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Fields, Alexander[1]

Male 1854 - 1940  (~ 86 years)


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  • Name Fields, Alexander 
    Nickname Alex 
    Birth May 1854  Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 1860  Harlan, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Census 1870  Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Census 22 Jun 1880  Millstone, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Census 1900  Linefork, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Magisterial District 6 
    Census 1910  Linefork, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 25 Apr 1910  Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    Address:
    West Whitesburg Precinct 
    Census 8 Jan 1920  Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    West Whitesburg Precinct 
    Census 8 Apr 1930  Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    West Whitesburg Precinct 
    Death 12 Jun 1940 
    Person ID I25059  Pioneers of the Appalachian Highlands
    Last Modified 21 Jul 2017 

    Father Fields, Daniel Selana,   b. 1810, North Carolina, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Apr 1884, Big Cowan, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Mother Hatfield, Margaret,   b. 1818, Lee, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Apr 1876, Cowan, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1832  Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F12849  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Father Fields, Calvin,   b. 1835, Campbell, Tennessee, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 12 Jul 1870, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age > 35 years) 
    Mother Brown, Nancy E.,   b. 11 Mar 1838, Virginia, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1880 (Age 41 years) 
    Marriage 3 Apr 1854  Harlan, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F93542  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Maggard, Roseann   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Children 
     1. Fields, Fred P.
    Family ID F50437  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Mar 2024 

    Family 2 Roark, Leodicia,   b. Oct 1850, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jan 1929, Lawrenceburg, Dearborn, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 78 years) 
    Marriage 7 Aug 1873  Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Fields, Sill,   b. Oct 1873, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1874 (Age ~ 0 years)
     2. Fields, Mary Belle,   b. Oct 1873, Harlan, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +3. Fields, Susannah,   b. Apr 1874, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1930, Linefork, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 55 years)
     4. Fields, Nancy,   b. 10 Jun 1874, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Oct 1874, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
     5. Fields, Mathew,   b. 1879, Harlan, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +6. Fields, Sarah,   b. Mar 1879, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Aug 1948, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 69 years)
    +7. Fields, George M.,   b. May 1880, Harlan, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Oct 1940, Partridge, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 60 years)
    +8. Fields, Ambrose Jasper,   b. Nov 1883, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Mar 1955, Cumberland, Harlan, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 71 years)
     9. Fields, Chambers,   b. Nov 1883   d. Yes, date unknown
    +10. Fields, Cynthia,   b. Jan 1885   d. Yes, date unknown
    +11. Fields, Irvin,   b. Jun 1887, Harlan, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 12 Jul 1937, Cincinnati, Hamilton, Ohio, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 50 years)
     12. Fields, Grant M.,   b. May 1889, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     13. Fields, Gideon,   b. Nov 1892, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F10386  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Mar 2024 

    Family 3 Yonts, Levica,   b. 19 Sep 1855, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown  [6, 7
    Marriage 4 Oct 1874  Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  [6, 7
    Family ID F30113  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Mar 2024 

    Family 4 Wells, Lavina,   b. 29 Jul 1859, Harlan, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Nov 1935, Oscaloosa, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Marriage 26 Nov 1878  Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Fields, Leander,   b. Dec 1883, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
     2. Fields, Effie,   b. Jun 1885, Floyd, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jul 1967, Charlestown, Clark, Indiana, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 82 years)
    +3. Fields, Willie,   b. Sep 1887, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1 Apr 1947, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 59 years)
    +4. Fields, Lynch,   b. 30 Aug 1889, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Nov 1968, Harlan, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
    +5. Fields, Stephen,   b. Jan 1891, Floyd, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jan 1960, Cowan, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 69 years)
    +6. Fields, John,   b. Nov 1893, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    +7. Fields, Daniel S.,   b. 6 Nov 1896, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F6756  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 12 Mar 2024 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - May 1854 - Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1860 - Harlan, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1870 - Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 7 Aug 1873 - Letcher, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 4 Oct 1874 - Letcher, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 26 Nov 1878 - Letcher, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 22 Jun 1880 - Millstone, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
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    Magisterial District 6 - 1900 - Linefork, Letcher, Kentucky, United States
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    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1910 - Linefork, Letcher, Kentucky, United States Link to Google Earth
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    West Whitesburg Precinct - 25 Apr 1910 - Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, United States
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    West Whitesburg Precinct - 8 Jan 1920 - Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, United States
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    West Whitesburg Precinct - 8 Apr 1930 - Whitesburg, Letcher, Kentucky, United States
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  • Notes 
    • Grandson James, age 14 listed in HH (1930)

  • Sources 
    1. [S32133] Alexander Fields in entry for Nancy Fields, "Kentucky Births and Christenings, 1839-1960".

    2. [S32134] Alexander Fields in household of D S Fields, "United States Census, 1860".

    3. [S32135] Alexander Fields in household of Daniel Fields, "United States Census, 1870".

    4. [S586] 1880 Census Letcher Co KY, 51-567.

    5. [S32137] Alexander Fields, "United States Census, 1910".

    6. [S29489] Alexander Fields, "Kentucky Marriages, 1785-1979".

    7. [S32136] Alexander Fields, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954".