Notes:

Lived with his parents on a farm in OH, and at age 13 came with his parents to
IL, near Bloomfield. He attended school until age 18 and studied one winter in
the High School. Subsequently he was a student at Antioch College, Yellow
Springs, OH, for a year. He enlisted 1 Aug 1862 in D Co., 79th IL. Infantry,
musterin in as a Sergeant. He was the only member of his regiment to
participate in every battle in which it was engaged, 17 in all, some of which
were major battles. Mustered out as an Orderly Sergeant on 24 Jun 1865 at
Springfield, IL. Aleck was a very successful farmer and cattleman.

Alexander married Sarah A. Hazelton on 1 Jan 1869 in Edgar Twp., Edgar Co., Il. Sarah was born in in Chester, Nh. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]