Catherine Lee (Gragg) Alexander (1865 - 1953)

Born 27 Jan 1865 in Clinton, Henry County, Missouri, USA

Ancestors

Wife of Wiley Hilary Alexander — married 12 May 1892 in Missouri, USA

Died 20 Apr 1953 at age 88 in Columbia, Boone County, Missouri, USA

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Biography

Catherine Lillie Lee Gragg was born January 27, 1865, in Clinton, Henry County, Missouri, USA. She was the daughter of Henry Gragg and Elizabeth Sevier. Catherine married Wiley Hilary Alexander 12 May 1892, in Missouri. Catherine Lillie Lee Alexander passed away April 19, 1953, in Columbia, Boone County, Missouri.^[1][2][3]

"On May 12, 1892, there occurred the marriage of Wiley H. Alex- ander and Miss Lillie Gragg and to this union were born children as fol- low: Naomi Elizabeth, a graduate of the Warrensburg Normal School and who is now teaching the Carterville High School; Mary May, who studied at the Warrensburg Normal and Oklahoma City High School and is a teacher in the Deepwater schools; Herbert Henry, who spent two years in the Clinton High School and became a student in the Quincy, Illinois, Business College, where he contracted a fatal sickness, dying on February 28, 1917, at the age of twenty years; Nina, graduated from Clinton High School, class of 1918; Ralph Lee, a student in the Clinton High School; Margaret Maurine, attending the district school. By a former marriage in 1884 with Jennie Gilmer, Mr. Alexander has two children: Mrs. Julia Gates, a former teacher of Henry County, and Georgia, principal of one of the ward schools at Carthage, Missouri, and a graduate of the War- rensburg Normal School. Mrs. Jennie (Gilmer) Alexander died in 1889. Mrs. Lillie Alexander taught school for nine years, beginning at the age of eighteen years. She studied for one year in the Pilot Grove Collegiate Institute and graduated from this institute in 1889. Mrs. Lillie (Gragg) Alexander was born in Henry County, January 27, 1865, and is the daughter of Henry H. (born 1820, died 1893) and Elizabeth (Sevier) Gragg (born 1835, died 1912), natives of Missouri and Tennessee, respectively. Elizabeth (Sevier) Gragg was a daughter of Abraham Sevier, a de- scendant of the famous Sevier family of Tennessee, who were of French descent and included Governor Sevier. Abraham Sevier came to Henry County and settled on Camp Branch as early as 1851. Henry H. Gragg was a son of Malcolm Gragg, a pioneer settler of Howard County, Mis- souri, who entered Government land in that county nearly a century"^[4][5]

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1870 US Federal Census

Name: Catharine L. Gragg

Event Type: Census

Event Year: 1870

Event Place: Missouri, United States

Gender: Female

Age: 6

Race: White

Race: W

Birth Year (Estimated): 1863-1864

Birthplace: Missouri

Page Number: 28

Henry H Gragg Male 49 Missouri

Catharine I Gragg Female 6 Missouri

Elizabeth Gragg Female 34 Missouri

George W Gragg Male 3 Missouri

Thomas M Gragg Male 20 Missouri

Robert M Gragg Male 18 Missouri

Sarah A Gragg Female 16 Missouri

Samuel T Gragg Male 11 Missouri

John A Gragg Male 10 Missouri

Nancy J Gragg Female 22 Missouri

Mary L Sweet Female 13 Missouri

William S Sweet Male 9 Missouri^[6][7]

1880 US Federal Census

Name: Catharine I. L. Gragg

Age: 15

Birth Date: Abt 1865

Birthplace: Missouri

Home in 1880: Walker, Henry, Missouri, USA

Dwelling Number: 8

Race: White

Gender: Female

Relation to Head of House: Daughter

Marital Status: Single

Father's name: H. H. Gragg

Father's Birthplace: Missouri

Mother's name: Elizabeth J. Gragg

Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee

Occupation: At Home

Attended School: Yes

H. H. Gragg 59

Elizabeth J. Gragg 42

Samuel F. Gragg 22

Catharine I. L. Gragg 15

Georg W. Gragg 12

Dulcena M. Gragg 9

Elbert A. Gragg 5

Robert M. Gragg 24^[8][9]

1900 US Federal Census

Name: Lillie Alexander

Age: 35

Birth Date: Jan 1865

Birthplace: Missouri

Home in 1900: Davis, Henry, Missouri

Sheet Number: 3

Number of Dwelling in Order of Visitation: 58

Family Number: 58

Race: White

Gender: Female

Relation to Head of House: Wife

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name: Wiley Alexander

Marriage Year: 1892

Years Married: 8

Father's Birthplace: Missouri

Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee

Mother: number of living children: 4

Mother: How many children: 4

Can Read: Yes

Can Write: Yes

Can Speak English: Yes

Wiley Alexander 40

Lillie Alexander 35

Neoma E Alexander 6

Mary M Alexander 5

Herbert H Alexander 3

Nina Alexander 1

Julia Alexander 14

Georgia Alexander 12^[10][11]

