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James McAlexander: The immigrant story

Wed, 08/18/2021 - 4:00am

James McAlexander was born about 1715 in Scotland (although his birthplace and parents have never been proven). There is some evidence from Scottish church records, that he may have been born in Barr-Graven, Ayr, Scotland in 1717; and if that is true, his parents were Alexander McAlexander and Jonet McAndlish. Other researchers say his father was Robert (b @ 1680), County Ayr, Scotland. Most family historians think James was an immigrant to America in 1755 with his wife and four sons. There are records that show a 1746 Albemarle County, Virginia land grant that would place him a decade earlier.

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Notebook

Wed, 08/18/2021 - 4:00am

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On the death of the beloved

Wed, 08/18/2021 - 4:00am

Though we need to weep your loss, You dwell in that safe place in our hearts, Where no storm or night or pain can reach you Let us not look for you only in memory, Where we would grow lonely without you. You would want us to find you in presence, Beside us when beauty brightens, When kindness glows And music echoes eternal tones.

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“Be Glorified”

Wed, 08/18/2021 - 4:00am

In John 17:1-13; Jesus, toward the end of an extensive teaching which began in chapter 13, at the last supper “….He lifts up His eyes and prayed a most powerful and intimate prayer.”