Officer Edgar Preston Alexander was a member of the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC.
Date of Death: November 16, 1929
Rank: Officer
Age: 45
Years of Service: 15
Appointed: April 24, 1912
Marital Status: Married
Children: Six
Location of Death: Middlebrook, Maryland (Montgomery County Maryland)
Circumstance: Officer Alexander of the Fourteenth Precinct, was representing the Metropolitan Police at the funeral of Sergeant George Benjamin Cornwell, formerly of the Fourteenth Precinct, in Romney, West Virginia.
Sergeant Cornwell is enrolled in Find A Grave, memorial number 19475116, being buried at Indian Mound Cemetery, Romney, West Virginia.
When the funeral was over, Officer Alexander was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a single car crash with a telephone pole just outside of Gaithersburg, Maryland. Officer Alexander suffered internal injuries and died on the scene. Edward Arnold, of Forestville, Maryland a passenger in the auto was also killed. Mr. Arnold is remembered in Find A Grave, memorial number 36711139. Injured were the driver, Detective James Billman, of the Fourteenth Precinct, and the Reverend Harry Paul Baker of the Calvary Baptist Church.
Mr. Arnold was survived by his wife, and fourteen year old daughter. Reverend Baker suffered a broken leg. Detective Billman who was admitted to Emergency Hospital was charged with reckless driving, and was ordered to appear in Police Court in Rockville, Maryland.
Officer Alexander's body was taken to his home at 3414 Q Street NW, and the funeral was held November 19, 1929, at Congress Street Methodist Church. His burial was at the family plot in Sterling, Virginia. He is buried alongside his wife, Olive Lavinia Moran Alexander.
A Washington Post article concerning the crash:
https://search-proquest-com.proxy.montgomerylibrary.org/hnpwashingtonpost/docview/149923471/fulltextPDF/9DA1D9409281430BPQ/1?accountid=47412
The below is taken from the Washington Post death notice of his wife, Olive who died in 1960. Surviving Officer Alexander and Olive were, Alvin L. Alexander, of Washington, DC; Edgar P. Alexander, Jr., of Seabrook, Maryland; Mrs. Evelyn Keely of Fairfax, Virginia; Mrs. Marjorie Weadon, and Mrs. June Jones, Palmer Park, Maryland; and Gordon Alexander, Arlington, Virginia.
The 1920 census reveals:
E P Alexander
United States Census, 1920
Name E P Alexander
Event Type Census
Event Date 1920
Event Place Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Gender Male
Age 34
Marital Status Married
Race White
Race (Original) White
Can Read Yes
Can Write Yes
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Head
Own or Rent Rent
Birth Year (Estimated) 1886
Birthplace Virginia
Father's Birthplace Virginia
Mother's Birthplace Virginia
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 9
United States Census, 1920
District ED 155
Sheet Number and Letter 9A
Household ID 210
Line Number 47
Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number T625
Affiliate Film Number 210
GS Film Number 1820210
Digital Folder Number 004964392
Image Number 00208
E P Alexander Head M 34 Virginia
Olive S Alexander Wife F 32 Virginia
Alavin L Alexander Son M 3 District of Columbia
Edwin P Alexander Son M 1 District of Columbia
Emma M Moran Sister-in-law F 34 Virginia
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNLR-BXK : 14 December 2015), E P Alexander, Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing sheet 9A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,210.
In 1920 the family lived at 3241 N Street, in the Georgetown area of Washington, DC.
Date of Death: November 16, 1929
Rank: Officer
Age: 45
Years of Service: 15
Appointed: April 24, 1912
Marital Status: Married
Children: Six
Location of Death: Middlebrook, Maryland (Montgomery County Maryland)
Circumstance: Officer Alexander of the Fourteenth Precinct, was representing the Metropolitan Police at the funeral of Sergeant George Benjamin Cornwell, formerly of the Fourteenth Precinct, in Romney, West Virginia.
Sergeant Cornwell is enrolled in Find A Grave, memorial number 19475116, being buried at Indian Mound Cemetery, Romney, West Virginia.
When the funeral was over, Officer Alexander was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a single car crash with a telephone pole just outside of Gaithersburg, Maryland. Officer Alexander suffered internal injuries and died on the scene. Edward Arnold, of Forestville, Maryland a passenger in the auto was also killed. Mr. Arnold is remembered in Find A Grave, memorial number 36711139. Injured were the driver, Detective James Billman, of the Fourteenth Precinct, and the Reverend Harry Paul Baker of the Calvary Baptist Church.
Mr. Arnold was survived by his wife, and fourteen year old daughter. Reverend Baker suffered a broken leg. Detective Billman who was admitted to Emergency Hospital was charged with reckless driving, and was ordered to appear in Police Court in Rockville, Maryland.
