dau of Seldon Knowlton and Abigail N. Hodgkins
Cisco, Texas, Jan 7 – News of the death in East Wilton, Maine, of Mrs. Julia Deborah Alexander, well-known Cisco and Texas clubwoman, was received here Friday by friends.
Her death was not unexpected, since she had more than once been near death following an operation performed for appendicitis Dec 7 on the eve of her intended departure for Cisco after a visit with relatives in Maine.
Funeral arrangements are being held up here pending further word from relatives in Maine.
Services are to held at East Wilton Saturday and the body will then be sent to Cisco for burial.
Mrs. Alexander was probably Cisco’s best-known woman. Coming here forty-five years ago, she had lived continuously at the present location of her home, 600 E. Avenue, next door to the Alexander Hotel, which she owned. In her early years she aided her husband, the late Jacob Alexander, in the conduct of his general merchandise store here, and many recall that for years she was the only milliner in this section of the State.
In her later years, however, she devoted most of her time to club work, and she held many high offices not only in local, but in State women’s organizations. For twenty-five
years she was secretary of the Rebekah Lodge of Texas, and later served as State president. She was also prominent in the State bodies of the Eastern Star, Woodman Circle, State Historical Association, Texas Woman’s Press Association and American League of Pen Women. She was a member of the First Industrial Arts Club and the Civic League of Cisco, as well as active in the City Federation of Women’s Clubs. She was one of the original founders of Oakwood Cemetery, and in recent years had led a campaign for establishment of a public library in Cisco, a nucleus for which has now been obtained.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church here.
Mrs. Alexander was born in Farmington, Maine, July 23, 1854. She was married to Jacob Alexander March 6, 1881, while on a visit to a cousin at Meridian, Texas, where she first met him. The couple came immediately to Eastland, where Mr. Alexander opened a general merchandise store, and after eleven months they moved to Cisco, settling on the site of the present Alexander home. Mr. Alexander operated the store with his wife’s help, and bought cotton here for years. He died Aug. 21, 1924. The couple had no children, but adopted a son, Clinton Alexander, who died Nov. 7, 1919.
Mrs. Alexander is survived by three sisters, all of whom she visited last summer. They are Mrs. Abbie Talbot of East Wilton, Maine; Mrs. Romantha Gore of Goodland, Kan., and Mrs. Margie Fogg of Gray, Maine.
January 8, 1927; Dallas Morning News (from enealogybank.com)
Cisco, Texas, Jan 7 – News of the death in East Wilton, Maine, of Mrs. Julia Deborah Alexander, well-known Cisco and Texas clubwoman, was received here Friday by friends.
Her death was not unexpected, since she had more than once been near death following an operation performed for appendicitis Dec 7 on the eve of her intended departure for Cisco after a visit with relatives in Maine.
Funeral arrangements are being held up here pending further word from relatives in Maine.
Services are to held at East Wilton Saturday and the body will then be sent to Cisco for burial.
Mrs. Alexander was probably Cisco’s best-known woman. Coming here forty-five years ago, she had lived continuously at the present location of her home, 600 E. Avenue, next door to the Alexander Hotel, which she owned. In her early years she aided her husband, the late Jacob Alexander, in the conduct of his general merchandise store here, and many recall that for years she was the only milliner in this section of the State.
In her later years, however, she devoted most of her time to club work, and she held many high offices not only in local, but in State women’s organizations. For twenty-five
years she was secretary of the Rebekah Lodge of Texas, and later served as State president. She was also prominent in the State bodies of the Eastern Star, Woodman Circle, State Historical Association, Texas Woman’s Press Association and American League of Pen Women. She was a member of the First Industrial Arts Club and the Civic League of Cisco, as well as active in the City Federation of Women’s Clubs. She was one of the original founders of Oakwood Cemetery, and in recent years had led a campaign for establishment of a public library in Cisco, a nucleus for which has now been obtained.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church here.
Mrs. Alexander was born in Farmington, Maine, July 23, 1854. She was married to Jacob Alexander March 6, 1881, while on a visit to a cousin at Meridian, Texas, where she first met him. The couple came immediately to Eastland, where Mr. Alexander opened a general merchandise store, and after eleven months they moved to Cisco, settling on the site of the present Alexander home. Mr. Alexander operated the store with his wife’s help, and bought cotton here for years. He died Aug. 21, 1924. The couple had no children, but adopted a son, Clinton Alexander, who died Nov. 7, 1919.
Mrs. Alexander is survived by three sisters, all of whom she visited last summer. They are Mrs. Abbie Talbot of East Wilton, Maine; Mrs. Romantha Gore of Goodland, Kan., and Mrs. Margie Fogg of Gray, Maine.