1910 US Federal Census

Name: Lillie Alexander

Age in 1910: 45

Birth Year: abt 1865

Birthplace: Missouri

Home in 1910: Davis, Henry, Missouri

Race: White

Gender: Female

Relation to Head of House: Wife

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name: Willy H Alexander

Father's Birthplace: Missouri

Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee

Native Tongue: English

Able to Read: Yes

Able to Write: Yes

Years Married: 17

Number of Children Born: 6

Number of Children Living: 6

Willy H Alexander 50

Lillie Alexander 45

Georgia Alexander 22

Naomi Alexander 16

Mary Alexander 14

Herbert Alexander 13

Nina Alexander 11

Ralph Alexander 8

Margaret Alexander 4^[12][13]

1920 US Federal Census

Name: Lillie K Alexander

Age: 54

Birth Year: abt 1866

Birthplace: Missouri

Home in 1920: Davis, Henry, Missouri

Residence Date: 1920

Race: White

Gender: Female

Relation to Head of House: Wife

Marital Status: Married

Spouse's Name: Wiley H Alexander

Father's Birthplace: Missouri

Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee

Able to Speak English: Yes

Able to Read: Yes

Able to Write: Yes

Wiley H Alexander 60

Lillie K Alexander 54

Georgia Alexander 31

Mary M Alexander 24

Nina K Alexander 20

Ralph L Alexander 18

Margaret M Alexander 14^[14][15]

1930 US Federal Census

Name: Lillie Alexander

Birth Year: abt 1866

Gender: Female

Race: White

Birthplace: Missouri

Marital Status: Married

Relation to Head of House: Mother

Home in 1930: Columbia, Boone, Missouri, USA

Street address: Hinkson Ave.

Ward of City: 1

House Number: 1607

Dwelling Number: 318

Family Number: 373

Age at First Marriage: 27

Attended School: No

Able to Read and Write: Yes

Father's Birthplace: Missouri

Mother's Birthplace: Tennessee

Wiley H Alexander 70

Lillie Alexander 64

Ralph Alexander 28

Margaret Alexander 24^[16][17]

1940 US Federal Census

Name: Catherine L Alexander

Age: 75

Estimated birth year: abt 1865

Gender: Female

Race: White

Birthplace: Missouri

Marital Status: Married

Relation to Head of House: Mother

Home in 1940: Columbia, Boone, Missouri

Street: Rosemary Lane

House Number: 1312

Inferred Residence in 1935: Columbia, Boone, Missouri

Residence in 1935: Same House

Sheet Number: 7A

Attended School or College: No

Highest Grade Completed: College, 2nd year

Weeks Worked in 1939: 0

Income: 0

Income Other Sources: No

Wiley H Alexander 80

Catherine L Alexander 75

Margaret Alexander 34^[18][19]

Birth

Birth:

User ID: BDBB2E0A-1137-418D-A05D-E1B5C3FE18CA

Record ID Number: MH:IF804

Date: 1864

Place: Henry County, Missouri

Death

Death:

User ID: 112619DD-4F2F-4F36-A65E-BD9635155271

Record ID Number: MH:IF1936

Record ID Number

Record ID Number: MH:I747

User ID

User ID: 03D53360-BD90-48BF-BD6F-B964D5B1A92E

Data Changed

Data Changed:

Date: 19 MAR 2003

Time: 22:28:45

Prior to import, this record was last changed 22:28:45 19 MAR 2003.

Sources

1. ↑ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=102203886
2. ↑ http://person.ancestry.com/tree/8439675/person/515528902/facts
3. ↑ https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/45477726/person/24035727671/facts
4. ↑ http://www.wikitree.com/photo/jpg/Gragg-640
5. ↑ https://archive.org/stream/historyofhenryco00lamk#page/386/search/Gragg
6. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M467-YY4
7. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XKPS-QL4?cc=1438024
8. ↑ 1880; Census Place: Walker, Henry, Missouri; Roll: 689; Page: 251A; Enumeration District: 166
9. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=6742&h=25142625&ssrc=pt&tid=45477726&pid=24035727671&usePUB=true
10. ↑ 1900; Census Place: Davis, Henry, Missouri; Page: 3; Enumeration District: 0080
11. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7602&h=36203744&ssrc=pt&tid=45477726&pid=24035727671&usePUB=true
12. ↑ 1910; Census Place: Davis, Henry, Missouri; Roll: T624_783; Page: 5A; Enumeration District: 0087; FHL microfilm: 1374796
13. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=7884&h=176585023&ssrc=pt&tid=45477726&pid=24035727671&usePUB=true
14. ↑ 1920; Census Place: Davis, Henry, Missouri; Roll: T625_921; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 91
15. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=6061&h=90715950&ssrc=pt&tid=45477726&pid=24035727671&usePUB=true
16. ↑ 1930; Census Place: Columbia, Boone, Missouri; Page: 13B; Enumeration District: 0014
17. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=6224&h=6209706&ssrc=pt&tid=45477726&pid=24035727671&usePUB=true
18. ↑ 1940; Census Place: Columbia, Boone, Missouri; Roll: m-t0627-02086; Page: 7A; Enumeration District: 10-23
19. ↑ https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=2442&h=88195193&ssrc=pt&tid=45477726&pid=24035727671&usePUB=true

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