Officer Alexander's body was taken to his home at 3414 Q Street NW, and the funeral was held November 19, 1929, at Congress Street Methodist Church. His burial was at the family plot in Sterling, Virginia. He is buried alongside his wife, Olive Lavinia Moran Alexander.
A Washington Post article concerning the crash:
https://search-proquest-com.proxy.montgomerylibrary.org/hnpwashingtonpost/docview/149923471/fulltextPDF/9DA1D9409281430BPQ/1?accountid=47412
The below is taken from the Washington Post death notice of his wife, Olive who died in 1960. Surviving Officer Alexander and Olive were, Alvin L. Alexander, of Washington, DC; Edgar P. Alexander, Jr., of Seabrook, Maryland; Mrs. Evelyn Keely of Fairfax, Virginia; Mrs. Marjorie Weadon, and Mrs. June Jones, Palmer Park, Maryland; and Gordon Alexander, Arlington, Virginia.
The 1920 census reveals:
E P Alexander
United States Census, 1920
Name E P Alexander
Event Type Census
Event Date 1920
Event Place Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Gender Male
Age 34
Marital Status Married
Race White
Race (Original) White
Can Read Yes
Can Write Yes
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Head
Own or Rent Rent
Birth Year (Estimated) 1886
Birthplace Virginia
Father's Birthplace Virginia
Mother's Birthplace Virginia
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 9
United States Census, 1920
District ED 155
Sheet Number and Letter 9A
Household ID 210
Line Number 47
Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number T625
Affiliate Film Number 210
GS Film Number 1820210
Digital Folder Number 004964392
Image Number 00208
E P Alexander Head M 34 Virginia
Olive S Alexander Wife F 32 Virginia
Alavin L Alexander Son M 3 District of Columbia
Edwin P Alexander Son M 1 District of Columbia
Emma M Moran Sister-in-law F 34 Virginia
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNLR-BXK : 14 December 2015), E P Alexander, Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing sheet 9A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,210.
In 1920 the family lived at 3241 N Street, in the Georgetown area of Washington, DC.
Officer Edgar Preston Alexander was a member of the Metropolitan Police Department in Washington, DC.
Date of Death: November 16, 1929
Rank: Officer
Age: 45
Years of Service: 15
Appointed: April 24, 1912
Marital Status: Married
Children: Six
Location of Death: Middlebrook, Maryland (Montgomery County Maryland)
Circumstance: Officer Alexander of the Fourteenth Precinct, was representing the Metropolitan Police at the funeral of Sergeant George Benjamin Cornwell, formerly of the Fourteenth Precinct, in Romney, West Virginia.
Sergeant Cornwell is enrolled in Find A Grave, memorial number 19475116, being buried at Indian Mound Cemetery, Romney, West Virginia.
When the funeral was over, Officer Alexander was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a single car crash with a telephone pole just outside of Gaithersburg, Maryland. Officer Alexander suffered internal injuries and died on the scene. Edward Arnold, of Forestville, Maryland a passenger in the auto was also killed. Mr. Arnold is remembered in Find A Grave, memorial number 36711139. Injured were the driver, Detective James Billman, of the Fourteenth Precinct, and the Reverend Harry Paul Baker of the Calvary Baptist Church.
Mr. Arnold was survived by his wife, and fourteen year old daughter. Reverend Baker suffered a broken leg. Detective Billman who was admitted to Emergency Hospital was charged with reckless driving, and was ordered to appear in Police Court in Rockville, Maryland.
Officer Alexander's body was taken to his home at 3414 Q Street NW, and the funeral was held November 19, 1929, at Congress Street Methodist Church. His burial was at the family plot in Sterling, Virginia. He is buried alongside his wife, Olive Lavinia Moran Alexander.
A Washington Post article concerning the crash:
https://search-proquest-com.proxy.montgomerylibrary.org/hnpwashingtonpost/docview/149923471/fulltextPDF/9DA1D9409281430BPQ/1?accountid=47412
The below is taken from the Washington Post death notice of his wife, Olive who died in 1960. Surviving Officer Alexander and Olive were, Alvin L. Alexander, of Washington, DC; Edgar P. Alexander, Jr., of Seabrook, Maryland; Mrs. Evelyn Keely of Fairfax, Virginia; Mrs. Marjorie Weadon, and Mrs. June Jones, Palmer Park, Maryland; and Gordon Alexander, Arlington, Virginia.
