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J.D. Alexander Full Name: J. D. Alexander Date of birth: March 17, 1861 Date of death: Deceased, date unknown Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 1 Jan 12, 1897 - Jan 10, 1899 25th (1) (2)   Democrat De Kalb / Bowie   Bowie (1) Siloam, Bowie County. Members of the Texas Congress 1836-1845; Members of the Texas Legislature 1846-2004, 2005. (2) DeKalb. Texas Legislative Manual.   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Biographical sketch, J.D. Alexander, p. 120. Born 3/17/1861 in Bowie County, married Alice Lillian Carter 5/29/1883 in Richmond [Little River County], Arkansas. Texas State Government: A Volume of Biographical Sketches and Passing Comment, 25th Legislature, 1897. Other Resources Possibly Jefferson Davis Alexander. Census of 1880 - Jefferson D. Alexander, Bowie County, age 19, born circa 1861 in Texas, works on farm, son of William P. and Sarah Alexander. J.D. Alexander, marriage to A.L. Carter 5/29/1882 in Little River County, Arkansas; residence place Bowie County, Texas. Census of 1900 - Jeff Alexander, Montgomery County, age 39, born December 1860 in Texas, farmer, spouse Alice Alexander, sons Henry and Virgie, daughter Daisy. Census of 1910 - Jefferson D. Alexander, Dawson County, age 49, born circa 1861 in Texas, farmer, spouse Alice L. Alexander, sons Henry H., Virgil V., James C., Jeff D., and Morris M., daughter Daisy D. Census of 1920 - J.D. Alexander, Bowie County, age 58, born circa 1862 in Texas, farmer, spouse Allice Alexander, daughter Daisey D., sons James C. and J.D. Alexander, Jr. Jefferson Davis Alexander and Alice Lillian Carter, parents of Virgil Vernon Alexander, birth date 10/29/1894 in DeKalb, Bowie County, death date 7/20/1970; and James Carter Alexander, birth date 6/6/1901, death date 9/22/1975. FamilySearch. 1880 1900 1910 1920 Arkansas, County Marriages, 1837-1957 Texas Deaths - James Carter Alexander Texas Deaths - Virgil Vernon Alexander 25th Legislature (1897) - J.D. Alexander, postoffice DeKalb, nativity Texas, age 35, farmer, Democrat. Texas Legislative Manual. Photographs Photograph. J.D. Alexander, 25th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 25th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, east wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 25th R.S. - 1897 Agricultural Affairs   Insurance, Statistics and History   Penitentiaries   Penitentiaries and Convict Farms, Special   State Asylums

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