Carlos Alexander and his second wife, Elizabeth Jane Jarrell.

They were married 21 August 1889 so the picture dates from

sometime later. Photo courtesy Helen Clunie

Carlos F. Alexander:

 Born 1842, died 1920 in Poplarville, Mississippi, Buried Juniper Grove Cemetery, Poplarville



Father: Francis (Francisco) Alexander
Mother: Anna Rester
Married 1st: Mary Elizabeth Cooper, 26 May 1864
Children:

• Lemuel
• Jane
• Turner
• Louisa Elizabeth
• Mazaline
• George Rayburn
• James

Married 2nd: Elizabeth Jarrell 21 August 1889 (1900 census shows they had been married 11 years)

Civil War Record:

   Enlisted in Gainesville Volunteers at Shieldsboro in October 1861. Present on muster roll for July/August 1862; present October/November 1862; present January/February1863; absent without leave since May 17 1863 on July/August 1863 return.
   May 17th is the day after the Battle of Champion Hill (Baker's Creek).  Carlos may have been one of the 72 members of The Third Mississippi Infantry inside Vicksburg during the siege.  However, there is no record of his being paroled following the surrender of Vicksburg.  Family tradition holds that Carlos was wounded and came home to recover.  I have been unable to find any record that Carlos ever returned to his unit.