Fayette Wood Alexander

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1811-09-30

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1864-01-07

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"Fayette Wood Alexander" in the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/N00002354, (accessed April 19, 2025).

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Burkesville, Kentucky, merchant. Henry County, Virginia, native. Married to Nancy Gertrude King Alexander on January 8, 1840. Father of P. P. Alexander, W. B. Alexander, W. E. Alexander, W. F. Alexander, R. M. Alexander, S. J. Alexander, S. A. Alexander, H. K. Alexander, and C. W. Alexander. Store clerk in Burkesville. Merchant in Burkesville in 1850. Owned four enslaved persons in Cumberland County in 1850. Confirmed as a notary public in Jefferson County on February 5, 1861. President of the Bank of Louisville in partnership with William F. Owsley in 1860 and until 1864.

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Cumberland.
Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Burkesville, p. 278B.
Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Cumberland County, Burkesville, p. 72-73.
J. H. Battle, W. H. Perrin, & G. C. Kniffin, Kentucky: A History of the State 4th ed. (Louisville:Battey Publishing, 1887).
KYR-0001-017-0062.

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