John Alexander

1818 - 1875  (57 years)

• Name	John Alexander  [1]
  Born	9 Feb 1818	Ireland   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Residence	Abt. 1840 - 1852	Camden, Oneida, New York   [1]
  Occupation	Abt. 1840 - 1852	Camden, Oneida, New York   [1]
  	Tanner
  	John came from Northern Ireland, possibly working with his brother William (a tanner at New Baltimore, NY, FAG #49496820) before getting a similar tannery job at Camden, NY in the 1840's [1]
  Occupation	Abt. 1852 - 1860	Eagle Tannery, Cleveland, Oswego, New York   [1, 2]
  	Foreman
  	John became foreman at the Eagle Tannery in Cleveland, NY. He and Ellen had eight children but after she died in 1865, John and the children moved to New York Mills, a suburb of Utica, where those who were over the age of ten were working in a large cotton mill by the 1870 census. [1]
  Residence	Abt. 1852 - 1865	Cleveland, Oswego, New York   [1, 2]
  Residence	After 1865	New York Mills, Oneida, New York   [1]
  Died	13 May 1875	New York Mills, Oneida, New York   [1]
  	According to the 1875 NY State Census (p 13) John had just ended his life by gunshot, probably back in Cleveland where he was buried. [1]
  Buried	Cleveland Village Cemetery, North Street, Cleveland, Oswego, New York   [1]
  	Plot: sec 3, plot 145 [1]
  Person ID	I1968	CHS Genealogy
  Last Modified	6 Feb 2018

  
  

  Family	Ellen McFerren,   b. 28 Feb 1826,   d. 2 Feb 1865  (Age 38 years)
  Married	Y  [1]
  Children	1. Ann E. Alexander,   b. 1849, New York ,   d. 1923  (Age 74 years)   2. Joseph Alexander,   b. 1 Jun 1851, Cleveland, Oswego, New York ,   d. 15 Sep 1862, Cleveland, Oswego, New York  (Age 11 years)   3. Ellen Jane Alexander,   b. 1855, Cleveland, Oswego, New York ,   d. 14 Nov 1874, Cleveland, Oswego, New York  (Age 19 years)   4. Mary B. Alexander,   b. Abt. 1858 - 1859, New York ,   d. 13 Sep 1938, Peterboro, Madison, New York  (Age ~ 79 years)   5. Sarah Alexander,   b. Abt. 1858, New York   6. William Alexander,   b. 15 Dec 1862, Cleveland, Oswego, New York ,   d. 1949  (Age 86 years)
  Last Modified	4 Feb 2018
  Family ID	F546	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S19] Find A Grave, findagrave.com., http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=29852057 (Reliability: 1), 17 Sep 2008. John Alexander [S32] 1860 United States Federal Census, 22 (Reliability: 2), 25 Jun 1860. State: New York; County: Oswego; Town: Constantia; Village: Cleveland; ED Date: 06/23/1860; Sheet No: 22