Person:Alexander Morrow (5)

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Alexander Morrow
b.1805 Wayne, Kentucky, United States
d.3 Feb 1865 Cumberland, Tennessee, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1790
  1. Thomas MorrowAbt 1796 - Bef 1870
  2. Jeremiah Morrow1801 - 1868
  3. Alexander Morrow1805 - 1865
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Alexander Morrow1805 - 1865
  • W.  Elizabeth Tabor (add)
  1. Matthew Washington Morrow1834 - 1921
  2. Isham E. Morrow1838 - Bef 1910
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Facts and Events
Name Alexander Morrow
Gender Male
Birth? 1805 Wayne, Kentucky, United States
Marriage to Elizabeth Tabor (add)
Death? 3 Feb 1865 Cumberland, Tennessee, United States

Alexander and his sons Thomas & Isham enlisted in the Confederate Army on Aug. 6, 1861 as part of Company A, 28th Regt., Tenn. Volunteers (also known as 2nd Mt. Reg. Tn. Vol.). Alexander was a 3rd Corporal. Alexander and Thomas both fought at the battle of Shiloh, where Thomas was killed and Alexander was wounded. Alexander was shot and died three[sic] days before the wars end, by a Yankee Sympathizer as he was leaving his home in Creston, Tn. after a night of R&R. On the land he donated is the Old Creston Cemetery.

References
  1.   "The Alexander Morrow Family" by Dr. Louis Johnson, Jr., 1967.
  2.   Cumberland County's First Hundred Years by Helen Bullard and Joseph Marshall Krechniak.
  3.   Military records (Alexander and sons, Thomas and Isham).
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