ALEXANDER, Dessie M.

Date of birth:  22 Sep 1891 – Needham Township, Johnson County, Indiana (birthdate calculated from age at death)
Date of death: 6 Aug 1900 – Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana

The Franklin Democrat, Friday, August 10, 1900,
Volume XLI Number 6, page 6 column 4

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DEATH OF DESSIE ALEXANDER.

Little Dessie Alexander, after suffer­ing for over a year with cancer of the brain, died Monday afternoon at the home of her mother in this city. Over a year ago the little girl was taken ill with severe pains in the head, and after suffering for some time, it was found necessary to perform an operation for cancer of the brain. This relieved her pain, but it continued to grow until she became totally blind and her left side paralyzed. Little Dessie’s sufferings were borne with the greatest of cheer­fulness and patience, which has won the sympathy of the entire community.

Funeral services were held Wednes­day morning at 9:30 o’clock at Second Mt. Pleasant church, conducted by Rev. Mullendore.

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Link to Dessie M. Alexander’s grave

Notes: The 1900 US Federal Census for Franklin, Johnson County, Indiana, taken 11 Jun 1900, records that eight-year-old, Indiana-born Dessie Alexander was born in Sep 1891.

Indiana, Death Certificates, 1899–2011, Franklin, Franklin Township, Johnson County, Certificate and Record of Death, Health Officer’s Record Number 32, page 5 records that Dessie Alexander died at about 4 o’clock p. m. on 6 Aug 1900 in Franklin, Indiana from asthenia caused by cerebral glioma of two years duration, aged eight years ten months and eighteen days. She was female, white, single with no occupation listed. Her father’s name was Robert Alexander, and her mother’s maiden name Rachel White, both born in Johnson County, Indiana. The informant was Hattie Sexton. Dessie was buried in 2nd Mt. Pleasant on 8 Aug 1900, E. G. Barnhizer, undertaker.

Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson