James S. Alexander    

JAMES S. ALEXANDER, farmer, post-office Pardoe, was born April 8, 1823, to Benjamin and Rebecca (Simpson) Alexander, who are mentioned in the biography of M. W. Alexander. Our subject was educated in a log cabin which stood on the John Crill farm, and two of his schoolmates were Judge McDermitt and Clinton McCoy. His life has been that of a farmer, and he was married in 1850 to Sarah A. McChesney, whose parents are mentioned in the sketch of M. W. Alexander. She died in 1861, and was a member of the United Presbyterian Church, and he was again married, to Mary Caroll, a native of Worth Township, and a daughter of John and Margaret (Rhodes) Carroll, January 1, 1868. The children of James S. Alexander are Carrie M., Charles, Maggie S. and John B. He settled at his first marriage on the old homestead, and in 1884 moved to where he now lives. He is the possessor of excellent property, is a Republican, and he and his wife are consistent members of the Second United Presbyterian Church of Mercer.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.