W. H. ALEXANDER, deceased, who bore an honorable record for service in the Union Army during the Civil War, was a prominent retired citizen of Troy and in former years was actively identified with the affairs of Miami County. He served two terms as county commissioner, held various township offices, and for eight years was treasurer of the Miami County Fair Board. His death took place March 2, 1909, when he was in his sixty fifth year.

Mr. Alexander was a direct descendant of one of the earliest settlers of Miami County, and was born in Troy, August 6, 1844. His early life was passed on the farm and he obtained a good educational training. In answer to Lincoln's first call to arms, he was one of the first to respond, enlisting in Company H, Eleventh Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, under Captain Drury. He was in the service for more than three years and participated in the following engagements: Cotton Mountain, Big Sewell, Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Lookout Mountain, Smoke Gap, Rocky Face, and Resaca. He was wounded at Chickamaugua, but continued in the service until he was honorably discharged at Camp Dennison, Ohio, June 20, 1864.

W. H. Alexander was married March 16,1862, while home on a furlough to Miss Eliza Boone, and they became parents of the following children; Allie, wife of Jacob Deitzer, a farmer of Concord Township, Miami County; Lillie May, wife of M. H. Miller, of Troy, Ohio; Isaac G., paymaster for the Nickel Plate Railroad, with headquarters at Cleveland, Ohio; Carrie, wife of W. C.E lleman, of Union Township, Miami County; Mary, wife of O. C. Elleman, also of Union Township; Lulu, wife of P. H. Newman, of Miami County; and Eva Irene, wife of Charles Kelley, of Troy. Mrs. Alexander was called to her final rest in 1879. In l885 Mr. Alexander formed a second union with Mary J. Curtis, and their comfortable home was at No. 739 West Main Street, in Troy. The subject of this sketch was formerly secretary of The Soldiers' Relief Association of Miami County, and a stockholder in the Troy National Bank. Fraternally he was a member of the Knights of Pythias, and of the Grand Army of the Republic. He was a man of wide acquaintance over the county, and was most highly esteemed.