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Asenath Ann “Annie” <I>Forsythe</I> Alexander

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Asenath Ann “Annie” Forsythe Alexander

Birth
Rising Sun, Ohio County, Indiana, USA
Death
10 Feb 1939 (aged 89)
Hannibal, Marion County, Missouri, USA
Burial
Palmyra, Marion County, Missouri, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section 6 Lot 2
Memorial ID
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MRS. ANNA A. ALEXANDER, WIDOW OF JAMES H. ALEXANDER, PASSED AWAY AT 11 O'CLOCK FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE HOME OF HER SON, GEORGE A RICE, 326 MARK TWAIN AVENUE AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS, THREE MONTHS AND THREE DAYS.
SHE WAS BORN AT RISING SON IND., IN 1849 AND WAS MARRIED IN 1857 TO GEORGE M. RICE. TO THIS UNION WAS BORN NINE CHILDREN, FIVE HAVING PRECEDED HER DEATH. THE LIVING ARE MRS LIDA CRAIG AND GEORGE A. RICE OF HANNIBAL, MRS CLARA HAYDON OF PALMYRA AND JAMES E. RICE OF DENTON, MONT. ALSO SURVIVING ARE ONE BROTHER, R. A. FORSYTHE OF ROCHESTER, ILL AND ONE SISTER OF SPRINFIELD, ILL.; 21 GRANDCHILDREN AND 15 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
MR RICE DIED IN 18988 AND SHE MARRIED JAMES H. ALEXANDER IN 1900. SINCE THE DEATH OF MR. ALEXANDER IN 1913 SHE MADE HER HOME WITH HER SON, GEORGE , AND DAUGHTER, MRS HAYDON. MRS ALEXANDER UNITED WITH THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH AT THE AGE OF 16 YEARS AND HAD LIVED A DEVOTED CHRISTIAN LIFE, HER SUNNY DISPOSITION MAKING HER MANY FRIENDS, BOTH YOUNG AND OLD.

AS A GIRL MRS. ALEXANDER LIVED NEXT DOOR TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN WHEN MARRIED AND BROUGHT HIS BRIDE HOME TO SPRINGFIELD, ILL., AND SHE HAD RELATED MANY INTERESTING STORIES OF THE LINCOLNS. IN18=72 MRS. ALEXANDER'S FAMILY, CONSISTING OF THE PARENTS AND TWO CHILDREN MOVED TO SALINE COUNTY, KAN., WHERE THE HAD SEVERAL EXPERIENCES WITH THE INDIANS. THEY MOVED BACK TO SANGAMON COUNTY, ILL., WHERE SHE LIVED FOR 32 YEARS, MOVING TO MARION COUNTY IN 1906 AND RESIDING HERE UNTIL HE TIME OF HER DEATH.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, PALMYRA AT TWO O'CLOCK SUNDAY AFTERNOON. DR. C. J. ARMSTRONG, PASTOR OF THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN THIS CITY, ASSISTED BY MRS. C, H, BUNDY AND REV. J. M. KREIDER OF PALMYRA, WILL CONDUCT THE RITES. INTERMENT WILL BE IN GREEN WOOD CEMETERY, PALMYRA, WITH GRANDSONS AS PALLBEARERS. THE BODY WILL STAY AT LEWIS BROS. FUNERAL HOME, PALMYRA UNTIL THE FUNERAL.

MRS. ANNA A. ALEXANDER, WIDOW OF JAMES H. ALEXANDER, PASSED AWAY AT 11 O'CLOCK FRIDAY NIGHT IN THE HOME OF HER SON, GEORGE A RICE, 326 MARK TWAIN AVENUE AT THE AGE OF 89 YEARS, THREE MONTHS AND THREE DAYS.
SHE WAS BORN AT RISING SON IND., IN 1849 AND WAS MARRIED IN 1857 TO GEORGE M. RICE. TO THIS UNION WAS BORN NINE CHILDREN, FIVE HAVING PRECEDED HER DEATH. THE LIVING ARE MRS LIDA CRAIG AND GEORGE A. RICE OF HANNIBAL, MRS CLARA HAYDON OF PALMYRA AND JAMES E. RICE OF DENTON, MONT. ALSO SURVIVING ARE ONE BROTHER, R. A. FORSYTHE OF ROCHESTER, ILL AND ONE SISTER OF SPRINFIELD, ILL.; 21 GRANDCHILDREN AND 15 GREAT GRANDCHILDREN.
MR RICE DIED IN 18988 AND SHE MARRIED JAMES H. ALEXANDER IN 1900. SINCE THE DEATH OF MR. ALEXANDER IN 1913 SHE MADE HER HOME WITH HER SON, GEORGE , AND DAUGHTER, MRS HAYDON. MRS ALEXANDER UNITED WITH THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH AT THE AGE OF 16 YEARS AND HAD LIVED A DEVOTED CHRISTIAN LIFE, HER SUNNY DISPOSITION MAKING HER MANY FRIENDS, BOTH YOUNG AND OLD.

AS A GIRL MRS. ALEXANDER LIVED NEXT DOOR TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN WHEN MARRIED AND BROUGHT HIS BRIDE HOME TO SPRINGFIELD, ILL., AND SHE HAD RELATED MANY INTERESTING STORIES OF THE LINCOLNS. IN18=72 MRS. ALEXANDER'S FAMILY, CONSISTING OF THE PARENTS AND TWO CHILDREN MOVED TO SALINE COUNTY, KAN., WHERE THE HAD SEVERAL EXPERIENCES WITH THE INDIANS. THEY MOVED BACK TO SANGAMON COUNTY, ILL., WHERE SHE LIVED FOR 32 YEARS, MOVING TO MARION COUNTY IN 1906 AND RESIDING HERE UNTIL HE TIME OF HER DEATH.
FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE HELD AT THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH, PALMYRA AT TWO O'CLOCK SUNDAY AFTERNOON. DR. C. J. ARMSTRONG, PASTOR OF THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH IN THIS CITY, ASSISTED BY MRS. C, H, BUNDY AND REV. J. M. KREIDER OF PALMYRA, WILL CONDUCT THE RITES. INTERMENT WILL BE IN GREEN WOOD CEMETERY, PALMYRA, WITH GRANDSONS AS PALLBEARERS. THE BODY WILL STAY AT LEWIS BROS. FUNERAL HOME, PALMYRA UNTIL THE FUNERAL.



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