This information is being
provided with the permission of Vera B. Andrews, author, Alexanders of
Cannon Co.,Tn.
This book is available
from the author - cost $15.00.
Vera B. Andrews
1101 Climbing Rose Lane
Mishawaka IN 46544
1 Ezekial ALEXANDER, Sr. the son of James Alexander and his second wife
Abigail (McKnitt)
b: October 21, 1754 Cecil Co., MD he married abt 1772/3 Jemima Esther
MCCOY. He was given his father's land, where he lived for some period of
time before coming to TN. Ezekial d: August 18, 1832 in Wilson Co., TN
Ezekial & Jemima Esther Alexander had 8 children: James b. 16 Nov.
1774,
Jean b. 25 Feb 1776, Abner b. 10 Aug 1778, Lydia b. 2 Mar 1784, Josiah
b. 7 May 1785,
John McKnitt b. 20 May 1787 & Ezekial Jr. b. 22 Dec 1789.
ref. "Alexanders of Cannon Co. TN" p. 5
These are the descendants of Ezekial Alexander, Jr. who married Mary
"Polly" Cooper 8 Oct. 1810 in Wilson Co. Tennessee. Mary "Polly" Cooper,
the daughter of Christopher and Permelia Hogg Cooper, is buried behind
the old Sanders Fork School in Cannon Co. Tn. Her will at her death left
her son FC Alexander (Francis Clinton) her estate.
ref. "Alexanders of Cannon Co. TN" p. 6, Cannon
Co. Will Bk.A, p.179, signed 31May 1865, proved 5 June 1865
2 Ezekial ALEXANDER, Jr. b: December 22, 1789 NC d:
Wilson Co., TN
... +Mary "Polly" COOPER b: May 20, 1788 VA m: October 08, 1810
Wilson Co., TN
d: 1865 Cannon Co., TN
3 C. C. ALEXANDER b: September 28, 1811 d:
1859 Tyler,TX
3 Emily ALEXANDER b: February 06, 1814 TN d:
Aft. 1870
.... +Andrew J. Bogle b: Abt. 1814 TN
. 4 James Bogle b: Abt. 1843
. 4 Samuel Bogle b: Abt. 1846
3 Jemima Annice ALEXANDER b: March 04, 1815
d: March 29, 1874 Savannah,TN
.... +Hiram Bryson
3 [1] Abner D. ALEXANDER b: March 24, 1816
.... +Nancy Sauls
*2nd Wife of [1] Abner D. ALEXANDER:
.... +Permelia J. Cooper
3 John McCoy ALEXANDER b: September 23, 1818
d: November 18, 1861 TX
3 Nancy ALEXANDER b: Abt. 1820 Wilson Co., TN
d: Bef. May 1874
.... +Daniel BRYSON b: 1814 Wilson Co., TN m: January 17, 1839
Cannon Co., TN d: Aft. 1880
. 4 Margaret Fatimony BRYSON b: December 15, 1839
d: October 18, 1875
..... +Abner Dement COOPER b: 1834 m: October 06, 1859 Cannon
Co.,TN
Father: Benjamin B.
COOPER Mother: Rebecca OWEN
.. 5 Clarence COOPER b: 1875
. 4 Ezekiel Dillard BRYSON b: 1844 Cannon Co., TN
..... +Martha L. WILSON b: 1832 m: August 05, 1865 Cannon Co.,
TN Father: Mother:
. 4 Jemima BRYSON b: 1846
. 4 Mary J. BRYSON b: 1848
..... +John P. MILLIGAN b: 1855 m: March 23, 1873 Cannon Co.,
TN Father: Mother:
. 4 Emily S. BRYSON b: 1851
..... +William T. MEARS
.. 5 [7] Altie Jemima MEARS b: February 15, 1878
d: June 08, 1957
...... +[6] Robert Martin "Bobby" ALEXANDER b: May 02, 1878 m:
Abt. 1898 d: August 11, 1951
Father: John Dee ALEXANDER Mother: Margaret Susan DAVENPORT
. 4 Abraham R. BRYSON b: 1852
..... +E.D. TUCKER m: August 12, 1877
. 4 William K. BRYSON b: 1854
..... +E.J. RAMSEY m: January 05, 1881
. 4 Thomas J. BRYSON b: 1858
..... +Sarah L. ADAMS m: September 05, 1885
3 Abraham O. ALEXANDER b: May 06, 1823 Wilson Co.,
TN d: 1851 Cannon Co.,TN
.... +Martha Frances SAULS b: Abt. 1830 TN m: October 05, 1847
TN
Thought to be the dau of
John Sauls & Fannie Alexander. Siblings of Martha may be Nancy who
m. Abner D. Alexander, Rhoda
who m. Thomas Tedder and Caroline Fann. It is assumed that
A.O. and Martha Alexander
died between 1851-53 when there were court records in Cannon Co.
