ALEXANDER.--Rev. J. H. Alexander, of Vilas, Kansas, a faithful and highly esteemed member of the Kansas Presbytery, of Cumberland Presbyterian Church, died at his home January 21, 1898, of heart failure. Funeral service, conducted by Rev. S.D. Wallace, January 22, was attended by a large concourse of sorrowing friends and the remains were placed by loving hands, in his home church cemetery (Cedar Valley) to await the final redemption. This takes from us one of our best men and leaves not only his own dear family, in sorrow, but our entire presbytery

[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, February 24, 1898, page 1097]

ALEXANDER.--Rev. J. H. Alexander, the subject of this sketch, was born in Graves County, Ky., Feb. 17, 1839. As a boy he was industrious and obedient to his parents, kind and obliging to his brothers and sisters. When a young man he was moral, sober and studious. For several years he was a very earnest seeker of religion, eventually making a very bright profession of religion on the evening or night, of the 21st of August 1866 under a brush arbor, known as Palestine M. E. Church, South. A glorious night it was, for Junius was filled with the Holy Spirit to overflowing, so that it was shed forth on the congregation in abundance. Within the next six months he joined Obion Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church, afterward he was licensed and eventually ordained to the full work of the ministry, having attended one or two terms at Lebanon Theological Seminary. In November, 1870, he came to Kansas, and has been instrumental in building several congregations and in strengthening many others. On July 1, 1875, he and Miss Martha Emeline Beaty, of Miami County, Kan., were united in the holy bonds of matrimony. On January 21, 1898, he died very suddenly. He leaves a sorrowing widow, five orphan children, two sisters, two brothers and a host of friends and brethren in the church to mourn his departure. So it is, one by one we are called across the chilly waters; and were it not for the hope of meeting again on the other shore, dark indeed would be the gloom; but that evergreen sprig of hope cheers the soul of the believer in Christ Jesus. May the whole family of us eventually be with Jesus where he is, that we may behold his glory which the Father has given him.         M. K. ALEXANDER.
    Okeene, Oklahoma Territory.

[Source: The Cumberland Presbyterian, April 7, 1898, page 1288]