James
Alonzo
Alexander
Born in Greenup, Kentucky, United States
Ancestors 
Son of William Alexander
and Sarah Warnock
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Louisa (Cooper) Alexander
— married
11 May 1852 (to about 1862) in Greenup, Kentucky, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Melissa C. (Alexander) Duncan, William Alonzo Alexander, Amanda J. (Alexander) Armstrong, John R. Alexander, Sarah R. Alexander, James A. Alexander and Eli F. Alexander
Died
at about age 35
in Greenup, Kentucky, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 18 Jun 2014
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Biography
James was born in 1827. He was the son of William Alexander and Sarah Warnock.
James married Louisa Cooper on 22 Aug 1851 in Greenup, Kentucky.[1] They had seven children. They lived in Greenup in 1860[2]
DNA
- Paternal and Maternal relationships are both confirmed by an autosomal AncestryDNA test match between Emma (McNamara) Carter and Michelle Colvin, her 3rd cousin . Their most-recent common ancestors are James Alexander and Louisa Cooper, the great great grandparents of both Emma (McNamara) Carter and Michelle Colvin. Predicted relationship from AncestryDNA: 2nd Cousin, based on sharing 365 cM across 17 segments.
Sources
- ↑ "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q2QD-7J9R : 22 July 2021), James Alexander and Louisa Cooper, 22 Aug 1851; citing Marriage, , Greenup, Kentucky, United States, various county clerks and county courts, Kentucky; FHL microfilm 343,995.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZBN-D97 : 18 February 2021), James Alexander, 1860.
See also:
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/188350047/james-alonzo-alexander: accessed 12 May 2023), memorial page for James Alonzo Alexander (1827–1862), Find A Grave: Memorial #188350047, citing Warnock Cemetery #2, Warnock, Greenup County, Kentucky, USA; Maintained by Johnwarnock (contributor 49086461).
Acknowledgement
- This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import by David Hughey through the import of ElizabethGormanAlexander.ged on Jun 18, 2014.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with James by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with James:
-
~6.25%
Emma (McNamara) Carter
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch FV9848171 [compare], Ancestry member ecarter1208
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch FV9848171 [compare], FTDNA kit #B297350
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~0.78%
Dana Wakefield :
23andMe, GEDmatch M169762 [compare]
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~0.78%
William Greer :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A026569 [compare], Ancestry member wmngreer1947
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~0.78%
Linda Harris :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
David Griffey :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Charles Alexander :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
David Hughey :
MyHeritage DNA, GEDmatch QQ6893016 [compare], yourDNAportal DAV11d75a27
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~0.39%
Everett Montgomery :
AncestryDNA
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Rejected matches › James Alexander (1836-1894) › James Madison Alexander (abt.1835-abt.1884) › James Alexander (abt.1834-abt.1917) › James Alexander (1833-1918) › James Alexander (1834-1890) › James McAlister (1833-) › James Henry McAlister (1834-1913) › James McAllister (abt.1835-1889) › James Alexander (1828-)
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