This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Alexander Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/Hi.2ADI/1943 Message Board Post: J. B. Alexander, deputy county recorder, is a native of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, born May 21, 1848, a son of James A. and Mary E. (Benton) Alexander, who were both natives of Lexington, Kentucky, and of Scotch descent. The paternal great-grandfather of our subject was born in Scotland, immigrating to America and settling in Kentucky, where he remained the balance of his days. His son, James W., who was the grandfather of our subject, also lived in Kentucky until his death. The latter was a natural born poet, although he never became famous. James A. Alexander, the father of our subject, was a farmer and trader by occupation. He removed to Indiana in 1837, when he settled in Clinton county, and subsequently settled in Tippecanoe County, where he was extensively engaged in farming and trading in horses and mules. He died in 1866, the mother of our subject surviving until 1877. J. B. Alexander, whose name heads this sketch, was reared to agricultural pursuits on the home far! m in his native county, which he followed until attaining the age of twenty-two years. He received good educational advantages, attending the Commercial College both at Stockwell and Battle Ground in this county. He was engaged in the grocery business for some time, and was also teller in the warehouse of Morey & Van Reene about two and a half years. December 19, 1871, he was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Morgan, and to them have been born two children, named Luther and Lela. Mr. Alexander served as deputy sheriff under Sheriff S. O. Taylor, and also under his successor, A. F. Manning. In the fall of 1884 he entered the recorder’s office as deputy, which position he yet occupies. He is a member of Friendship Lodge, No. 22, I. O. O. F., and Star City Encampment, No. 173. He also belongs to the Knights of Pythias, Lodge No. 111, and to the Royal Arcanum. Biographical Record and Portrait Album of Tippecanoe County, Indiana, Unigraphic, Evansville, Ind., 1972, pgs. 751-752.