Younger Alexander
1869 - 1921 (52 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 3
1. Younger Alexander was born on 10 Feb 1869 in Kentucky (son of Lewis Alexander and Mary Belle Crutcher); died on 14 Sep 1921 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried on 16 Sep 1921 in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. Other Events:
- Occupation: Financier, businessman
- Census: 1900, Brooksville, Bracken County, Kentucky
- Census: 1910, Fayette County, Kentucky
Notes:
Traction Line Builder Dead
Younger Alexander, Widely Known Business Leader, Constructed Interurban Roads in Blue Grass
Was Ill Only One Week
Younger Alexander, one of the best known and most highly respected citizens of Fayette county, died last night at ten o’clock at his home on the Paris pike. He was 52 years old.
Mr. Alexander was born in New Liberty, Owen county, and came to Lexington about 1902. He became interested in the building of electric traction roads and as president of a company he caused the construction of the roads to Georgetown and Paris, which were operated by him and his associates for a number of years.
He later became interested in the banking business and for more than ten years was president of the Phoenix and Third National Bank, from which position he resigned five years ago to engage in the oil producing business in the Eastern Kentucky oil fields. In this as in his other undertakings he was eminently successful, and for some years Mrs. Alexander and associates have been among the bit oil producers of these fields.
Mr. Alexander enjoyed a wide acquaintance among the business people of Kentucky, and on account of his genial disposition and kindly consideration at all times for others he had a large circle of friends who will keenly regret his untimely death.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Lida M. Alexander, and three children, H. Lewis Alexander, Gayle Alexander and Margaret Louise Alexander.
Funeral services will be held at the residence at 2:30 o’clock Friday afternoon, Dr. J.W. Porter and the Rev. B.C. Horton officiating.
The pallbearers will be Sam B. Walton, John Skain, Dr. A.R. Barkley, Harry S. Brower, Shelby T. Harbison, Charles W. Bohmer, John H. Dickerson and Baily D. Berry.
The Lexington Herald, Lexington, Kentucky. Thursday, 15 September 1921.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55677220/younger-alexanderYounger married Lyda Maude Day in 1891. Lyda was born on 26 Feb 1873 in Brooksville, Bracken County, Kentucky; died on 20 Feb 1934 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried on 22 Feb 1934 in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
2. Lewis Alexander was born on 29 Aug 1831 in Owen County, Kentucky; died after 1900; was buried in New Liberty IOOF Cemetery, New Liberty, Owen County, Kentucky. Other Events:
- Occupation: farmer
- Census: 1870, New Liberty, Owen County, Kentucky
- Census: 1880, New Liberty, Owen County, Kentucky
Notes:
Name:
son of John Denny Alexander and Elizabeth Pendleton Orr
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63737878/lewis-alexanderLewis married Mary Belle Crutcher about 1868. Mary (daughter of Thomas Crutcher and Nancy Hill) was born in 1839 in Kentucky; died on 18 Mar 1893 in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky; was buried in New Liberty IOOF Cemetery, New Liberty, Owen County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mary Belle Crutcher was born in 1839 in Kentucky (daughter of Thomas Crutcher and Nancy Hill); died on 18 Mar 1893 in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky; was buried in New Liberty IOOF Cemetery, New Liberty, Owen County, Kentucky. Notes:
The wife of the venerable and much-respected Lewis Alexander, the Representative from Owen county, died here Saturday morning. The House adopted a resolution expressing their sympathy for their grief-stricken colleague. Mrs. Alexander’s only daughter, a lovely young woman, was married here two or three weeks ago, and from the marriage bell the scene shifts to tears and death. Such is life.
Kentucky Advocate, Danville, Kentucky. Tuesday, 21 March 1893.
Alexander – On Saturday morning Mrs. Alexander, wife of Representative Lewis Alexander of Owen county, died in her room at the Capital Hotel of erysipelas, the result of a slight bruise inflicted accidentally by striking her foot against a chair. It was but a few months ago that Mr. Alexander was called to mourn the death of a daughter, and now in the death of his beloved wife his cup of sorrow is full to overflowing. The bereaved husband, who with his wife made numerous friends here during their stay in this city, has the sympathy of the entire community, as well as that of the Legislature, which gave expression to its sorrow in a suitable resolution. The remains were taken to new Liberty, Owen county, the home of the deceased, where the interment took place on Monday.
The Frankfort Roundabout, Frankfort, Kentucky. Saturday, 25 March 1893.
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/19767201/belle-alexanderChildren:
- Annie Alexander was born on 5 May 1874 in Owen County, Kentucky; died in 1892; was buried in New Liberty IOOF Cemetery, New Liberty, Owen County, Kentucky.
- 1. Younger Alexander was born on 10 Feb 1869 in Kentucky; died on 14 Sep 1921 in Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky; was buried on 16 Sep 1921 in Lexington Cemetery, Lexington, Fayette County, Kentucky.
- Flora Belle Alexander was born on 12 Feb 1871 in Owen County, Kentucky; died on 12 Apr 1942 in Waynesboro, Augusta County, VIrginia; was buried on 14 Apr 1942 in Riverview Cemetery, Waynesboro, Waynesboro County, Virginia.
Generation: 3
6. Thomas Crutcher was born on 1 Apr 1816 in Kentucky; died on 19 Mar 1896; was buried in New Liberty IOOF Cemetery, New Liberty, Owen County, Kentucky. Other Events:
- Census: 1850, Spencer County, Kentucky
- Census: 1860, Spencer County, Kentucky
- Census: 1870, Camp Branch, Spencer County, Kentucky
- Census: 1880, Shelbyville, Shelby County, Kentucky
Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25498097/thomas-crutcherThomas married Nancy Hill about 1838. Nancy was born on 5 Apr 1818 in Kentucky; died on 14 Aug 1882; was buried in New Liberty IOOF Cemetery, New Liberty, Owen County, Kentucky. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Nancy Hill was born on 5 Apr 1818 in Kentucky; died on 14 Aug 1882; was buried in New Liberty IOOF Cemetery, New Liberty, Owen County, Kentucky. Notes:
Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/25498095/nancy-crutcherChildren:
- 3. Mary Belle Crutcher was born in 1839 in Kentucky; died on 18 Mar 1893 in Frankfort, Franklin County, Kentucky; was buried in New Liberty IOOF Cemetery, New Liberty, Owen County, Kentucky.