James
Wiley
Alexander
Born in Persimmon, Rabun, Georgia, United States
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Maybelle (Alexander) Ledford
Died
at age 77
in Rabun, Georgia, United States
Profile last modified
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Biography
Wiley was born in 1884,[1][2] the oldest of six children to Emanuel Mike Alexander and Mary Louisa Jane Ledford. His siblings were: Unnamed, Herschel Albert, Alvin Emanuel, Rosa Belle, and Guss Lee.
- Fact: Residence (21 Jun 1900) District 636, Persimmon, Rabun, Georgia, United States[3]
Household Role Sex Age Est Birth Birthplace Occupation Emanuel Alexander Head M 34 abt Jan 1866 Georgia Farmer Mary L J Alexander Wife F 42 abt May 1858 North Carolina James Willy Alexander Son M 16 abt Feb 1884 Georgia Farm Laborer Herchel Alexander Son M 2 abt Apr 1888 Georgia Alvin Alexander Son M 7 abt Oct 1892 Georgia Rosa Alexander Dau F 6 abt May 1894 Georgia Guss L Alexander Son M 3 abt Dec 1896 Georgia
He married Alice Alda Baker, daughter of Daniel Donald Baker and Harriet Dean, on 13 Oct 1901 in Habersham County, Georgia.[4] He was 17 years old. They had 9 children together:
- Mary Jane Alexander[5]
- William Rex Alexander[6]
- Maybelle Lucille Alexander
- Rosa Lee Alexander
- Ethel Louvenia Alexander
- Lassie Lorene Alexander[7]
- Sylvia Katherine Alexander
- James Wiley Alexander Jr
- Martha Ruth Alexander[8]
- Fact: Residence (26 Apr 1910) District 752, Center Hill, Mt Airy, Habersham, Georgia, United States[9]
Household Role Sex Age Est Birth Birthplace Occupation James W Alexander Head M 25 abt 1885 Georgia Farmer, General Farm Alice Alexander Wife F 24 abt 1886 Georgia Laborer, Home Farm Mary J Alexander Dau F 7 abt 1903 Georgia William Alexander Son M 5 abt 1905 Georgia May B Alexander Dau F 3 abt 1907 Georgia Rosa L Alexander Dau F 1 abt 1909 Georgia
- Fact: Military Draft Registration (12 Sep 1918) Habersham, Georgia, United States[1]
- Fact: Residence (6 Jan 1920) Tennessee Valley District 556, Mountain City, Rabun, Georgia, United States[10]
Household Role Sex Age Est Birth Birthplace Occupation J W Alexander Head M 35 abt 1885 Georgia Farm Laborer, General Farm Alice Alexander Wife F 35 abt 1885 Georgia Laborer, Home Farm William Alexander Son M 14 abt 1906 Georgia Laborer, General Farm Maybell Alexander Dau F 12 abt 1908 Georgia Rosa Alexander Dau F 10 abt 1910 Georgia Lovinia Alexander Dau F 9 abt 1911 Georgia Lassie Alexander Dau F 3 abt 1917 Georgia Sylva Alexander Dau F 1 abt 1919 Georgia
- Fact: Residence (11 Apr 1930) Clayton City, Rabun, Georgia, United States[11]
Household Role Sex Age Est Birth Birthplace Occupation J Wiley Alexander Head M 46 abt 1884 Georgia Orchardist, Fruit Grower Alice B Alexander Wife F 45 abt 1885 Georgia Homemaker Lovinia Alexander Dau F 18 abt 1912 Georgia Lassie L Alexander Dau F 13 abt 1917 Georgia Katie S Alexander Dau F 11 abt 1919 Georgia James W Alexander Son M 9 abt 1921 Georgia Martha R Alexander Dau F 5 abt 1925 Georgia
- Fact: Residence (10 Apr 1940) Tennessee Valley District 556, Mountain City, Rabun, Georgia, United States[12]
Household Role Sex Age Est Birth Birthplace Occupation Wiley Alexander Head M 56 abt 1884 Georgia Laborer Alice Alexander Wife F 55 abt 1885 Georgia Laborer, Farming
- Fact: Residence (13 Apr 1950) Mountain City, Rabun, Georgia, United States[13]
Household Role Sex Age Est Birth Birthplace Occupation J Wiley Alexander Head M 66 abt 1884 Georgia Stane Stacker, Stase Mill Alice B Alexander Wife F 65 abt 1885 Georgia Keeping House
Wiley passed away in 1961 at the age of 77.[2]
- Fact: Burial (1961) Blue Heights Cemetery, Mountain City, Rabun, Georgia, United States[14]
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918", database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: 7HHV-9P6Z : accessed 29 Dece 2021), draft record of James Wiley Alexander b. 11 Feb 1884; Registration: 12 Sep 1918, Habersham County, Georgia, United States; Relative: Alice Alexander (wife); citing United States, Selective Service System. World War I Selective Service System Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. M1509, 4,582 rolls. Imaged from Family History Library microfilm. Ancestry.com, database with images (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6482 #11528002 : accessed 22 Feb 2023)
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998," database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: V433-FM1 : accessed 24 Dec 2014), death index record of James W Alexander, 1884 - 17 Aug 1961, Rabun, Georgia; from "Georgia Deaths, 1919-98," database, Ancestry.com (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 5426 #1357723 : 2001); citing certificate number 24639, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Atlanta.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: M3V9-ML6 : accessed 14 Feb 2022), James Willy Alexander in household of Emanuel Alexander, District 636, Persimmon, Rabun, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district 0119, sheet 15B, line 85, family 250, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Twelfth Census of the United States, 1900. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1900.) roll 218; FHL microfilm: 1240218. Ancestry.com, database with images (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7602 #9379073 : accessed 22 Feb 2023)
- ↑ "Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: KXV4-YMC : accessed 7 Feb 2020), marriage record of J.W. Alexander and Alice Baker, 13 Oct 1901, Habersham, Georgia, United States; citing Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 382,596. Ancestry.com, database with images (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 4766 #943884 : accessed 22 Feb 2023)
- ↑ "News Article", Newspapers.com (Newspapers Clip: 119487927 : accessed 22 Feb 2023) Wiley Alexander in the Obituary for Mary Jane Alexander Berry, Published in the Anderson Independent-Mail, Anderson, South Carolina, Page 23, (Wed) 27 Apr 1983.
