Colonel Alexander M. York

Alexander Miner York, July 7th, 1838 born in Byron, Illinois, son of Manassah Minor York and Magery York.

• 1850 and 1860 lived in Marion, Ill.
• Married Juliette PRESTON on 4 Mar 1861 in , Marion, Illinois.
• Sept. 4, 1862 enlisted at Rockford, Ill. as captain, Company I, 92nd Ill. Infantry Rgt.
• March 18, 1865 discharged at Nashville, Tenn.
• March 19, 1865 enlisted at Nashville as lieutenant colonel., 15th U. S. Colored Infantry Rgt.
• April 7, 1866 mustered out at Nashville.
• 1866 - 1871 lawyer at Shelbina, Mo.
• 1871 - to present, lawyer in Independence, Kan.
• Founded the South Kansas Tribune, of Independence, Kan.
• Currently serves in the Kansas State Senate, representing Montgomery County, Kan.

With Juliette he has the following children:

• Willis YORK was born in 1862 in Lanask, Illinois. He died in 1862.
• Winifred Juliette YORK was born on 4 Jan 1866.
• Ernest Preston YORK was born on 8 Oct 1869.

Older brother to William Henry, Irvine Amos, Julius Hamlin, Clarissa Elizabeth, Edward Manassah, and Augusta Majory.
Involved in the Pomeroy Affair.

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Colonel Alexander M. York

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Towards Doctor William Henry York

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Doctor William Henry York

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Colonel Alexander M. York

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Towards Edward York

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Edward York

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Year of Birth

1838 35 Years old

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Colonel York is a man of fine native ability, possessed of a well-trained mind, and learned in the law. He lacks some of the necessary attributes to a successful life in the most learned of all professions. He can never be the plodding, methodical, and tireless student, that closely analyzes and rises to eminence in the law. He is too active, zealous and enthusiastic for that; he cannot "sit down and contentedly wait” for anything. He is a remarkably fluent and forceful public speaker, either at the bar or on the rostrum.