Hi all, I've been a subscriber for quite some time, but never posted to the list before because my link to Mercer County is very cloudy. Please take the time to read the biographical sketch below that my gggrandfather wrote in 1894. You will see a mention of relatives settling near Butler, Mercer County. If anyone has any information on an Alexander family that would fit, I would be most appreciative of any help. Regards, Tom Yurick I am searching for information on James Alexander. James Alexander b. Scotland m. Margaret McFarland. Came to America about 1794. The following is a biographical sketch done in 1894 by James Alexanders' grandson. It appears that the uncles of James Alexander may be some of the Alexanders that have been mentioned on the list in the past, judging by the locations. I have documents tying the family to Covington, KY as well. Any help much appreciated. Biographical Sketch of the Alexander Family By William James Alexander, youngest son of Archibald Alexander, who was the oldest son of James and Margaret Alexander. Soon after the Declaration of Independence of the United States of America, there emigrated to this country four brothers whose surname was Alexander. They were of Scotch ancestry. On arriving in America, I am informed, they settled in four different states of the Union. One settled in the State of North Carolina, one in Virginia, one in New York, and one in the State of Pennsylvania near the town of Butler, Mercer County. About the year 1794 a nephew of these four brothers, by the name of James Alexander, with his wife and two children, all of Scotch descent, emigrated to America from the North of Ireland, having lived in the North of Ireland for a number of years before coming to America. They settled in Salem, Washington County, New York. >From these four brothers and nephew, James Alexander, descended all the American born Alexanders that I know anything about. I regret that I am unable to trace my ancestry further back than my grandparents, James and Margaret Alexander, who settled at Salem, New York, and afterwards moved with their family to Erie, Penn'a, where both James and Margaret Alexander died and were buried. I will confine my record to their family and their descendents, who can now be found in nearly all parts of the United States. James Alexander married Margaret McFarland in Ireland about the year 1787 and emigrated to America about the year 1794 and first settled at Salem, Washington County, New York. They had born to them eleven children, all lived to mature years, and most of them to old age, and all but one, "Delilah", left children to survive them. Children of James and Margaret Alexander: Archibald b. Ireland June 12, 1789 Rebecca b. Ireland James A. b. Salem, NY Mary b. Salem, NY Margaret b. Salem, NY Susan b. Salem, NY William b. Salem, NY Jane b. Salem, NY Martha b. Salem, NY Isabel b. Salem, NY Delilah b. Salem, NY All of the above are now dead, December 5, 1894