This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Alexander, McNish Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/surnames.alexander/4116.2/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Richard Melton Alexander is my grand-father. His wife's name was Martha Amanda Nichols - her family was supposed to be quite prominent in the Mobile area. They are both buried in the Old Handsboro cemetary outside of Gulfport, MS. He had two or possibly three wives, according to family history. His first wife is reported to be Cherokee. Martha Amanda was not. There are some apochryphal storied that he had a second wife who was Cuban and they lived in Florida for a while - we've never been able to prove it. My father was Richard Lincoln Alexander, and my mother was his second wife, Clara McNish. I have varying amount of family history and photos that I inherited from my half-brother William Maxwell Alexander. Which of Richard Melton's children are you descended from? When I was a small child we visited a lot with Dad's brother and sister, and I have a lot of memories of that time. I don't promise to remember you, as I was very young, but maybe we can share some st! ories.