1992), roll 298; FHL microfilm 1,820,298.
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC7H-8JL : accessed 7 February 2018), William Alexander, Lawton, Comanche, Oklahoma, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 23, sheet 12B, line 52, family 280, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1899; FHL microfilm 2,341,633.
8. ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KSJN-YTG : accessed 7 February 2018), William Alexander, Ward 1, Providence, Providence City, Providence, Rhode Island, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 6-13, sheet 8B, line 54, family 275, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 3773.