Person:Albert Poindexter (1)

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Albert Gallatin Poindexter
 
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Name[1] Albert Gallatin Poindexter
Gender Male
Birth[2] Abt 1805 Natchez, Adams, Mississippi, United States
References
  1. Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.

    ... [Albert's parents] divorced after [Gov.] Poindexter publicly accused his wife of infidelity and claimed that their second child [Albert], whom he disavowed, was the product of an extramarital affair between his wife and their neighbor. In 1820 Lydia Carter Poindexter married Reverend Lewis Williams and moved to Brimfield, Massachusetts. Her sons remained with her; Poindexter provided for the support of George, but disavowed Albert and refused to provide for him. ...

  2. STUDENTS. 1822., in Biographical Catalogue of the Trustees, Teachers and Students of Phillips Academy Andover 1778-1830. (Andover, Massachusetts: The Andover Press, 1903)
    127.

    Albert Gallatin Poindexter, 17, Natchez, Miss. A. (1827.) *
    Son of Gov. and U. S. Senator Poindexter.
    — Left 1823. —
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    [A = Amherst]

  3.   Non-graduates, 1827, in Biographical Record of the Alumni of Amherst College ... 1821-[1896]
    1:14.

    ALBERT G_____ POINDEXTER: (Natchez, Miss.) ; s. of Gov. Poindexter of Miss ; A.C., 1824,
    "A remarkable somnambulist and a gifted classical scholar." d. _____.