B. S. Alexander    

B. S. ALEXANDER, farmer, post-office Indian Run, was born January 26, 1850, in Findley Township, and is a son of ex-Commissioner M.W. Alexander, whose sketch appears elsewhere. He was educated in the common schools, and has always been a farmer. He was married February 11, 1872, to Anna M. Eats, daughter of George and Nancy (Miller) Eats, and is one of four children: Mary, married J. J. Covert; Anna M., George A., engaged in the livery business at Grove City, and Lydia, married I.V. Covert, of Grove City. Mr. Alexander has by his marriage five children: Harry E., Robert M;, Celia J., William M. and John H. He settled on his farm of sixty-three acres, known as the Daniel Nelson farm, in 1881. He was a delegate to the State convention which nominated Judge Williams and William B. Hart. He and wife are members of the Second United Presbyterian Church of Mercer, and he is one of the progressive farmers and enthusiastic Republicans of the county.

History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania : its past and present : including its aboriginal history, its early settlement and development, a description of its historic and interesting localities, sketches of its boroughs, townships and villages, neighborhood and family histories, portraits and biographies of pioneers and representative citizens, statistics, etc. : also, a condensed history of Pennsylvania. Chicago, Ill.: Brown, Runk & Co., 1888.  Read this book on line - Free Trial  Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors.  View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file!  Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com.