ALEXANDER FAMILY GENEALOGY
PETERBOROUGH, HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY, NEW HAMPSHIRE
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SOURCE: History of the town of Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire : with the report of the proceedings at the centennial celebration in 1839, an appendix containing the records of the original proprietors, and a genealogical and historical register, by Albert Smith; Boston: Press of G.H. Ellis, 1876, 753 pgs.
 
THE ALEXANDER FAMILY
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AMASA ALEXANDER was b. in Marlboro, Feb. 18, 1798 and came to
Peterborough [NH] about 1812, and lived with Dr. David Carter. He
has resided in town ever since. He is a brick-mason by trade. He m.
Eliza Woods, May 11, 1826, of Hillsboro, b. June 29, 1803.
Children:
1. Harriet M., b. Nov. 25, 1829; d. Mar. 3, 1832, ae 2 yrs, 3 mos.
2. Lucien A., b. in Amoskeag [Manchester or Goffstown NH], Aug. 13,
1832; m. Jan. 19, 1856, Bethiah A. Greenfield. He d. Aug 16, 1873,
ae. 41.  One ch., Lizzie M., b. July 28, 1860
3. Charles F., b. July 3, 1855. Drowned Feb. 17, 1851, being swept 
over the dam at Granville P. Felt's shop, on a piece of ice which
broke off unexpectedly, on which he was standing. His body was not
found for six weeks, after every effort to recover it had proved
unavailing. It was finally found in the river, near the pine trees
opposite the village cemetery.
4. Wilbur G., b. June 19, 1839; d. Oct. 5, 1840, ae. 1 yr.
5. Louisa A., b. Dec. 10, 1849; d. Nov 5, 1859, ae. 9 yrs., 10 mos.



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