SARAH MONTGOMERY
&
FRANKLIN
ALFONZO
ALEXANDER
Sarah
Montgomery
arrived
in
Texas
with
her
family
in
1840
when
she
was
four
years
old.
Her
father,
Farris
Montgomery,
settled
in
Nacogdoches
County.
There
on
5
January
1854,
Sarah
married
Franklin
Alfonzo
Alexander.
They
moved
to
Hopkins
County
by
1860.
F.
A.,
a
carpenter
and
farmer,
was
born
16
January
1820
in
Tennessee;
he
died
12
May
1878
in
Texas.
F.
A.
was
a
Private
in
Company
B,
Chambers'
Battalion,
Texas
Reserve
Corps
Infantry,
CSA.
Sarah
bore
twelve
children;
all
but
one
survived,
the
last
child
being
born
after
the
death
of
her
husband.
Later
in
Sarah's
life
she
moved
to
New
Mexico
to
live
with
a
son
in
the
mountains
near
Cloud
Croft.
Sarah
died
11
May
1900
and
is
buried
on
the
mountain
in
the
Haynes
County
Road
Cemetery.
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