January 8, 1927; Dallas Morning News (from enealogybank.com)
dau of Seldon Knowlton and Abigail N. Hodgkins
Cisco, Texas, Jan 7 – News of the death in East Wilton, Maine, of Mrs. Julia Deborah Alexander, well-known Cisco and Texas clubwoman, was received here Friday by friends.
Her death was not unexpected, since she had more than once been near death following an operation performed for appendicitis Dec 7 on the eve of her intended departure for Cisco after a visit with relatives in Maine.
Funeral arrangements are being held up here pending further word from relatives in Maine.
Services are to held at East Wilton Saturday and the body will then be sent to Cisco for burial.
Mrs. Alexander was probably Cisco’s best-known woman. Coming here forty-five years ago, she had lived continuously at the present location of her home, 600 E. Avenue, next door to the Alexander Hotel, which she owned. In her early years she aided her husband, the late Jacob Alexander, in the conduct of his general merchandise store here, and many recall that for years she was the only milliner in this section of the State.
In her later years, however, she devoted most of her time to club work, and she held many high offices not only in local, but in State women’s organizations. For twenty-five
years she was secretary of the Rebekah Lodge of Texas, and later served as State president. She was also prominent in the State bodies of the Eastern Star, Woodman Circle, State Historical Association, Texas Woman’s Press Association and American League of Pen Women. She was a member of the First Industrial Arts Club and the Civic League of Cisco, as well as active in the City Federation of Women’s Clubs. She was one of the original founders of Oakwood Cemetery, and in recent years had led a campaign for establishment of a public library in Cisco, a nucleus for which has now been obtained.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church here.
Mrs. Alexander was born in Farmington, Maine, July 23, 1854. She was married to Jacob Alexander March 6, 1881, while on a visit to a cousin at Meridian, Texas, where she first met him. The couple came immediately to Eastland, where Mr. Alexander opened a general merchandise store, and after eleven months they moved to Cisco, settling on the site of the present Alexander home. Mr. Alexander operated the store with his wife’s help, and bought cotton here for years. He died Aug. 21, 1924. The couple had no children, but adopted a son, Clinton Alexander, who died Nov. 7, 1919.
Mrs. Alexander is survived by three sisters, all of whom she visited last summer. They are Mrs. Abbie Talbot of East Wilton, Maine; Mrs. Romantha Gore of Goodland, Kan., and Mrs. Margie Fogg of Gray, Maine.
January 8, 1927; Dallas Morning News (from enealogybank.com)
Cisco, Texas, Jan 7 – News of the death in East Wilton, Maine, of Mrs. Julia Deborah Alexander, well-known Cisco and Texas clubwoman, was received here Friday by friends.
Her death was not unexpected, since she had more than once been near death following an operation performed for appendicitis Dec 7 on the eve of her intended departure for Cisco after a visit with relatives in Maine.
Funeral arrangements are being held up here pending further word from relatives in Maine.
Services are to held at East Wilton Saturday and the body will then be sent to Cisco for burial.
Mrs. Alexander was probably Cisco’s best-known woman. Coming here forty-five years ago, she had lived continuously at the present location of her home, 600 E. Avenue, next door to the Alexander Hotel, which she owned. In her early years she aided her husband, the late Jacob Alexander, in the conduct of his general merchandise store here, and many recall that for years she was the only milliner in this section of the State.
In her later years, however, she devoted most of her time to club work, and she held many high offices not only in local, but in State women’s organizations. For twenty-five
years she was secretary of the Rebekah Lodge of Texas, and later served as State president. She was also prominent in the State bodies of the Eastern Star, Woodman Circle, State Historical Association, Texas Woman’s Press Association and American League of Pen Women. She was a member of the First Industrial Arts Club and the Civic League of Cisco, as well as active in the City Federation of Women’s Clubs. She was one of the original founders of Oakwood Cemetery, and in recent years had led a campaign for establishment of a public library in Cisco, a nucleus for which has now been obtained.
She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church here.
Mrs. Alexander was born in Farmington, Maine, July 23, 1854. She was married to Jacob Alexander March 6, 1881, while on a visit to a cousin at Meridian, Texas, where she first met him. The couple came immediately to Eastland, where Mr. Alexander opened a general merchandise store, and after eleven months they moved to Cisco, settling on the site of the present Alexander home. Mr. Alexander operated the store with his wife’s help, and bought cotton here for years. He died Aug. 21, 1924. The couple had no children, but adopted a son, Clinton Alexander, who died Nov. 7, 1919.
Mrs. Alexander is survived by three sisters, all of whom she visited last summer. They are Mrs. Abbie Talbot of East Wilton, Maine; Mrs. Romantha Gore of Goodland, Kan., and Mrs. Margie Fogg of Gray, Maine.
January 8, 1927; Dallas Morning News (from enealogybank.com)
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