ALEXANDER, Frances Matilda “Franky” (McFadden)
Date of death: 27 Apr 1900 – Chicago, Cook County, Illinois
The Franklin Democrat, Friday, May 4, 1900,
Volume XL Number 44, page 1 column 4
LOCAL NEWS ITEMS
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Mrs. Frances Alexander, wife of Joseph Alexander, died Friday at her home in Englewood, Chicago. The remains were brought to Franklin on Saturday evening. Funeral services were held Sunday morning at 9:30 o’clock at the Christian church, conducted by Rev. Wm. Mullendore, assisted by Rev. C. R. Hudson. Burial at Greenlawn. Deceased was thirty years old and was a sister of Mrs. Dr. R. S. Byers, of Trafalgar. She leaves a husband and two small children.
Link to Frances Matilda “Franky” (McFadden) Alexander’s grave
Notes: The Johnson County Indiana WPA Marriage Index, 1882–1920, referencing Book 6, page 156, records that Matilda F. McFadden married Joseph A. Alexander on 26 Jul 1887.
Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878—1994, database records that thirty-one-year-old Frances M. Alexander died at her residence, 6424 Lowe Ave, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois on 27 Apr 1900. She was female, white, married and a housewife, born 1869 in Indiana. The funeral home was J. J. Brooks and burial was 28 Apr 1900 in Franklin, Indiana. J. A. Meek was the informant (citing Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference 9130, record number 267, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1033073)
Submitted by Mark McCrady, Cathea Curry and Lois Johnson