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 1888 - 1971 (83 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | James Waddel Alexander, II was born 19 Sep 1888, New York (son of John White Alexander and Elizabeth Swan Williamson (Bessie) ALEXANDER); died 23 Sep 1971. Notes:
He was a mathematician and topologist of the pre-World War II era and was one of the first members of the Institute for Advanced Study (1933?1951).He was also a professor at Princeton University (1920?1951).
Alexander was also a noted mountaineer, having succeeded in many major ascents, e.g. in the Swiss Alps and Colorado Rockies. The Alexander's Chimney, in the Rocky Mountain National Park, is named after him. When in Princeton, he liked to climb the university buildings, and always left his office window on the top floor of Fine Hall open so that he could enter by climbing the building.
More info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Waddell_Alexander_II
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Generation: 2
| 2. | John White Alexander was born 07 Oct 1856, Pittsburg, PA; died 31 May 1915, New York City; was buried , Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ. Notes:
He was an American portrait, figure, and decorative painter and illustrator.
Orphaned in infancy, he was reared by his grandparents and at the age of 12 became a telegraph boy in Pittsburgh. His talent at drawing attracted the attention of one of his employers, who assisted him to develop them. He moved to New York at the age of eighteen and worked in an office at Harper's Weekly, where he was an illustrator and political cartoonist.
After an apprenticeship of three years, he traveled to Munich for his first formal training. Then he studied in Venice, Florence, the Netherlands, and Paris. In 1881 he returned to New York and speedily achieved great success in portraiture.
His first exhibition in the Paris Salon of 1893 was a brilliant success and was followed by his immediate election to the Société Nationale des Beaux Arts. Among the gold medals received by him were those of the Paris Exposition (1900) and the World's Fair at St. Louis (1904).
Many of his paintings are in museums and public places in the United States and in Europe, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Art Museum, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, the Butler Institute, and the Library of Congress in Washington D.C.
More info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_White_Alexander
Buried:
Grave location and photo:
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Alexander&GSiman=1&GScid=100174&GRid=33593843&
John married Elizabeth Swan Williamson (Bessie) ALEXANDER 1887. Elizabeth (daughter of James Waddel ALEXANDER, Jr. and Elizabeth Beasley Williamson) was born 30 Sep 1865, New York. [Group Sheet]
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Generation: 3
| 7. | Elizabeth Beasley Williamson was born 26 Nov 1841; died 02 Jan 1929; was buried , Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ. Notes:
Buried:
Grave Location
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Alexander&GSiman=1&GScid=100174&GRid=33593787&
Children:
- 3. Elizabeth Swan Williamson (Bessie) ALEXANDER was born 30 Sep 1865, New York.
- Henry Martin ALEXANDER was born 25 Jan 1869, New York; died 15 Apr 1952; was buried , Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ.
- James Waddel ALEXANDER, III was born 1876, New York; died 1878, Princeton, Mercer Co. NJ; was buried , Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ.
- Frank Beasley ALEXANDER was born 06 Aug 1880, New York.
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Generation: 4
| 12. | James Waddel ALEXANDER was born 13 Mar 1804, Louisa Co. VA (son of Rev. Archibald ALEXANDER and Janetta Waddel); died 31 Jul 1859, Red Sweet Springs, Alleghany Co. VA; was buried , Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ. Notes:
He was a Princeton graduate and Presbyterian minister. He wrote the life of his father, Rev. Archibald Alexander, and edited his posthumous works.
More info
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Waddel_Alexander
Buried:
Photographic tour of the Alexanders' graves plus biographies and sermons.
http://www.richardsibbes.com/Princeton.Cemetery.Alexanders.htm
Find A Grave
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Alexander&GSiman=1&GScid=100174&GRid=12550376&
James married Elizabeth Cabell. Elizabeth was born 11 Jan 1809, "Bonaire" Nelson Co. VA; died 03 Nov 1885, Princeton, Mercer Co. NJ; was buried , Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ. [Group Sheet]
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| 13. | Elizabeth Cabell was born 11 Jan 1809, "Bonaire" Nelson Co. VA; died 03 Nov 1885, Princeton, Mercer Co. NJ; was buried , Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ. Notes:
Buried:
Find A Grave
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Alexander&GSiman=1&GScid=100174&GRid=8103378&
Children:
- George Cabell ALEXANDER was born 1831, Princeton, Mercer Co. NJ; died 1839, Princeton, Mercer Co. NJ.
- Archibald ALEXANDER was born 1832, Princeton, Mercer Co. NJ; died 1834, Princeton, Mercer Co. NJ.
- Henry Carrington ALEXANDER, D.D.L.D, was born 27 Sep 1835, Princeton, Mercer Co. NJ; died 28 Jun 1894, New York City; was buried , Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ.
- 6. James Waddel ALEXANDER, Jr. was born 19 Jul 1839, Princeton, Mercer Co. NJ.
- John ALEXANDER was born 1845, Princeton, Mercer Co. NJ; died 1847, Princeton, Mercer Co. NJ.
- William ALEXANDER was born 05 Sep 1848, Princeton, Mercer Co. NJ; died 1937; was buried , Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, NJ.
- Janetta ALEXANDER was born 1850, Princeton, Mercer Co. NJ; died 1851, Princeton, Mercer Co. NJ.
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