Charles Henry Alexander was born January 22, 1853 in Indiana.
He came to Dodge County, Minnesota, as a young man and for the most part engaged in farming. He met Mary (Mettie) Elizabeth Shepard who was born March 27, 1863, at Waupun, Wisconsin. They were married October 21, 1884 in Ellington.
They had three children:
1. Frank Grover Alexander born September 27, 1886 at Ellington, Minn.
2. Gertrude Estella Alexander born February 24, 1894 at St. Paul, Minn.
3. Marian Emagen Alexander born September 29, 1899 at St. Paul, Minn.
Charles and Mary Alexander lived in Ellington until about 1891 and then moved to Merriam Park in St. Paul, where Charles was in the dairy business for a time with J.N. Booth and then on his own as the Midway Dairy until 1901.
The Alexander family moved to Northfield, MN in 1901 and for several years lived on a farm about two miles north of Northfield, adjacent to the Edwin Simpson farm.
Following the return of the Edwin Simpson family to the old Simpson farm at Waterford, MN and then Frank Shepard's family to Northfield, there were frequent family gatherings in this area.
Daughter Gertrude Alexander died December 21, 1903.
In 1907 Charles Alexander moved to Meadow, South Dakota where he proved up on a homestead. He constructed a sod house in which the family lived until his death in December 1926.
Mary Alexander died of a stroke February 29, 1916.
In December 1926 Charles Alexander was taken ill at Meadow, South Dakota. In accordance with his wishes, his daughter, Marian, brought him by train to St. Paul, where in St. John's Hospital, he died of pneumonia on December 20, 1926.
Both Mary and Charles Alexander are buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Minnesota.
They were members of the Presbyterian Church at Meadow, S.D.
He came to Dodge County, Minnesota, as a young man and for the most part engaged in farming. He met Mary (Mettie) Elizabeth Shepard who was born March 27, 1863, at Waupun, Wisconsin. They were married October 21, 1884 in Ellington.
They had three children:
1. Frank Grover Alexander born September 27, 1886 at Ellington, Minn.
2. Gertrude Estella Alexander born February 24, 1894 at St. Paul, Minn.
3. Marian Emagen Alexander born September 29, 1899 at St. Paul, Minn.
Charles and Mary Alexander lived in Ellington until about 1891 and then moved to Merriam Park in St. Paul, where Charles was in the dairy business for a time with J.N. Booth and then on his own as the Midway Dairy until 1901.
The Alexander family moved to Northfield, MN in 1901 and for several years lived on a farm about two miles north of Northfield, adjacent to the Edwin Simpson farm.
Following the return of the Edwin Simpson family to the old Simpson farm at Waterford, MN and then Frank Shepard's family to Northfield, there were frequent family gatherings in this area.
Daughter Gertrude Alexander died December 21, 1903.
In 1907 Charles Alexander moved to Meadow, South Dakota where he proved up on a homestead. He constructed a sod house in which the family lived until his death in December 1926.
Mary Alexander died of a stroke February 29, 1916.
In December 1926 Charles Alexander was taken ill at Meadow, South Dakota. In accordance with his wishes, his daughter, Marian, brought him by train to St. Paul, where in St. John's Hospital, he died of pneumonia on December 20, 1926.
Both Mary and Charles Alexander are buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Minnesota.
They were members of the Presbyterian Church at Meadow, S.D.
Charles Henry Alexander was born January 22, 1853 in Indiana.
He came to Dodge County, Minnesota, as a young man and for the most part engaged in farming. He met Mary (Mettie) Elizabeth Shepard who was born March 27, 1863, at Waupun, Wisconsin. They were married October 21, 1884 in Ellington.
They had three children:
1. Frank Grover Alexander born September 27, 1886 at Ellington, Minn.
2. Gertrude Estella Alexander born February 24, 1894 at St. Paul, Minn.
3. Marian Emagen Alexander born September 29, 1899 at St. Paul, Minn.
Charles and Mary Alexander lived in Ellington until about 1891 and then moved to Merriam Park in St. Paul, where Charles was in the dairy business for a time with J.N. Booth and then on his own as the Midway Dairy until 1901.
The Alexander family moved to Northfield, MN in 1901 and for several years lived on a farm about two miles north of Northfield, adjacent to the Edwin Simpson farm.
Following the return of the Edwin Simpson family to the old Simpson farm at Waterford, MN and then Frank Shepard's family to Northfield, there were frequent family gatherings in this area.
Daughter Gertrude Alexander died December 21, 1903.
In 1907 Charles Alexander moved to Meadow, South Dakota where he proved up on a homestead. He constructed a sod house in which the family lived until his death in December 1926.
Mary Alexander died of a stroke February 29, 1916.
In December 1926 Charles Alexander was taken ill at Meadow, South Dakota. In accordance with his wishes, his daughter, Marian, brought him by train to St. Paul, where in St. John's Hospital, he died of pneumonia on December 20, 1926.
Both Mary and Charles Alexander are buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Minnesota.
They were members of the Presbyterian Church at Meadow, S.D.
He came to Dodge County, Minnesota, as a young man and for the most part engaged in farming. He met Mary (Mettie) Elizabeth Shepard who was born March 27, 1863, at Waupun, Wisconsin. They were married October 21, 1884 in Ellington.
They had three children:
1. Frank Grover Alexander born September 27, 1886 at Ellington, Minn.
2. Gertrude Estella Alexander born February 24, 1894 at St. Paul, Minn.
3. Marian Emagen Alexander born September 29, 1899 at St. Paul, Minn.
Charles and Mary Alexander lived in Ellington until about 1891 and then moved to Merriam Park in St. Paul, where Charles was in the dairy business for a time with J.N. Booth and then on his own as the Midway Dairy until 1901.
The Alexander family moved to Northfield, MN in 1901 and for several years lived on a farm about two miles north of Northfield, adjacent to the Edwin Simpson farm.
Following the return of the Edwin Simpson family to the old Simpson farm at Waterford, MN and then Frank Shepard's family to Northfield, there were frequent family gatherings in this area.
Daughter Gertrude Alexander died December 21, 1903.
In 1907 Charles Alexander moved to Meadow, South Dakota where he proved up on a homestead. He constructed a sod house in which the family lived until his death in December 1926.
Mary Alexander died of a stroke February 29, 1916.
In December 1926 Charles Alexander was taken ill at Meadow, South Dakota. In accordance with his wishes, his daughter, Marian, brought him by train to St. Paul, where in St. John's Hospital, he died of pneumonia on December 20, 1926.
Both Mary and Charles Alexander are buried in Oaklawn Cemetery, Northfield, Minnesota.
They were members of the Presbyterian Church at Meadow, S.D.
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