| LC control no. | n 50058320 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Alexander, Edward Porter, 1835-1910 |
| Variant(s) | Alexander, E. P. (Edward Porter), 1835-1910 Alexander, E. Porter, 1835-1910 |
| See also | Family: Alexander (Family : Alexander, Adam, 1758-1812) |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1835-05-26 |
| Death date | 1910-04-28 |
| Place of birth | Wilkes County (Ga.) |
| Place of death | Savannah (Ga.) |
| Affiliation | United States. Army Confederate States of America. Army |
| Found in | His Reply to questions, 1881. nuc85-31658: His Railway practice [MI] 1887 (hdg. on MiU rept.: Alexander, Edward Porter, 1835-1910; usage: E. Porter Alexander) LC data base, 3/1/89 (hdg.: Alexander, Edward Porter, 1835-1910; MLC hdg.: Alexander, E. Porter (Edward Porter), 1835-1910; usage: E.P. Alexander; E. Porter Alexander; Edward Porter Alexander) Georgiaencyclopedia.org, viewed Sept. 11, 2013 (born on May 26, 1835, in Wilkes County, studied at West Point, officer in both United States and Confederate Armies, professor, railroad executive, and appointed by Pres. Cleveland to resolve border disputes between Nicaragua and Costa Rica, died on April 28, 1910, in Savannah) <http://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/edward-porter-alexander-1835-1910> Finding aid for Alexander and Hillhouse family papers, via UNC University Libraries WWW site, Apr. 27, 2020 (Adam Alexander (1758-1812), a Scottish physician, emigrated to Liberty County, Ga., in 1776, where he acquired land and married Louisa Frederika Schmidt (1777-1846). The Alexanders' son, Adam Leopold (1803-1882), graduated from Yale and became a successful planter in Washington (Wilkes County), Ga. David Hillhouse (1756-1804) of Connecticut married Sarah Porter of Massachusetts and settled in Georgia in 1787. His son, David P. Hillhouse (1790-1851), had property and business interests in New England, South Carolina, and Georgia. His daughter, Sarah Hillhouse (1782-1808) married Felix H. Gilbert in 1804. Gilbert was a member of the Georgia legislature, 1807-1808. In 1823 Adam Leopold Alexander married Sarah Hillhouse Gilbert. Together they had ten children, among them Louisa (Alexander) Gilmer (1824-1895); Edward Porter Alexander (1835-1910); Sarah (Alexander) Lawton (1826-1897); and Harriet (Alexander) Cumming (b. 1828). Adam's sister, Louisa, married Anthony Porter of Savannah. Adam Leopold Alexander (1867-1911) married Nellie Holman Baldwin (1869-1954). Their son, Adam Leopold Alexander (1902-1960), married Elizabeth Baldwin (b. 1913) in 1939) <https://finding-aids.lib.unc.edu/00011/> |
| Associated language | eng |
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