James T. Alexander, M.D.

    James T. Alexander, M.D., of Hartford City, is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, born November 7, 1837, a son of Carroll and Mary Jane Alexander. He was reared at his birth place, where he attended the common schools, and later attended the Tuscarora Academy, completing his literary education at the college at Cannonsburg, in Washington County, Pennsylvania, from which institution he graduated. He commenced the study of medicine at Cannonsburg, and during the war he entered the hospital service, being part of the time at St. Aloysius Hospital at Washington, D.C., and at Yorktown, Pennsylvania. He was at the battle of the Wilderness and at Vicksburg, being all of the time under General Burnside. He remained with the army until the close of the war, after which he attended four full terms at the University of Pennsylvania, where he graduated in 1867. He became engaged in the Philadelphia Dispensary, remaining there over two years, then in 1872 came to Indiana, locating at Indianapolis. He practiced medicine in Madison County from 1878 until 1880, when he removed to Grant County.

    During the years 1881 and 1882 the doctor was traveling in South America and Central America, and was in nearly all the States and capitals of these countries. In the winter of 1883 he came to Hartford City, Blackford County, where he has since practiced his chosen profession. His wife was formerly Miss Della Vasbinder. Politically he affiliates with the Republican party.

Source: Biographical and Historical Record of Jay and Blackford County, Indiana. The Lewis Publishing Co., 1887.