stating:Benjamin C and John Dee
being left orphaned at young ages were made guardianships of
Abner D Alexander, bro of Abram
O., witnessed by Ezekial Alexander and Robert Bryson.
John D. & Benjamin C. Alexander
m. sisters and both lived in the Sanders Fork area of Cannon Co.
ref. "Alexanders
of Cannon Co. TN" p. 7 & 57
. 4 Benjamin C. ALEXANDER b: August 19, 1848 Cannon Co.,
TN d: July 25, 1909 Cannon Co., TN
..... +Nancy Elizabeth DAVENPORT b: December 18, 1857 Cannon
Co., TN m: October 22, 1872
Cannon Co., TN d:
October 04, 1949 Cannon Co., TN
Father: Thomas Whitlock
DAVENPORT Mother: Mary E. JONES
.. 5 Martha E. ALEXANDER b: August 05, 1873 d: January
30, 1969
...... +Elisha Jones
.. 5 Ellie ALEXANDER b: January 10, 1875 d: April
07, 1911
...... +Adam A. Smith b: February 04, 1873 d: January 05,
1927
Father: James
Smith Mother: Elizabeth Fann
.. 5 John Albert ALEXANDER b: June 25, 1877 d: January
10, 1972
...... +Lulu Smith b: Abt. 1878 m: August 02, 1901 d: Abt. 1912
Father: James
Smith Mother: Elizabeth Fann
.. 5 Altie B. ALEXANDER b: July 25, 1879 d: March
15, 1946
...... +Silas Powell Tedder b: September 06, 1875 d: April
01, 1960
Father: Chalmus
H. Tedder Mother: Dorothy M. Baines
.. 5 [2] Thomas Wesley ALEXANDER b: January 19, 1882 Cannon
Co., TN
d: June 13, 1973 Mishawaka, IN
...... +Linda Ellen TRAVIS b: Nov 05, 1882 Cannon Co., TN m:
Dec 23, 1903 Cannon Co., TN
d: June 13,
1955 Mishawaka, IN Father: Leander F. TRAVIS
Mother: Mary
Ann "Travis" TRAVIS
.. *2nd Wife of [2] Thomas Wesley ALEXANDER:
...... +Octa Elizabeth "Tabors" DENTON b: Jan 18, 1892 m: 1956
Henderson Co., KY d: July 04, 1966
.. 5 Sally P. Alexander b: November 19, 1884 d: July
25, 1984 Cannon Co., TN
...... +Samuel B. FANN b: January 25, 1869 Cannon Co., TN m:
October 01, 1906 d: February 02, 1944
Father: William
H. FANN Mother: Martha L. WILSON
.. 5 Mary Annis ALEXANDER b: August 03, 1887 d: February
11, 1978
...... +William Albert Tucker m: December 26, 1912
.. 5 Ernest Baxter ALEXANDER b: April 11, 1891 d:
September 17, 1986
...... +Cassie Davenport b: September 14, 1899 Father:
Horace Maynard DAVENPORT
Mother: Stella
ISOM
.. 5 Earlie ALEXANDER b: August 07, 1895
.. 5 Geneva Ailene ALEXANDER b: June 14, 1897
...... +Robert Hunt, Sr. b: September 18, 1897 TN m: March 20,
1923 d: April 03, 1982 Father: Mother:
. 4 [8] John Dee ALEXANDER b: July 31, 1851 d: June
11, 1936
..... +Margaret Susan DAVENPORT b: February 13, 1853 m: August
25, 1870 d: February 22, 1885
Father: Thomas Whitlock
DAVENPORT Mother: Mary E. JONES
.. 5 Frances Emmaline "Fannie" ALEXANDER b: February 11,
1871 Cannon Co., TN
d: January 08, 1944 Slaughters,
KY
...... +Michael WILSON b: July 10, 1874 Woodbury, Cannon Co.,
TN m: January 12, 1895 Cannon Co.,
