Maitland ALEXANDER

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Graduate of Princeton University, 1889. Went to Princeton Theological Seminary and 14 April 1892 was ordained as a Presbyterian minister.

He served briefly in churches in Long Branch, New Jersey, and Harlem, New York City; and later became known as a prominent Presbyterian pastor at the First Presbyterian Church of Pittsburgh, where he served for thirty years. In 1914 he was Moderator of the Presbyterian Church. In 1918 he was given a year?s leave by his church to serve as Director of Religious Work for the American occupation army in Coblenz, Germany.

1880 Census, New York City (Manhattan)
Henry M. ALEXANDER, Self, Male, age 60, b. NJ, Lawyer, Parents b. NJ
Susan ALEXANDER, Wife, Female, age 50, b. VA, Keeping House, Parents b. VA
Charles ALEXANDER, Son, Male, age 30, b. NY, Lawyer
Sam ALEXANDER, Son, Male, age 20, b. NY, Student
Henry ALEXANDER, Son, Male, age 18, b. NY, Student
Maittand ALEXANDER, Son, Male, age 13, b. NY, Scholar
John MC COOK, SonL, Male, age 35, b. OH, Lawyer, Parents b. OH
Netta MC COOK, Dau, Female, age 25, b. NY, At Home
Susan MC COOK, GDau, Female, age 8M, b. NJ
Christine SWANTZ, Other, Female, age 34, b. SWE, Chambermaid
Rachael MORRISSON, Other, Female, age 35, b. IRE, Laundress
Jane MC CLOY, Other, Widow, Female, age 45, b. IRE, Cook
Amy MARTIN, Other, Female, age 30, b. SCOT, Nurse
Elizabeth SPERE, Other, Widow, Female, age 40, b. Ire, Laundress
Family History Library Film 1254880, NA Film No. T9-0880, Page 171B

Maitland married Madelaine Frances Laughlin. Madelaine was born ca 1882, Pennsylvania. [Group Sheet]

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Archive Name: Alumni Horae
Volume 56, Issue 1, Page 42, Obituaries 3
Originally published: Spring 1976

Obituary: Maitland Alexander, Jr.

1926-Maitland Alexander, Jr. died in Palm Beach, Florida, February 15, 1973. The son of Dr. Maitland Alexander and Madelaine Laughlin Alexander, he was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 21, 1908, and entered the Second Form in 1921. He was a member of the Library Association and the Cadmean, and was a supervisor in the Lower.

After graduating cum laude, he went on to Princeton, there to receive his bachelor's degree in 1930, and to Columbia University Medical School, to earn his M. D. He served for four years in the Army during World War II, becoming a lieutenant colonel in command of the 39th portable surgical
hospital on Guadalcanal, at Finschhafen, and in Manila.

After the war, he practiced surgery in Pittsburgh, on the staffs of the Allegheny General and Sewickley Valley Hospitals. He is survived by his wife, now Mrs. Anne P. Owsley; her son, Louis C. Clark, whom he adopted; two other sons, Dr. Charles B. Alexander and Maitland Alexander, 3d, and two daughters, Madelaine and Isabel B. Alexander

Maitland married Ann Paul. [Group Sheet]

Madelaine married William Alexander Gordon. [Group Sheet]

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Sewickley Herald
5 May, 2011

William A. Gordon Jr.
Pittsburgh

William Alexander "Sandy" Gordon Jr., 73, of Pittsburgh, born Dec. 28, 1937, died Monday, April 11, 2011. He was predeceased by his father, William A. Gordon; his mother, Madelaine Laughlin Alexander; his brother, Laughlin Alexander Gordon; and his brother, Charles Alexander Gordon. He is survived by his loving wife, Lucretia Selover Gordon, of Exeter, N.H.; their two children, Elizabeth G. Fichera, of Portsmouth, N.H., and William A. Gordon III, of Clarksville, Tenn.; his grandchildren, Kristin M. Fichera, of Boston, Mass., and Katie M. Goodrich, of Newburyport, Mass.; his great-grandchild, Finley Marie Goodrich; and his surviving brothers, Gordon Gordon, of Pittsburgh, Maitland Alexander Gordon, of Philadelphia, and Jonathan Harrington Gordon, of Sewickley. He is also survived by his cousins, Louis Clark, of Wilmington, Vt., Charles Alexander Sr., of Ellsworth, Maine, Laine Alexander, of Belfast, Maine, Sandy Alexander, of Islesboro, Maine, and Isabel Jackson, of Belfast, Maine. A family memorial will be held at a later date. In lieu of condolences, the family encourages a memorial donation to one of the two organizations that have greatly contributed to Sandy's health, well being and happiness: Rockingham VNA and Hospice,137 Epping Road, Exeter, NH 03833; and New Hampshire SPCA

William married Lucretia Selover. [Group Sheet]