In his obi. he came to USA in 1862.Some of my family said he came to Norfolk,Virginia afer the Civil War. In October 29,1868,Alexander married Mary Jane Wagner,daughter of William and Delilah Ann Galliday of Kendall County,Illinois He was employed as a head sawyer for the McCormick-Reaper Factory in Chicago, Illinois. After their marriage they moved to southern Illinois. He purchased and operated a lumber mill near Elizabethtown,Illinois. While they were there three children were born: Anna 1869 William 1871 and Ruth in 1873. In 1875 he purchased land ln Greenwood County,Kansas,he came ahead to build a house. Then the family came 1876. Alexander 1835-1902 Mary Jane 1837-1934 buried Greenwood Cemetery Eureka, Kansas.