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Alamander Ervin (A. E.) and Nancy (WESTFALL) Linder
Picture of Alamander Ervin (A. E.) and Nancy (WESTFALL) Linder
Alamander Ervin LINDER was born on the west fork of the Cumberland River,
Overton Co, TN on 23 December 1823 to Joseph Linder and Nancy Christian.
On March 7, 1840, Alamander Ervin arrived in Nacogdoches Co, Tx, with his
grandfather, John CHRISTIAN. Said to have been orphaned before his
time-Alamander came to Texas from the Christian family in Kentucky. His
great-grandfather was a John Christian: Kentucky Pioneer for whom a county in
the Blue Grass State was named.
Alamander married Nancy WESTFALL
on the 23 May 1844 in Sabine Co, LA, she was the daughter of Samuel
WESTFALL and Nancy SLAUGHTER. Nancy was born on 09 March 1829 and died 10
December 1909 in Rosebud, Falls Co, Tx.
Either in 1852 or 1853 Alamander
settled in Bastrop County, Texas. For three years he served in the
Confederate Army in Company E, Duff's Regiment, 33rd Texas Mounted Infantry.
Some reports indicated he lived in Bastrop Co. continuously for 45 years, but
the 1880 census places him and Nancy in adjacent Williamson Co, Tx.
Alamander and Nancy were parents
of nine children:
John Weley- b. 11 Oct 1845
Samual Graves- b. 28 June 1848
Mary Jane- b. 24 Apr 1849
Joseph Jefferson- b. 06 June 1851
Susanna Melvina Ann- b. 22 Apr
1853
Catherine- b. 12 Feb 1855
Sarah Elizabeth- b. 27 Mar 1857
Louisa- b. 30 Oct 1859
James Madison- b. 18 Dec 1861
Alamander died at Rosebud, Falls
Co, Tx, on 02 November 1921. Both he and Nancy are buried at Cedar
Springs, Falls Co, Tx.
(From "The Linder Quarterly" Vol IV, No 2 & 3, Winter 1973 and Spring 1974)