OBIT:
J. T. "Jim" Alexander, a native Lewis County pioneer, a farming and banking leader--and the father of Lewis County's big 4-H club organization--died Monday night in a Chehalis hospital. He was 85.
Mr. Alexander, one of Lewis County's most familiar long-time figures in farm and youth development was born August 3, 1866 near what today is Alexander Park, by the city of Chehalis. He lived there all of his life, recalling for visitors how the park area was once an Indiana campground.
Until he was almost 90 he was constantly active in county, civic, and church affairs. In recent years, his health had failed. although his memory remained clear and sharp.
He was the son of John Alexander, a Scotsman who came to the United States from Ireland, settling in Lewis County in 1958. He bought what became the Alexander home and farm in 1869. The son married a daughter of the James Urquhart family which had come west in 1853 by sailing around Cape Horn.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Chehalis, where he served as Sunday School superintendent and teacher, deacon and trustee. He was a member of the Washington Baptist Convention Board for 19 years, a vice president of the Security State Bank in Chehalis. He helped organize the first city fire department in Chehalis.
Mr Alexander organized the first 4-H clubs in the county, starting in 1920 by devoting almost three years of full time effort to that end. He established 30 clubs, and later helped to sponsor another 25. During the 1939 Southwest Washington Fair he was on hand when a new 4-H building was dedicated in his honor.
He was married to Drucilla Dulaney on September 20, 1892. In addition to the widow, Drucilla, at home, survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Florence M. Doll and Mrs. Edith C. Luebke, both Chehalis, and Mrs. Vera M. Kelly, Burlingame, California; two sons, Harry J. and William A. both of Chehalis; a brother, John W. Alexander, Chehalis; five grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren.
The Daily Chronicle, April 17, 1962
J. T. "Jim" Alexander, a native Lewis County pioneer, a farming and banking leader--and the father of Lewis County's big 4-H club organization--died Monday night in a Chehalis hospital. He was 85.
Mr. Alexander, one of Lewis County's most familiar long-time figures in farm and youth development was born August 3, 1866 near what today is Alexander Park, by the city of Chehalis. He lived there all of his life, recalling for visitors how the park area was once an Indiana campground.
Until he was almost 90 he was constantly active in county, civic, and church affairs. In recent years, his health had failed. although his memory remained clear and sharp.
He was the son of John Alexander, a Scotsman who came to the United States from Ireland, settling in Lewis County in 1958. He bought what became the Alexander home and farm in 1869. The son married a daughter of the James Urquhart family which had come west in 1853 by sailing around Cape Horn.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Chehalis, where he served as Sunday School superintendent and teacher, deacon and trustee. He was a member of the Washington Baptist Convention Board for 19 years, a vice president of the Security State Bank in Chehalis. He helped organize the first city fire department in Chehalis.
Mr Alexander organized the first 4-H clubs in the county, starting in 1920 by devoting almost three years of full time effort to that end. He established 30 clubs, and later helped to sponsor another 25. During the 1939 Southwest Washington Fair he was on hand when a new 4-H building was dedicated in his honor.
He was married to Drucilla Dulaney on September 20, 1892. In addition to the widow, Drucilla, at home, survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Florence M. Doll and Mrs. Edith C. Luebke, both Chehalis, and Mrs. Vera M. Kelly, Burlingame, California; two sons, Harry J. and William A. both of Chehalis; a brother, John W. Alexander, Chehalis; five grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren.
The Daily Chronicle, April 17, 1962
OBIT:
J. T. "Jim" Alexander, a native Lewis County pioneer, a farming and banking leader--and the father of Lewis County's big 4-H club organization--died Monday night in a Chehalis hospital. He was 85.
Mr. Alexander, one of Lewis County's most familiar long-time figures in farm and youth development was born August 3, 1866 near what today is Alexander Park, by the city of Chehalis. He lived there all of his life, recalling for visitors how the park area was once an Indiana campground.
Until he was almost 90 he was constantly active in county, civic, and church affairs. In recent years, his health had failed. although his memory remained clear and sharp.
He was the son of John Alexander, a Scotsman who came to the United States from Ireland, settling in Lewis County in 1958. He bought what became the Alexander home and farm in 1869. The son married a daughter of the James Urquhart family which had come west in 1853 by sailing around Cape Horn.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Chehalis, where he served as Sunday School superintendent and teacher, deacon and trustee. He was a member of the Washington Baptist Convention Board for 19 years, a vice president of the Security State Bank in Chehalis. He helped organize the first city fire department in Chehalis.
Mr Alexander organized the first 4-H clubs in the county, starting in 1920 by devoting almost three years of full time effort to that end. He established 30 clubs, and later helped to sponsor another 25. During the 1939 Southwest Washington Fair he was on hand when a new 4-H building was dedicated in his honor.
He was married to Drucilla Dulaney on September 20, 1892. In addition to the widow, Drucilla, at home, survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Florence M. Doll and Mrs. Edith C. Luebke, both Chehalis, and Mrs. Vera M. Kelly, Burlingame, California; two sons, Harry J. and William A. both of Chehalis; a brother, John W. Alexander, Chehalis; five grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren.
The Daily Chronicle, April 17, 1962
J. T. "Jim" Alexander, a native Lewis County pioneer, a farming and banking leader--and the father of Lewis County's big 4-H club organization--died Monday night in a Chehalis hospital. He was 85.
Mr. Alexander, one of Lewis County's most familiar long-time figures in farm and youth development was born August 3, 1866 near what today is Alexander Park, by the city of Chehalis. He lived there all of his life, recalling for visitors how the park area was once an Indiana campground.
Until he was almost 90 he was constantly active in county, civic, and church affairs. In recent years, his health had failed. although his memory remained clear and sharp.
He was the son of John Alexander, a Scotsman who came to the United States from Ireland, settling in Lewis County in 1958. He bought what became the Alexander home and farm in 1869. The son married a daughter of the James Urquhart family which had come west in 1853 by sailing around Cape Horn.
He was a member of the First Baptist Church of Chehalis, where he served as Sunday School superintendent and teacher, deacon and trustee. He was a member of the Washington Baptist Convention Board for 19 years, a vice president of the Security State Bank in Chehalis. He helped organize the first city fire department in Chehalis.
Mr Alexander organized the first 4-H clubs in the county, starting in 1920 by devoting almost three years of full time effort to that end. He established 30 clubs, and later helped to sponsor another 25. During the 1939 Southwest Washington Fair he was on hand when a new 4-H building was dedicated in his honor.
He was married to Drucilla Dulaney on September 20, 1892. In addition to the widow, Drucilla, at home, survivors include three daughters, Mrs. Florence M. Doll and Mrs. Edith C. Luebke, both Chehalis, and Mrs. Vera M. Kelly, Burlingame, California; two sons, Harry J. and William A. both of Chehalis; a brother, John W. Alexander, Chehalis; five grandchildren, and nine great grandchildren.
The Daily Chronicle, April 17, 1962
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