Alexander, Jesse I. of Gosport, Ind. c.1811 born in Kentucky; 1860 farmer at Washington, Ind.
1837 married Eliza R. Stoops c.1817 born in Nicholas County, Ky. Oct. 10, 1861 col., 59th Ind. Infantry Rgt. Dec. 22, 1862-Jan. 1, 1863 commanded 1st Brigade, 7th Division, Left Wing, XVI Corps, Department of the Tennessee; April 12-May 2, 1863 commanded 1st Brigade, 7th Division, XVII Corps, Department of the Tennessee; Sept. 14-Dec. 20, 1863 commanded 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, XVII Corps, Department of the Tennessee; Dec. 20, 1863-Feb. 4, 1864 commanded 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, XV Corps, Department of the Tennessee; April 2-Sept. 1, 1864 commanded 1st Brigade, 3rd Division, XV Corps, Department of the Tennessee; Aug. 12, 1864 resigned; Sept. 13, 1866 died in a cholera epidemic in Ripley County, Ind. (wife also died in the epodemic); Children: Francis Alexander, c.1839 born in Kentucky; Edwin Alexander, c.1841 born in Kentucky; James Alexander, c.1844 born in Kentucky-Nov. 4, 1872 died in Ripley County, Ind.; Mariah Alexander, c.1847 born in Kentucky; Asher Alexander, c.1850 born in Indiana; William Alexander, Dec. 11, 1857 born in Indiana-Feb. 5, 1905 died at North Vernon, Ind.
Sources: Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Indiana; Dyer: A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion; Pension Records; 1860 U. S. Census