- ↑ "News Article", GenealogyBank.com (https://www.genealogybank.com/doc/newspapers/image/v2%3A1462B5425345E1A5%40GB3NEWS-17448F3AB81C4FE3%402445858-174488A1B251CA15%404-174488A1B251CA15%40 : accessed 22 Feb 2023) Wiley Alexander in the Obituary for William Rex Alexander, Published in the Anderson Independent-Mail, Anderson, South Carolina, Page 5, (Wed) 6 Jun 1984.
- ↑ "News Article", Newspapers.com (Newspapers Clip: 119487336 : accessed 22 Feb 2023) James Wylie Alexander in the Obituary for Mrs Lessie Alexander Baldwin, Published in The State, Columbia, South Carolina, Page 3, (Tue) 23 Sep 1986.
- ↑ "News Article", Newspapers.com (Newspapers Clip: 119484700 : accessed 22 Feb 2023) James Wylie Alexander in the Obituary for Mrs Martha Ruth Alexander Beasley, Published in The Herald, Rock Hill, South Carolina, Page 14, (Wed) 9 Jun 1971.
- ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: ML2H-8GY : accessed 18 Aug 2022), household of James W Alexander, District 752, Center Hill, Mt Airy, Habersham, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district 0075, sheet 9A (page 74), line 60, family 102, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. Thirteenth Census of the United States, 1910. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982.) roll 195; FHL microfilm 1,374,208. Ancestry.com, database with images (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 7884 #3533313 : accessed 18 Aug 2022)
- ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: MJ65-4Y5 : accessed 1 Feb 2021), household of J W Alexander, Tennessee Valley District 556, Mountain City, Rabun, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district 0150, sheet 3A (page 237), line 35, family 39, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Records of the Bureau of the Census, Record Group 29. Fourteenth Census of the United States, 1920. National Archives, Washington, D.C.) roll 270. Ancestry.com, database with images (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6061 #8063497 : accessed 18 Aug 2022)
- ↑ "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: 3HTD-D2M : accessed 22 Feb 2023), household of J Wiley Alexander, Clayton City, Rabun, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district 0007, sheet 8B, line 86, family 197, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930. Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002.) FHL microfilm: 2340116. Ancestry.com, database with images (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 6224 #21658699 : accessed 22 Feb 2023)
- ↑ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: K7PZ-SF2 : accessed 8 Jan 2021), household of Wiley Alexander, Tennessee Valley District 556, Mountain City, Rabun, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district 119-5, sheet 1A, line 36, family 7, NARA digital publication T627 (Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012.) roll 00703. Ancestry.com, database with images (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 2442 #48968724 : accessed 22 Feb 2023)
- ↑ "United States 1950 Census", database, FamilySearch (FamilySearch Record: 6F77-G58H : accessed 22 Feb 2023), household of J wiley Alexander, Mountain City, Rabun, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district 119-5, sheet 8, line 26, dwelling 75, NAID: 43290879 (Seventeenth Census of the United States, 1950. Washington, DC: National Archives at Washington, DC., n.d.) roll 2246. Ancestry.com, database with images (Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 62308 #126253317 : accessed 22 Feb 2023)
- ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (Find A Grave: Memorial #46449776 : accessed 22 Feb 2023), memorial page for James Wiley Alexander (11 Feb 1884–17 Aug 1961); citing Blue Heights Cemetery, Mountain City, Rabun County, Georgia, United States; Maintained by af (contributor 47059011).
- See Also:
- "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 23 Feb 2023, 01:33), entry for James Wiley Alexander (PID FamilySearch Person: KHB2-DNG ); contributed by various users.
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Alexander-23788 was created by Karen Ivey Herndon on 22 Feb 2023. See the Changes page for the details of edits by Karen and others.
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