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Alexander Alphonso Harvey

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Alexander Alphonso Harvey

Birth
Bartholomew County, Indiana, USA
Death
4 Jul 1953 (aged 67)
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA
Burial
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, USA Add to Map
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Section 45, Lot 148, left half, Grave #8
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Alexander grew to manhood in Spraytown and Waymansville, Indiana. He was nicknamed "Pudge," "Alphie," and "Alex" growing up, but he preferred the nickname Alex over the others. Alex met Lucy in Seymour, Indiana. Alex was a very versatile man and could do most anything he set his mind to. Like most of the Harvey family, he had an itchy foot and moved quite often. He lived in Illinois, Minnesota, Kansas, Missouri, Indiana, and Michigan, but not necessarily in that order.
He worked in the Stave Factory, was a fireman on a railroad steam engine, a factory, a farmer, a landscaper, etc. At the time of his death he was a machinist in a factory in Detroit, Michigan.
At one time Alex studied for the ministry and thoroughly enjoyed church work. He said, "The pay wasn't good, but you couldn't beat the retirement benefits." He served as a Sunday School teacher for many years.
He purchased a farm from his brother-in-law, Samuel T. Butler, in the Radcliff Grove neighborhood in Brownstown Township, Jackson County, Indiana. He planned to move there shortly after his retirement, but on the day he was due to retire, he collapsed while sitting at his work bench, and died a few days later. Alexander and Lucy lived at 1226 Engle St. in Detroit, Michigan for a number of years, and he lived at that address when he died.

Alexander grew to manhood in Spraytown and Waymansville, Indiana. He was nicknamed "Pudge," "Alphie," and "Alex" growing up, but he preferred the nickname Alex over the others. Alex met Lucy in Seymour, Indiana. Alex was a very versatile man and could do most anything he set his mind to. Like most of the Harvey family, he had an itchy foot and moved quite often. He lived in Illinois, Minnesota, Kansas, Missouri, Indiana, and Michigan, but not necessarily in that order.
He worked in the Stave Factory, was a fireman on a railroad steam engine, a factory, a farmer, a landscaper, etc. At the time of his death he was a machinist in a factory in Detroit, Michigan.
At one time Alex studied for the ministry and thoroughly enjoyed church work. He said, "The pay wasn't good, but you couldn't beat the retirement benefits." He served as a Sunday School teacher for many years.
He purchased a farm from his brother-in-law, Samuel T. Butler, in the Radcliff Grove neighborhood in Brownstown Township, Jackson County, Indiana. He planned to move there shortly after his retirement, but on the day he was due to retire, he collapsed while sitting at his work bench, and died a few days later. Alexander and Lucy lived at 1226 Engle St. in Detroit, Michigan for a number of years, and he lived at that address when he died.

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