Alexander Jefferson (1921 - 2022)

Born 15 Nov 1921 in Detroit Beach, Monroe, Michigan, United States

Husband of Adella (Tucker) Jefferson — married 18 Oct 1946 in Franklinton, Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, United States

Died 22 Jun 2022 at age 100 in Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, United States

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Biography

Alexander Jefferson is a part of US Black heritage.

Alexander Jefferson was a centenarian, living to age 100.

Alexander was born in 1921. He passed away in 2022.

He was a Tuskegee airman in the 332nd Fighter Group of the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. He was shot down and survived as a POW.

He finished a college education and a M.S.Ed and taught school in Detroit, Michigan, retiring as an assistant principal.

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Sources

• "United States Census, 1930", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X79P-QNY : Thu Mar 07 15:43:10 UTC 2024), Entry for Elex Jefferson and Jane Jefferson, 1930.
• "United States Census, 1940", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K758-BTH : Thu Mar 07 08:21:46 UTC 2024), Entry for Henry M White and Lydia Coffee, 1940.
• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KMXR-W8C : 5 December 2014), Alexander Jefferson, enlisted 24 Sep 1942, Detroit, Michigan, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 1263923, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.
• United States, World War II Prisoners of War, 1941-1945, , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29D-S4KW : 18 February 2016), Alexander Jefferson, 12 Aug 1944; citing Military Service, Germany, NARA NAID 1263907 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "Ohio, County Marriages, 1789-2016", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K3G5-SKR : Sun Mar 10 22:54:10 UTC 2024), Entry for Alexander Jefferson and Adella T McDonald, 18 Oct 1946.
• "United States 1950 Census", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6FSG-N2DT : Fri Oct 06 12:15:20 UTC 2023), Entry for Alexander Jefferson, Jr and Adella Jefferson, 3 April 1950.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/240946202/alexander-jefferson: accessed 12 November 2023), memorial page for Lt Colonel Alexander Jefferson (15 Nov 1921–22 Jun 2022), Find a Grave Memorial ID 240946202, citing Great Lakes National Cemetery, Holly, Oakland County, Michigan, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.