Isaac Alexander is a farmer of Clark township, this county, who was born in 1845 in Brown county, Ohio, the son of Hugh and Clarinda (Covolt) Alexander, natives of Virginia and Brown county, Ohio, respectively. The paternal grandparents of Isaac Alexander died in the Old Dominion state and his maternal grandparents died in Brown county. Hugh Alexander was educated in the schools of Virginia, and emigrated to Brown county. Ohio. some time before his marriage, and in that county he and his wife spent the rest of their· lives. They were the owners of fifty acres of land and reared a family of fourteen children. of whom four sons, Robert, Abraham, Johnson and Jeiel, were soldiers in the Union army during the Civil War. Robert and Abraham died of camp diarrhea shortly after their return home and the other two sons survived the effects of the war.Isaac Alexander was educated in Brown county, Ohio, and shortly after his marriage, moved to Fayette county, where for three years, he rented land. At the end of this period, he moved to CIark township, Clinton county, and there purchased fifty acres of land, where he now lives. He and his wife have a comfortable home and are highly respected in the community in which they live. They are the parents of four children, Stella, Walter, Frank and Mary. Mrs. Alexander, before her marriage. was Sophia Rhonemous and was married to Isaac Alexander in 1877. She was reared in Jefferson township, Clinton county. Mrs. Alexander has always been a member of the Protestant Methodist church and is prominently Identified with all of the activities of that congregation.

From History of Clinton county, Ohio, Its People, industries, and institutions by Albert J Brown, A.M. - 1915- B. F. Bowen & Company, Inc. Indianapolis, Indiana Pg. 958