Margaret Amanda (Adkins) Alexander (1849 - 1914)

Born 14 Jan 1849 in Jackson, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Wife of John H Alexander — married Dec 1861 in Jackson County, Indiana

Descendants

Died 23 Apr 1914 at age 65 in Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana

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Biography

Margaret was born in 1847. She passed away in 1914. ^[1]

Sources

• 1850 US Census, FamilySearch, [database on-line]; (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJK-8PV : 19December 2020), James H Adkins, Hamilton Township, Jackson, Indiana, United States; citing family, NARA microfilm publication(Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); Dwelling: 138 Family 138.

Adkins, James 35, Margaret A 33, Martha R. 14, William D. 12, Joseph E 10, Charles B. 8, Benjamin C 6, Margret A 4, Theresa 1.

• 1870 U.S. Census, HeritageQuest, [database on-line]; Jackson County, Indiana, (Hamilton TWP); John H Alexander, Series: M593, Roll: 326; Dwelling 168 Family 168, Page: 388,

Alexander, John H. 28, Margaret A. 22, Sarah E. 6, Charles 8 mos.

• 1880 U.S. Census, HeritageQuest, [database on-line]; Jackson County, Indiana, (Hamilton TWP); John H Alexander, Series: T9, Roll: 286 Page: 82, Page: 82, Dwelling 123 Family 132.

Alexander, John H. 37, Margaret A. 33, Charles E 9, John E. 7, Anna C. 5.

• 1900 U.S. Census, HeritageQuest, [database on-line]; Jackson County, Indiana, (Owen TWP); John H Alexander, Series: T623, Roll: 379; Page: 192, Dwelling 310, Family 316.

Alexander, John H. 57, Amanda 53, William H 20

• 1910 U.S. Census, HeritageQuest, [database on-line]; Owen TWP, Jackson County, Indiana, Alexander, John E.; Series: T624 Roll: 357 Page: 199, Dwelling 17 Family 18

Alexander, John 37, Mabel (daughter) 10, Amanda (mother) 63.

• Death: Amanda Alexander, Death Certificate, Book 2, Page 62 (1914); Health Department, Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana

• Newspapers.com; Seymour Tribune, Seymour, Jackson County, Indiana, 23 April 1914.

Mrs. Alexander Dead

Mrs. Amanda Alexander, aged about sixty-five years, died at 9:30 o’clock this morning at the home of her son, William Alexander, North Broadway. She had been ill for some time. She is survived by two daughters and two sons. The remains will be interred at the cemetery at Norman Station but the arrangements for the funeral have not been completed.

Mrs. Amanda Alexander was born Jan. 14, 1849, and died April 22, 1914, at the home of her son, Will, at Seymour, aged 65 years, 3 months and 8 days. She leaves to mourn their loss two sons and two daughters, viz: Will, of Seymour; John, of Indianapolis; Mrs. Kate Wilkerson, of Bedford, Mrs. Anna Lane, of near Zelma, and a host of friends and relatives.

She was a kind and affectionate mother and a faithful neighbor and her smile will not be forgotten by those who knew her. She expressed her willingness to go several times before her death.

The remains were brought here, Saturday a.m., and taken to Liberty. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. I.E. Fish after which she was laid to rest beside her husband in the cemetery there.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/156383398/margaret-amanda-alexander), memorial page for Margaret Amanda ATKINS Alexander (14 Jan 1849–23 Apr 1914), Find a Grave Memorial ID 156383398, citing Liberty Cemetery, Norman, Jackson County, Indiana, USA ; Maintained by David Klakamp (contributor 47566731) .

1. ↑ Updated April 8, 2022.