Special People

Here are some of our favorite ancestors and other people important to our family history.
Dad's Ancestors.

Frank Alexander -- A turn-of-the-century Methodist minister in Virginia and Tennessee.

John Alexander -- Farmed land deeded to him by Gov. Sevier, first governor of Tennessee.

John Woods -- Our earliest known Woods ancestor.


Mom's Ancestors.

Mary Catherine Keebler -- The minister's wife; a native of Tennessee.

John Wright -- Another early Tennessee minister.


Some other people important to our family history.

Rev. John Miller -- Inspired Rev. Alexander to the ministry as a favored instructor at Emory and Henry College.