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County of Christian, Kentucky, historical and biographical
F. A. Battey Pub. Co., Chicago; 1884

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        LAWRENCE G. ALEXANDER, M. D., was born April 28, 1844, in the
     city of Augusta, Ga., to L. G. ALEXANDER and MARTHA L. (STEELE)
     ALEXANDER.  When he was six years old his father settled in Calhoun,
     McLean Co., Ky., and there engaged in the milling business.  His
     father was born in Prince William County, Va., in February, 1815
     and died in 1869.  His mother was born in the city of Louisville,
     Ky., in 1818,
     
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     and died in 1864.  They had but two children, viz., Dr. L. G.
     ALEXANDER and ANNIE A., wife of S. J. BOYD, of Hopkinsville, Ky.
     The subject of these lines began the study of medicine in 1863,
     and in the early part of 1867 graduated in the medical department
     of the Louisville University.  He began practice at Calhoun, Ky.,
     where in 1873 he married LIZZIE LOVING, of Warren County, Ky.,
     who died in 1877, leaving one son - NORBERN ALEXANDER.  From
     Calhoun he removed to the city of Atlanta, Ga., where for a time
     he engaged in the practice of his profession, and in editing a
     medical journal.  In 1879 he located in Hopkinsville, Ky., and
     on the 5th of May, 1880, was married to Miss BELL LEAVELL,
     daughter of LIVINGSTON L. LEAVELL and MARY ANN LEAVELL.  To them
     have been born two children - L. G. ALEXANDER, Jr., and MARY ANN
     ALEXANDER.  Dr. ALEXANDER is a member of the Knights of Pythias
     and of the Baptist Church.  He is President of the Christian
     County Medical Society, Secretary of the County Board of Health,
     has a large and lucrative practice, and enjoys the confidence of
     an extensive circle of friends.  Though but comparitively a young
     man, he has already achieved success in his chosen profession,
     and enjoys a reputation second to none in Hopkinsville.*
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     *Since the preparation of this sketch, and on the 19th day of
     March, 1884, Dr. ALEXANDER died at his residence in Hopkinsville.
     His portrait appears elsewhere in this work.
     
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