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| Jack Alexander Dies |
Jack Alexander, 91, died Sunday at the Creston [Iowa] hospital. He was born at McConnellsville, Ohio, and had lived in the Lenox vicinity for 74 years. He was known by old time fiddle music. He had lived in the home of his son, Carmen for a number of years. Surviving besides Carmen are two other sons, Ernest of Kansas City and Frank of Tingley; three daughters, Mrs Jessie Haggerty and Mrs Ralph Rundlett of Lenox, Mrs Edna McAfee of Davenport; fourteen grandchildren, twelve great grandchildren. Funeral services were Wednesday afternoon at the Arnold Funeral Home in Lenox. Interment was in Lenox cemetery. Bedford Times-Press, Bedford, Iowa, Mar 16, 1950 |
Jack Alexander, 91, died Sunday at 8 p. m. at the Creston hospital. He was born a McConnellsville, Ohio and lived in the Lenox vicinity for 74 years. He was known by his music. He played old time fiddle music. He had lived in the home of his son, Carmen, for a number of years. Surviving besides Carmen are two other sons, Ernest of Kansas City, Mo., and Frank of Tingley; three daughters, Mrs. Jessie Haggerty and Mrs. Ralph Rundlett of Lenox and Mrs. Edna McAfee of Davenport; 14 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Funeral services were Wednesday at 2 p. m. at the Arnold Funeral Home in Lenox. Interment in the Lenox cemetery. LENOX TIME-TABLE, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, March 16, 1950
Alexander, Andrew Jackson “Jack” - Andrew Jackson Alexander, son of Richard Alexander, and Mary Elizabeth Bradham Alexander, was born Jan. 7, 1859 near McConnellsville in Muskingum county, Ohio, and passed away at the Creston hospital, on March 12, 1950, at the age of 91 years, 2 months and 5 days. He came to Iowa at the age of 17 and spent the remainder of his life near Lenox, residing on the same acres he had farmed since the fall of 1881. On March 2, 1881 he was married to Sarah Ann Winslow and to this union six children were born: Frank in 1881, Gertrude (Haggerty) in 1884, Eva (Rundlett) in 1891, Edna (McAfee) in 1894, Carmon in 1896 and Ernest in 1898, the above children all survive, as do 14 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren. Mrs. Alexander preceded her husband in death on Jan. 27, 1920. Jack had been blind for the past 15 years, during which time he mastered many pieces on the fiddle, providing much recreation for himself and enjoyment for others. Funeral services, in charge of the Arnold Funeral Home, were conducted by the Rev. Earl Moneymaker on Wednesday, March 15 at 2 P. M. Music was furnished by Rolland Buxton with Ruth Boltinghouse at the piano. Pallbearers were Harold Black, Wesley Crouch, Lonnie Walter, Homer Walter, Kenneth Eberle and Harold Barker. Interment in Fairview cemetery Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa, Thursday, March 23, 1950
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