Randolph son of Unity Murphey & Angus Alexander.

Randolph while living in Tennessee, was baptized a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints on August 7, 1837. He moved with the saints later that year in 1837 to Far West Missouri. Here they shared the trials of the saints, until they were driven out of the state by the extermination orders from Governor Boggs. His family then moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. They went through all the trials and persecutions during their building up of that beautiful city and temple.
His family was then driven out of Nauvoo, Illinois. They later moved to Utah, 1st settling in Parley's Canyon and built a saw mill there. The saints were asked to settle small communities in the state, their talents & expertise was utilized for the building of those communities. The Randolph Alexander family, being from the Southern States and being acquainted with the growing of cotton, were called to Utah's Dixie. They settled in the town of Washington in 1862. Here he spent his life's energy in building up the community.


1st marriage Myrza Alexander (1st cousin to Randolph) on June 11, 1830, Weakley, Tennessee.
They had 13 children:

Thomas Murphy Alexander (1831-1905)
Susan Arabella Alexander (1833-1914)
Adaline Alexander (1835-1911)
Moroni Woodruf Alexander (1837-1901)
John Quincy Adams Alexander (1839-1898)
Benjamin Lamoni Alexander (1841-1913)
Margarett Alexander (1843-1845)
Sarah Elizabeth Alexander (1845-1922)
Myra Jane Alexander (1848-1883)
Eliza Snow Alexander (1850-1931)
Lydia Ann Alexander (1855-1934)
Matilda Alexander (1857-1930)
Bertha Alexander (1860- ?)

2nd marriage Lucy Courser Taft Harwood on May 14, 1848.
They had 4 children:
Eveline Adelia Alexander(Twin)
Emmeline Amelia Alexander (Twin)
Caroline Amanda Alexander
Angeline R Alexander


3rd Marriage Jane Pugh daughter of
Martha Harris & Daniel Pugh.
They had 3 daughters:

Elizabeth Alexander (1854-1925)
Unity Alexander (1855-1912)
Rebecca Ann Alexander (1858-1936)

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868
Alexander, Randolph

Birth Date: 22 Mar. 1802
Death Date: 12 Mar. 1879
Gender: Male
Age: 46
Company: Willard Richards Company (1848)
Sources:
Edwards, Esaias, Autobiography and diary, 1856-1882

Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868
1848 Willard Richards Company

Departure: 3 July 1848 Arrival in Salt Lake Valley: 10-19 October 1848 Company Information: 526 individuals were in the company when it began its journey from the outfitting post at Winter Quarters, Nebraska. This company was divided into two sections, Willard Richards section and Amasa Lyman Section. The Lyman section left the outfitting post on 30 or 31 June and the Richards section left on 3 July.
Mormon Pioneer Overland Travel, 1847–1868

Alexander, Adeline (13) Myrza
Alexander, Benjamin Lamoni (7) Myrza
Alexander, Dianetta Emily (5)
Alexander, Frances Evaline (11)
Alexander, John Quincy Adams (9) Myrza
Alexander, Lucy Courser Taft (36)
Alexander, Moroni Woodruff (11) Myrza
Alexander, Murza Alexander (32)
Alexander, Randolph (46)
Alexander, Sarah Elizabeth (3) Myrza
Alexander, Sarah Malinda (7)
Alexander, Susan Arberrilla (15) Myrza
Alexander, Thomas Murphy (16) Myrza