Joseph Riley ALEXANDER, 18861973 (aged 87 years)

Name
Joseph Riley /ALEXANDER/
Given names
Joseph Riley
Surname
ALEXANDER
Name suffix
Sr.
Citation details: birth certificate 43127 (1929), Joseph Riley Alexander, Jr., accessed 1 May 2019.
Quality of data: primary evidence
Note: digital folder number 004687596, image 45 of 3567
INDI:NAME:SOUR:_NOTE: YES
Citation details: birth certificate 34096 (1915), Hollis Redford Alexander, accessed 1 May 2019.
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: May 1, 2019
Note: digital folder #004284929, image 283 of 682, delayed birth certificate, filed 25 Jan 1954
Name
Freddie //
Given names
Freddie
Birth
May 23, 1886
Llano, Llano, Texas, USA
Latitude: 30.759167 Longitude: -98.674722
Quality of data: primary evidence
Note: Last residence Fort Stockton, Texas.
INDI:BIRT:SOUR:_NOTE: YES
Citation details: Film number: 2242783, Digital GS number: 4167878, Image number: 2131, Reference number: 40176, death record of Joseph Riley Alexander
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: June 10, 2008
Occupation
Note: teacher and later as a rancher
Birth of a sister
July 1, 1888
Llano, Llano, Texas, USA
Latitude: 30.759167 Longitude: -98.674722
Citation details: about Grover A. Redford, film # 2117176, Digital Film # 4028564, Image # 3332, Ref. # cn 10750
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: September 18, 2010
Marriage
October 30, 1910 (aged 24 years)
Llano, Llano, Texas, USA
Latitude: 30.759167 Longitude: -98.674722
Occupation
1910
Llano County, Texas, USA
Latitude: 30.749809 Longitude: -98.675914
Citation details: 1910 census, Llano county, TX, justice prec. 4, enum. dist. 185, sheet 6B, Series: T624 Roll: 1574 Page: 82
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Date: December 18, 2004
Note: He lived with his father at that time and worked on his farm.

He lived with his father at that time and worked on his farm.
farmer and census enumerator

