JOHN W. ALEXANDER

ALEXANDER

Posted By: Jake Tornholm (email)
Date: 4/22/2020 at 15:29:00

JOHN W. ALEXANDER, dealer in furniture at Corning, was born in the State of New York, in 1863. His parents, Ephraim (who died in Illinois in 1875) and Helen (Smith) Alexander, were natives also of the Empire State, and had two sons and a daughter; the latter is now the wife of Frank Widener, president of the First National Bank.

Mr. Alexander, our present subject, was a farmer in Jasper township, Adams county, until 1890, when he moved into Corning and engaged in his present business, into which he throws his energy, with commensurate success. His stock is the nicest imaginable. In 1886 he married Miss Lee, a native of Wisconsin, and they have two children - Martha and Frank. Mr. Alexander is a member of the order of the Knights of Pythias.