WESLEY EUGENE PIPPENGER, b. St. Mary's Hospital, Kansas City, Missouri,
son of
CHARLES WESLEY PIPPENGER, b. 7912 Montgall Street, Kansas City,
Missouri, m. 7 June 1953 at Cleveland Avenue Methodist Church, Kansas City, Missouri, to
Zora Eileene Davison. Son of
CHARLEY WESLEY PIPPENGER, b. 13 December 1907 at 42 McClure Flats, Kansas City,
Missouri, m. 15 May 1929 at the home of Rev. Harry Rainwater in Kansas City, Missouri, to
Marguerite Pearl PALMER. Son of
JOHN WESLEY PIPPENGER, b. 29 March 1884 in Barton County, Missouri (photo), m. 25 February
1907 in Kansas City, Wyandotte County, Kansas, to Nina Lee ALEXANDER (photo), b. 22 August
1881 in Miami, Saline County, Missouri. Daughter of
JAMES WASHINGTON ALEXANDER, b. 23 March 1821 (or 1823) in Rockingham County,
Virginia, m. (5?) c.1875 to Mary Rees [Reece] Gover, widow of Walter Gover. Son of
WILLIAM ALEXANDER, b. 16 February 1778, probably Somerset County, Maryland, d. 8
June 1854 in Port Republic, Rockingham County, Virginia, m. 5 January 1803 in Albemarle
County, Virginia, to Ann BEVANS. Son of
JOHN SHELDON ALEXANDER, b. c.1755, probably Somerset County, Maryland, resided in
Albemarle County, removed to Augusta County by July 1819 where he put in trust his personal property with son-in-law Richmond T. Walton. He died after May 1822, m. Leah [or Sarah]
(possibly Fleming). Son of
JOHN ALEXANDER, b. c.1731 in Somerset County, Maryland, will proved 8 June 1767 in
Northumberland County, Virginia, m. Mary Sheldon. Son of
MOSES ALEXANDER, b. c.1694, probably Somerset County, Maryland, d. after 1748, m.
Elizabeth (Robertson) Weatherly. Son of
WILLIAM ALEXANDER, JR., b. c.1674, probably Somerset County, Maryland, d. 1735 in
Somerset County, Maryland, m. Catharine Wallace. Son of
WILLIAM ALEXANDER, SR., b. c.1646, d. by 1707 in Somerset County, Maryland, m. Ann
Liston, prob. daughter of Rev. William Liston, of Letterkenny, Ireland and perhaps his wife Victoria.
Further ancestry is unproven. However, some speculate that William Alexander, Sr. was a son of
a William Alexander who in turn was a son of John Alexander of Eredy. We believe William's wife Ann Liston was
a daughter of Rev. William Liston (d. c.1695) of Letterkenny, Ireland, and perhaps his wife Victoria (d. c.1698). The wills of
Rev William Liston and Victoria Liston were once part of the records of the Diocese of Raphoe, now lost. Rev.
Charles Rogers, in his book "Memorials of the House of Stirling and House of Alexander," suggests John of Eredy
came from Tarbert Kintyre, Scotland, and his son John Alexander, Jr.'s will had the seal of the House of Kintyre
MacAlisters. Rogers' work also suggests that Rev. James Alexander was the son of William Alexander, and grandson
of John Alexander of Eredy, and thus brother to William Alexander of Somerset Co., Md. There is a connection of
John Alexander of Eredy to County Donegal, Ireland. Active research is being done by Helen Smith of Waco, Tex.
Author: Wesley E. Pippenger