TN d: Feb 02,
1968 Slaughters, KY Father: Sam B. WILSON Mother: Nancy Elizabeth HIGGINS
.. 5 [5] Thomas Abram ALEXANDER b: October 09, 1872
d: November 17, 1961 Cannon Co., TN
...... +Lorry Magnolia "Nolie" WILSON b: January 23, 1879 TN
d: September 04, 1910 Cannon Co., TN
Father: Sam
B. WILSON Mother: Nancy Elizabeth HIGGINS
.. 5 Charles E. ALEXANDER b: May 22, 1876 d: August
19, 1964
...... +Mae TARPLEY b: November 18, 1894 d: March 22, 1943
.. 5 [6] Robert Martin "Bobby" ALEXANDER b: May 02, 1878
d: August 11, 1951
...... +[7] Altie Jemima MEARS b: February 15, 1878 m: Abt. 1898
d: June 08, 1957
Father: William T. MEARS Mother: Emily S. BRYSON
.. 5 Hattie Roxanne ALEXANDER b: April 01, 1882 d:
March 23, 1958
...... +Henry "H" C. DUGGAN b: January 23, 1881 d: November
17, 1953 Father: John C. DUGGIN
Mother: Caldonia
"Callie" LEACH
... 6 Lassie Leota DUGGAN b: November 25, 1901
....... +Daniel Alexander NICHOLS b: January 09, 1893
Father: William Barry NICHOLS
Mother:
Nancy Melissa JONES
... 6 Dora DUGGAN b: December 25, 1902 d: June 17,
1964
....... +Otis Leaburn Tarpley b: August 05, 1902 m: September
07, 1924 d: December 31, 1975
.. 5 Nancy M. ALEXANDER b: December 15, 1884 d: January
23, 1913
...... +[9] George Lafayette "Fate" TENPENNY b: March 21, 1884
m: Abt. 1903 d: March 18, 1940
Father: Jesse Allen Tenpenny Mother: Edna Bogle
. *2nd Wife of [8] John Dee ALEXANDER:
..... +Nancy Annis DAVENPORT b: June 25, 1865 m: Abt. 1893
Father: Burchet Douglas "Doug"
DAVENPORT Mother:
Deborah Lucinda "Diby" WILLARD
.. 5 Ovie Ethel ALEXANDER b: April 18, 1895 Cannon Co.,
TN d: October 22, 1970 Cannon Co., TN
...... +[9] George Lafayette "Fate" TENPENNY b: March 21, 1884
m: August 24, 1913
d: March 18, 1940 Father: Jesse Allen Tenpenny Mother: Edna Bogle
.. 5 Willie Lucinda ALEXANDER b: June 28, 1897 Cannon Co.,
TN
d: January 07, 1968 Cannon
Co., TN
.. 5 Marvin Estes ALEXANDER b: January 17, 1900 Cannon
Co., TN
d: November 16, 1970 Cannon
Co., TN
.. 5 Lovie Gertrude ALEXANDER b: September 06, 1905 Cannon
Co., TN
d: January 29, 1984 Cannon
Co., TN
...... +Mack Duggan b: February 21, 1915
.. 5 Johnny May ALEXANDER b: October 31, 1907
...... +Isaac Haskell Mathis b: December 07, 1885 m: August 31,
1935
d: August 14, 1958
3 Benjamin B. ALEXANDER b: April 01, 1825 d:
Savannah,TN
.... +Margaret Rogers
3 Francis Clinton ALEXANDER b: April 12, 1828
d: July 06, 1890
Note by Pat Spradley 28 Feb 1998:
Several of the desc. of the Alexander, Davenport and
Wilson families migrated to Hopkins Co.,KY
including and Vera's line and my Wilson's.
Additional ref. on the Davenports can be found in "The
Davenport File" Copyright © Bettye Joyce Smith
and "The History of Hopkins Co.,KY" Copyright ©
Hopkins Co. Historical Society