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Horace Martin Alexander


Birth15 February 1812Orange County, Virginia, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Corp Horace Martin Alexander (1812-1881), memorial #84864.

    Devery Scott Anderson, The Nauvoo Endowment Companies, 1845-1846: A Documentary History (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 2005), p. 200, entry 13; citing Nauvoo Temple Endowment Register: 10 December 1845 to 8 February 1846.

    Mormon Battalion Company B return list (Salt Lake City, Utah), Entry for Horace M. Alexander, page 1, line 13.
Death19 September 1881Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Corp Horace Martin Alexander (1812-1881), memorial #84864.

    Territorial Enquirer (: Brigham Young University), "Died," 24 September 1881, p. 3, column 4.
Burial20 September 1881Historic Springville Cemetery, Springville, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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     Find A Grave, database and images, memorial page for Corp Horace Martin Alexander (1812-1881), memorial #84864.

    Territorial Enquirer (: Brigham Young University), "Died," 24 September 1881, p. 3, column 4.
FatherJames Alexander Jr
MotherFrances Ehart
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   • Nancy Reeder Walker
Married14 September 1834Winchester, Randolph, Indiana, United States
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    Indiana Genealogical Society, Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007 (Indiana: County clerk offices), database with images, FamilySearch, entry for Horice M Alexander and Nancy Walker (14 September 1834); citing Randolph County, Indiana, Indiana Commission on Public Records, Indianapolis, "Marriage records, 1819-1837," p. 57, FHL microfilm 5014477.
          Children:
               Frances Evaline Alexander
               Nancy Maria Alexander
               Sarah Malinda Alexander
               Dionetia Emily Alexander
               Horace Martin Alexander


   • Catherine Houston
Married15 February 1849Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Horace Martin Alexander and Catherine Houston, ID: KWJ8-ZQ3 and ID: KWJB-8QT.
          Children:
               William Denton Alexander
               Mary Helen Alexander
               Eliza Fredonia Alexander
               Franklin David Alexander
               Heber Martin Alexander
               Susan Adelia Alexander
               Ophelia Leonia Alexander
               Lucy Jane Alexander
               Charles Alexander
               Blanche J Alexander
               Maud Alexander


   • Martha Burwell
Married15 February 1849Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Horace Martin Alexander and Martha Burwell, ID: KWJ8-ZQ3 and ID: KWJ8-ZQS.
          Children:
               James Thornton Alexander
               Henry R Alexander
               Elizabeth Alexander
               Ella Amelia Alexander
               Margaret Alexander
               Morris Alexander
               Masis Alexander
               Alice Geraldine Alexander
               John Wesley Alexander
               Flora Adala Alexander
               Charlotte Almira Alexander
               Jedediah M. Alexander
               Celestia Alexander
               Celestine Alexander
               Hubert Alexander
               George Alexander
               Martha Mildred Alexander


   • Julia Minerva Owens
Married14 September 1854Great Salt Lake City, Great Salt Lake, Utah Territory, United States
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    "FamilySearch Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (: FamilySearch.org), entry for Horace Martin Alexander and Julia Minerva Owens, ID: KWJ8-ZQ3 and ID: KWVM-RX9 ​.
          Children:
               Albert Alexander
               Amasa Lyman Alexander
               Frances Alexander
               Amelia Vilate Alexander

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• 1840Bond County, Illinois, United States
• 1842Nauvoo, Hancock, Illinois, United States
• 1850Great Salt Lake County, Utah Territory, United States
• 1860Parowan, Iron, Utah Territory, United States
• 1870Provo, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
• 1880Springville, Utah, Utah Territory, United States
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• 1840 Population CensusBond County, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1842 Population CensusNauvoo, Hancock, IllinoisExtractImage
• 1850 Population CensusGreat Salt Lake County, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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• 1860 Population CensusParowan, Iron, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusProvo City 3d Ward, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1870 Population CensusSpringville, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusProvo City and Precinct, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
• 1880 Population CensusSpringville City and Precinct, Utah, Utah TerritoryExtractImage
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Crossing the Plains

• Horace M. Alexander CompanyView Source
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    Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, "Pioneer Overland Travel" (Salt Lake City, UT: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints)
       Departure24 Jul 1847
       Arrival16 Oct 1847
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