Birth of a son
Citation details: 1920 census, Schleicher, precinct 3, enum. dist. 183, sheet 1A, Series: T625 Roll: 1843 Page: 274
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Date: December 18, 2004
Quality of data: primary evidence
Note: Last Residence was Fort Stockton, Texas.
INDI:EVEN:SOUR:_NOTE: YES
Citation details: birth certificate 34096 (1915), Hollis Redford Alexander, accessed 1 May 2019.
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: May 1, 2019
Note: digital folder #004284929, image 283 of 682, delayed birth certificate, filed 25 Jan 1954
Occupation
1929
Eldorado, Schleicher, Texas, USA
Latitude: 30.86 Longitude: -100.600556
Citation details: birth certificate 43127 (1929), Joseph Riley Alexander, Jr., accessed 1 May 2019.
Quality of data: primary evidence
Note: digital folder number 004687596, image 45 of 3567
INDI:OCCU:SOUR:_NOTE: YES
Note: ranchman
Birth of a son
Citation details: 1920 census, Schleicher, precinct 3, enum. dist. 183, sheet 1A, Series: T625 Roll: 1843 Page: 274
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Date: December 18, 2004
Citation details: birth certificate 43127 (1929), Joseph Riley Alexander, Jr., accessed 1 May 2019.
Quality of data: primary evidence
Note: digital folder number 004687596, image 45 of 3567
INDI:EVEN:SOUR:_NOTE: YES
Death
May 27, 1973 (aged 87 years)
Memorial Hospital, Fort Stockton, Pecos, Texas, USA
Latitude: 30.893889 Longitude: -102.878889
Cause of death: failure of cardiac respiratory centers due to cerebra vascular inf(...?), generalized arteria sclerotic disease
INDI:DEAT:CAUS:SOUR: @S868@
INDI:DEAT:CAUS:SOUR:PAGE: Film number: 2242783, Digital GS number: 4167878, Image number: 2131, Reference number: 40176, death record of Joseph Riley Alexander
INDI:DEAT:CAUS:SOUR:QUAY: 3
INDI:DEAT:CAUS:SOUR:DATE: 10 JUN 2008
Quality of data: primary evidence
Note: Last residence Fort Stockton, Texas.
INDI:DEAT:SOUR:_NOTE: YES
Burial
May 28, 1973 (1 day after death)
East Hill Cemetery, Fort Stockton, Pecos, Texas, USA
Latitude: 30.893889 Longitude: -102.878889
Religion
Note: Baptist
Family with parents
father
Joseph Alexander
18391915
Birth: November 30, 1839near Athens, Limestone, Alabama, USA
Death: January 4, 1915
mother
Marriage MarriageFebruary 20, 1868Coldwater, Desoto County, Mississippi, USA
10 months
elder sister
18681959
Birth: December 14, 1868Marshall County, Mississippi, USA
Death: November 8, 1959Mrs. Joe Tinney Rest Home, Brady Pct. 1, McCulloch, Texas, USA
23 months
elder brother
William Allen "Doc" Alexander
18701959
Birth: October 26, 1870Mississippi, USA
Death: December 13, 1959
21 months
elder brother
James Alexander
18721950
Birth: July 2, 1872Waterford, Marshall, Mississippi, USA
Death: September 14, 1950Wichita Falls State Hospital, Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, USA
2 years
elder sister
18741949
Birth: November 5, 1874Mississippi, USA
Death: January 21, 1949Llano, Llano, Texas, USA
23 months
elder sister
18761952
Birth: September 24, 1876Mississippi, USA
Death: January 23, 1952Bell County, Texas, USA
3 years
elder sister
18791939
Birth: April 7, 1879Robertson County, Texas, USA
Death: June 14, 1939Midland, Midland, Texas, USA
3 years
elder brother
John Vance Alexander
18811955
Birth: September 13, 1881Robertson County, Texas, USA
Death: December 31, 1955Harris Hospital, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA
3 years
elder sister
Althea Alexander
18841947
Birth: April 18, 1884Llano, Llano, Texas, USA
Death: January 18, 1947St. Joseph Hospital, Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA
2 years
himself
18861973
Birth: May 23, 1886Llano, Llano, Texas, USA
Death: May 27, 1973Memorial Hospital, Fort Stockton, Pecos, Texas, USA
2 years
younger sister
18881963
Birth: July 1, 1888Llano, Llano, Texas, USA
Death: January 21, 1963Kerrville State Hospital, Kerrville, Kerr, Texas, USA
Father’s family with Henrietta A. STANALAND
father
Joseph Alexander
18391915
Birth: November 30, 1839near Athens, Limestone, Alabama, USA
Death: January 4, 1915
stepmother
18481932
Birth: November 7, 1848Georgia, USA
Death: December 28, 1932Llano, Llano, Texas, USA
Marriage MarriageFebruary 3, 1897Robertson County, Texas, USA
Father’s family with Mary E. FLANAGAN
father
Joseph Alexander
18391915
Birth: November 30, 1839near Athens, Limestone, Alabama, USA
Death: January 4, 1915
stepmother
1907
Death: December 6, 1907
Marriage MarriageMarch 26, 1903Llano County, Texas, USA
Family with Olive Ruth REDFORD
himself
18861973
Birth: May 23, 1886Llano, Llano, Texas, USA
Death: May 27, 1973Memorial Hospital, Fort Stockton, Pecos, Texas, USA
wife
18881986
Birth: October 4, 1888Texas, USA
Death: July 18, 1986Fort Stockton, Pecos, Texas, USA
Marriage MarriageOctober 30, 1910Llano, Llano, Texas, USA
5 years
son
19152005
Birth: August 14, 1915Eldorado, Schleicher, Texas, USA
Death: July 28, 2005Texas, USA
14 years
son
19291986
Birth: May 10, 1929Eldorado, Schleicher, Texas, USA
Death: May 4, 1986Pecos County, Texas, USA
Birth
Quality of data: primary evidence
Note: Last residence Fort Stockton, Texas.
INDI:BIRT:SOUR:_NOTE: YES
Citation details: Film number: 2242783, Digital GS number: 4167878, Image number: 2131, Reference number: 40176, death record of Joseph Riley Alexander
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: June 10, 2008
Occupation
Citation details: 1910 census, Llano county, TX, justice prec. 4, enum. dist. 185, sheet 6B, Series: T624 Roll: 1574 Page: 82
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Date: December 18, 2004
Occupation
Citation details: birth certificate 43127 (1929), Joseph Riley Alexander, Jr., accessed 1 May 2019.
Quality of data: primary evidence
Note: digital folder number 004687596, image 45 of 3567
INDI:OCCU:SOUR:_NOTE: YES
Name
Citation details: birth certificate 43127 (1929), Joseph Riley Alexander, Jr., accessed 1 May 2019.
Quality of data: primary evidence
Note: digital folder number 004687596, image 45 of 3567
INDI:NAME:SOUR:_NOTE: YES
Citation details: birth certificate 34096 (1915), Hollis Redford Alexander, accessed 1 May 2019.
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: May 1, 2019
Note: digital folder #004284929, image 283 of 682, delayed birth certificate, filed 25 Jan 1954
Death
Quality of data: primary evidence
Note: Last residence Fort Stockton, Texas.
INDI:DEAT:SOUR:_NOTE: YES
Shared note
Citation details: 1920 census, Schleicher, precinct 3, enum. dist. 183, sheet 1A, Series: T625 Roll: 1843 Page: 274
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Date: December 18, 2004
Citation details: 1910 census, Llano county, TX, justice prec. 4, enum. dist. 185, sheet 6B, Series: T624 Roll: 1574 Page: 82
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Date: December 18, 2004
Citation details: Film number: 2242783, Digital GS number: 4167878, Image number: 2131, Reference number: 40176, death record of Joseph Riley Alexander
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: June 10, 2008
Birth

Last residence Fort Stockton, Texas.

