Record of the descendants of John Alexander

Hugh Alexander. 43
until his death, an active ruling elder. He was an
exemplary citizen in all the relations of life, training
his children in the strict, religious, good old Scotch-
Irish mode, which has always and everywhere proved
its excellence by its happy results. In this system the
Sabbath, the church, the Bible, the catechism, and
family worship had their due places and proper use in
forming the characters of the rising generation. Intel-
ligent, industrious, conscientious, and reliable men and
women were the ordinary results.
After living on this tract the quiet and independent
life of a prosperous farmer, John Alexander died No-
vember 23d, 1816, aged about sixty years, and was
buried in the graveyard* of the Stone (now Brick)
Presbyterian church in East Kishacoquillas. The old
mansion is the house now (1875) occupied by Mr.
Hoofnoggle. At his death the large tract, which he
had divided into three farms, was occupied by his sons,
Samuel, Thomas, and John.
His wife, Margaret, was a pious and excellent
woman, who faithfully looked to the ways of her house-
hold in discharging the duties of a prudent wife and a
good mother. After the death of her husband, she
lived a widow for eighteen years, in the homestead
with her youngest son, John. Mrs. Margaret Clark
Alexander died November, 1834, and was buried by her
husband.
The children of John and Margaret Alexander were.:
1, Frances; 2, Hugh; 3, Samuel Edmiston; 4, Mar-
tha; 5, Thomas Clark; 6, Margaret; 7, Mart;
8, John.
The Juniata region, in which the descendants of
John, and also of James Alexander (I), have mostly
* A cucumber tree, still standing, marks the spot where he, his wife,
and daughters, Frances and Martha, were buried.