John William Alexander (1946)

ALEXANDER, LACY, LAMBERTSON, SOULES, YOUNG

Posted By: Shirley Keating
Date: 11/8/2023 at 18:03:23

Unknown Newspaper
Hext, Texas

Obituary copied from family history "HUGH ALEXANDER DYNASTY" by Helen Bollen 1996

JOHN W. ALEXANDER, CENTURY OLD WEST TEXAS PIONEER, EX-RANGER, DIES HERE

Funeral services for John William Alexander, century old West Texas pioneer, ex-Texas Ranger and cowboy, were conducted Tuesday morning at the Hext Baptist Tabernacle. Burial was in the Hext Cemetery with Sanders Funeral Home of Menard in charge. Mr. Alexander’s six sons acted as pall bearers.

Mr. Alexander died at Brady Sunday where he made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Eunice Soules. His wife died in 1917.

The native of Iowa had reached his 100th birthday anniversary last April. A Union soldier during the Civil War, he was one of five West Texans who, as guests of the federal government, went to the site of the Battle of Gettysburg on the events 75th anniversary in 1938.

Mr. Alexander knew this section as a cowboy and a Texas Ranger. He had lived in Fredericksburg, Hext, Brady and other places, residing in Menard county for nearly 50 years.

Thirteen children were born to them and the eight still living were at the funeral. These include, Charley A. of Waco, Ernest M . Of Menard, H. Phelps and W. Henry of San Antonio, Louis B. of Corpus Christi, and Sam A. of Oklahoma City, and Mrs. Eunice Soules and Mra. Lou Anna Young.

Date of death October 27, 1946

Married Ruthie Jane Lillian Lacy at Borine [Boerne], Texas, June 8, 1873

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Born in Bellevue, Jackson County, Iowa, April 25, 1846, Mr. Alexander was the oldest son of Hugh Alexander, a native of Ireland. His mother, whose maiden name was Charlotta Lamberson, came from Wales.

When John William was 10 years old, the family moved to southern Iowa. In 1861, at the age of 15, , he ran away and joined the northern army. After receiving his discharge at Savannah in 1864 he went to New York and St. Louis before returning home.

When 25, he came to Texas, stopping at Fredericksburg, where he was a “cowpuncher”. He was a Texas Ranger from 1871 to 1873. After his marriage to Miss Ruthie Lily Lacy, they moved to New Mexico. They had 13 children.

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