Record of the descendants of John Alexander

1 68 The (Descendants of
James Burns Alexander, born Sept. 1, 1872.
2. Ira Rash Alexander, born May 5, 1840, graduated
at Yale College, Conn., in 1862. Soon after he en-
tered the Union army as Captain of the 16th Pennsyl-
vania Cavalry, under command of Gen. James Irwin
Grigg, of Centre Co., Pa. In the battle of Mire Run,
near Orange C. Ii., Va., Nov. 29. 1863, he was mor-
tally wounded, and died on the same day, in the bloom
of manhood, and in the midst of bright hopes and pros-
pects.
SECTION VIII.
Matilda Alexander, born Jan. 7, 1816, married her
cousin, Foster Davis, son of David and Mary A. Davis,
and removed with her husband to Illinois, where she
died without issue, May 6, 1848, and was buried near
her brother Robert, in Robert Hughes' Graveyard, St.
Clair Co., 111.
SECTION IX.
Robert Alexander, born May 10, 1813, married
Catherine McKee, of Mifflin Co., Pa , and died in St
Clair Co., 111., Sept. 22, 1844, leaving one daughter,
Kate Alexander, who married Albert Strunk. Issue:
Charles Strunk, Susan Strunk, and Albert Strunk.
The residence of Mr. S trunk's family is at Merrys-
town, on the Juniata.
SECTION X.
Napoleon Bonaparte Alexander was born in 1819,
and married his cousin Priscilla Alexander, daughter
of Robert M. and Rhoda T. Alexander, of Kishacoquil-
las, born 1826. Married Feb. 25, 1845. These parents