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CPL Albert K Alexander

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CPL Albert K Alexander

Birth
Crawford County, Illinois, USA
Death
4 Jul 1865 (aged 22)
Tullahoma, Coffee County, Tennessee, USA
Burial
Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois, USA Add to Map
Plot
Row 2 W to E, No.1 N to S
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A K Alexander, name on stone. No relationships, full given names or even sex are known. It might be Albert Alexander, son of Harmon and Eliza (Kitchell) Alexander from the birth date; he was born abt 1843 but is never shown in the Census records with a middle initial. Both Harmon and Eliza (Kitchell) Alexander are in this Kitchell Cemetery.

ADDITION April 2021 from Contributor: Chathamite (48291125)
Served as a Corporal with Company "H" 152nd Illinois Infantry. He was mustered in on February 11, 1865 but died in a military hospital on July 4, 1865 at Tullahoma, Tennessee.

Further search reveals military record in the US Civil War from WEB: Illinois, U.S., Databases of Illinois Veterans Index, 1775-1995
Birth: Abt 1843 in Crawford County, Illinois
Height: 5'7", Hair: LIGHT, Eyes: GRAY, Complexion: FAIR
Marital status: Single
Occupation: Farmer
Service Entry Place: Olney, IL
Remarks: Died Jul 4, 1865 in Hospital at Tallahoma(sic) Tenn
URL: http://www.ilsos.gov/isaveterans/civilMusterSearch.do?key=2158

Albert Alexander was the son of Dr. Harmon Alexander M.D. and his second wife Julia Ann (Kitchell) Alexander, not Harmon's first wife Eliza Kitchell who was Julia's sister. He has records in the 1850 and 1860 US Census for Crawford County, Illinois as ALBERT, age 7 and age 16 respectively. Attends school.
A K Alexander, name on stone. No relationships, full given names or even sex are known. It might be Albert Alexander, son of Harmon and Eliza (Kitchell) Alexander from the birth date; he was born abt 1843 but is never shown in the Census records with a middle initial. Both Harmon and Eliza (Kitchell) Alexander are in this Kitchell Cemetery.

ADDITION April 2021 from Contributor: Chathamite (48291125)
Served as a Corporal with Company "H" 152nd Illinois Infantry. He was mustered in on February 11, 1865 but died in a military hospital on July 4, 1865 at Tullahoma, Tennessee.

Further search reveals military record in the US Civil War from WEB: Illinois, U.S., Databases of Illinois Veterans Index, 1775-1995
Birth: Abt 1843 in Crawford County, Illinois
Height: 5'7", Hair: LIGHT, Eyes: GRAY, Complexion: FAIR
Marital status: Single
Occupation: Farmer
Service Entry Place: Olney, IL
Remarks: Died Jul 4, 1865 in Hospital at Tallahoma(sic) Tenn
URL: http://www.ilsos.gov/isaveterans/civilMusterSearch.do?key=2158

Albert Alexander was the son of Dr. Harmon Alexander M.D. and his second wife Julia Ann (Kitchell) Alexander, not Harmon's first wife Eliza Kitchell who was Julia's sister. He has records in the 1850 and 1860 US Census for Crawford County, Illinois as ALBERT, age 7 and age 16 respectively. Attends school.


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  • Created by: Mary
  • Added: Sep 24, 2009
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID:
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42340941/albert_k-alexander: accessed ), memorial page for CPL Albert K Alexander (5 Mar 1843–4 Jul 1865), Find a Grave Memorial ID 42340941, citing Kitchell Cemetery, Palestine, Crawford County, Illinois, USA; Maintained by Mary (contributor 47111521).