Occupation

He lived with his father at that time and worked on his farm.
farmer and census enumerator

Occupation

ranchman

digital folder number 004687596, image 45 of 3567

Occupation

teacher and later as a rancher

Name

digital folder number 004687596, image 45 of 3567

digital folder #004284929, image 283 of 682, delayed birth certificate, filed 25 Jan 1954

Death

Last residence Fort Stockton, Texas.

Religion

Baptist

Shared note

He was born and died on Sundays.
In 1904, he and some of the Sansoms were listed among the students in school in Mercury where C. L. Gault was the principal. (Kirby, Jack H., History of Mercury, McCulloch County, Texas From 1904 to 1919) The following is an article from the San Angelo Standard-Times dated Sunday Morning, October 30, 1960. There is a photograph of Olive and Riley Alexander with a caption underneath that says Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Riley Alexander...Pecos County couple celebrates
HAPPY MARRIAGE REQUIRES LIKENESS SAY ALEXANDERS
FORT STOCKTON (SC)--Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Riley Alexander, Pecos County ranch couple, are observing their 50th wedding anniversary today at a reception given by their sons and daughter-in-law. Hosts from 3 to 6 p.m. in the Small Community Hall are Hollys Alexander and Mr. and Mrs. Joe Riley Alexander.
Married on Oct. 30, 1910 in Llano, the couple was born within a mile of each other. Parents of both, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph A. Alexander and Mr. and Mrs. Sam S. Redford, were stock farmers. Before their marriage, the couple taught school. Mr. Alexander taught in McCulloch County and Schleicher Counties.
After their marriage, they made their home on a Scleicher County ranch near Eldorado where they ranched 18 years before buying their present operation, a ranch near Girvin in Pecos County. They have lived in Fort Stockton since 1938.
THEIR RECIPE for a happy married life includes similar backgrounds and interests, and cooperation. Both have served on school boards in Pecos and Schleicher Counties. Both are life long members of the Baptist Church. Mr. Alexander is presently deacon of the First Baptist Church here and Mrs. Alexander has been active in church and community work. In the receiving line with the honor couple will be the hosts and four of five grandchildren, Miss Lynda Alexander and Jerry Alexander of San Angelo, and Clayton and Cary Alexander. Houseparty members include Mrs. W. A. Kay, Mrs. Lem Smith, Mrs. W. R. Moody, Mrs. Dee S. Thomas, Mrs. O. T. Jernigan, Mrs. W. A Adams, Mrs. Ray Newton, Mrs. Sallie Buster, Mrs. Sim Reeves Sr. and Mrs. Clay Warnock. Also among houseparty members are Mrs. Ben Hillger of Truth or Consequences, N. M., Mrs. Gene Riggs, Mrs. Billy L. Moody, Mrs. Clinton Atkins and Mrs. Max Hall.
BACKGROUND music will be furnished by A. D. Jackson, Mrs. E. L. Howard and Mrs. Clay Warnock. Centering the tea table will be yellow roses in a footed sterling silver bowl, flanked by silver candlesticks holding antique white candles. White ribbon will have "50th" spelled out in gold lace. A silver service and silver appointments will be used. The table will be laid with a Madeira cloth. Greenery and berries sprayed gold will decorate the mantel, in addition to two gold candelabra holding antique white tapers, and the piano will have gold foliage arrangement and graduated tapers of antique white. A single yellow rose will be on the guest register table. He owned a ranch in Gervin, Texas while he lived in Fort Stockton. His son Hollis ran it. His niece's husband, Lee Bush, ran one for him in the Glass mountains near Marathon.

Texas State Death Certificate:
He was Joseph Riley Alexander, born 23 May 1886 in Texas. He resided at 200 S. Pecos St., Fort Stockton, and had resided there for 44 years. He died at Memorial Hospital, Fort Stockton, Pecos, Texas on 27 May 1973. He was a rancher involved in the ranching business. The cause of death wsa failure of cardiac respiratory center (2 days). There were other medical issues, but they are difficult to read. He was buried 28 May 1973 in East Hill cemetery, Fort Stockton, Texas.

Census:
1910, he lived with his father, and two sisters in Llano county, Texas, He was a farmer, and the census enumerator.

1920, Schleicher county, Texas, precinct 3, enum. dist. 183, sheet 1A (this census is hard to read)
1/1 Alexander, J. Riley, head, o, f, m, w, 33, m, TX, MS, MS, stockman, farmer
----, (unreadable, probably Olive), wife, f, w, 31, m, TX (the rest is unreadable on the available copy)
----, Hollys, son, m, w, (the rest is unreadable on the available copy)

Citation details: 1920 census, Schleicher, precinct 3, enum. dist. 183, sheet 1A, Series: T625 Roll: 1843 Page: 274
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Date: December 18, 2004
Citation details: 1910 census, Llano county, TX, justice prec. 4, enum. dist. 185, sheet 6B, Series: T624 Roll: 1574 Page: 82
Quality of data: secondary evidence
Date: December 18, 2004
Citation details: Film number: 2242783, Digital GS number: 4167878, Image number: 2131, Reference number: 40176, death record of Joseph Riley Alexander
Quality of data: primary evidence
Date: June 10, 2008
Marriage