The 1920 census reveals:
E P Alexander
United States Census, 1920
Name E P Alexander
Event Type Census
Event Date 1920
Event Place Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Gender Male
Age 34
Marital Status Married
Race White
Race (Original) White
Can Read Yes
Can Write Yes
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Head
Own or Rent Rent
Birth Year (Estimated) 1886
Birthplace Virginia
Father's Birthplace Virginia
Mother's Birthplace Virginia
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 9
United States Census, 1920
District ED 155
Sheet Number and Letter 9A
Household ID 210
Line Number 47
Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number T625
Affiliate Film Number 210
GS Film Number 1820210
Digital Folder Number 004964392
Image Number 00208
E P Alexander Head M 34 Virginia
Olive S Alexander Wife F 32 Virginia
Alavin L Alexander Son M 3 District of Columbia
Edwin P Alexander Son M 1 District of Columbia
Emma M Moran Sister-in-law F 34 Virginia
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNLR-BXK : 14 December 2015), E P Alexander, Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing sheet 9A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,210.
In 1920 the family lived at 3241 N Street, in the Georgetown area of Washington, DC.
Date of Death: November 16, 1929
Rank: Officer
Age: 45
Years of Service: 15
Appointed: April 24, 1912
Marital Status: Married
Children: Six
Location of Death: Middlebrook, Maryland (Montgomery County Maryland)
Circumstance: Officer Alexander of the Fourteenth Precinct, was representing the Metropolitan Police at the funeral of Sergeant George Benjamin Cornwell, formerly of the Fourteenth Precinct, in Romney, West Virginia.
Sergeant Cornwell is enrolled in Find A Grave, memorial number 19475116, being buried at Indian Mound Cemetery, Romney, West Virginia.
When the funeral was over, Officer Alexander was a passenger in a vehicle involved in a single car crash with a telephone pole just outside of Gaithersburg, Maryland. Officer Alexander suffered internal injuries and died on the scene. Edward Arnold, of Forestville, Maryland a passenger in the auto was also killed. Mr. Arnold is remembered in Find A Grave, memorial number 36711139. Injured were the driver, Detective James Billman, of the Fourteenth Precinct, and the Reverend Harry Paul Baker of the Calvary Baptist Church.
Mr. Arnold was survived by his wife, and fourteen year old daughter. Reverend Baker suffered a broken leg. Detective Billman who was admitted to Emergency Hospital was charged with reckless driving, and was ordered to appear in Police Court in Rockville, Maryland.
Officer Alexander's body was taken to his home at 3414 Q Street NW, and the funeral was held November 19, 1929, at Congress Street Methodist Church. His burial was at the family plot in Sterling, Virginia. He is buried alongside his wife, Olive Lavinia Moran Alexander.
A Washington Post article concerning the crash:
https://search-proquest-com.proxy.montgomerylibrary.org/hnpwashingtonpost/docview/149923471/fulltextPDF/9DA1D9409281430BPQ/1?accountid=47412
The below is taken from the Washington Post death notice of his wife, Olive who died in 1960. Surviving Officer Alexander and Olive were, Alvin L. Alexander, of Washington, DC; Edgar P. Alexander, Jr., of Seabrook, Maryland; Mrs. Evelyn Keely of Fairfax, Virginia; Mrs. Marjorie Weadon, and Mrs. June Jones, Palmer Park, Maryland; and Gordon Alexander, Arlington, Virginia.
The 1920 census reveals:
E P Alexander
United States Census, 1920
Name E P Alexander
Event Type Census
Event Date 1920
Event Place Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, United States
Gender Male
Age 34
Marital Status Married
Race White
Race (Original) White
Can Read Yes
Can Write Yes
Relationship to Head of Household Head
Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Head
Own or Rent Rent
Birth Year (Estimated) 1886
Birthplace Virginia
Father's Birthplace Virginia
Mother's Birthplace Virginia
Sheet Letter A
Sheet Number 9
United States Census, 1920
District ED 155
Sheet Number and Letter 9A
Household ID 210
Line Number 47
Affiliate Name The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA)
Affiliate Publication Number T625
Affiliate Film Number 210
GS Film Number 1820210
Digital Folder Number 004964392
Image Number 00208
E P Alexander Head M 34 Virginia
Olive S Alexander Wife F 32 Virginia
Alavin L Alexander Son M 3 District of Columbia
Edwin P Alexander Son M 1 District of Columbia
Emma M Moran Sister-in-law F 34 Virginia
Citing this Record
"United States Census, 1920," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MNLR-BXK : 14 December 2015), E P Alexander, Washington, Washington, District of Columbia, United States; citing sheet 9A, NARA microfilm publication T625 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,820,210.
In 1920 the family lived at 3241 N Street, in the Georgetown area of Washington, DC.
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