Tag: Louisa

• January 1863

  

  On a frigid January night in ‘63, nightfall came just about dinnertime. Under the cloak of darkness, several area secesh men met in the backroom of James Naylor’s store, just north of Dardenne Creek on Boone’s Lick Road. Missouri winters can be brutal, and the windswept prairie was especially cold and windy that year. Like…

  Dorris Keeven-Franke

  January 21, 2023

  1863

  Archer Alexander, Dardenne, James Naylor, January, Louisa, Missouri, Peruque Creek, Richard Pitman, St. Charles County

• 7 September 1829 – Twelfth Entry

  

  7 September 1829…crossed the river in the horse boat. Our party now consists of fifty five persons, 20 horses, 10 dogs and 4 cows. One of our carriage horses had become very lame in Charleston and we had to leave it with Mr. Calhoun…

  Dorris Keeven-Franke

  September 7, 2022

  Journey

  Archer Alexander, Charleston West Virginia, Louisa, Nathaniel Calhoun, Wesley Alexander, William M Campbell

• Sunday visits

  

  Archer’s wife was Louisa, property of Nancy McCluer, James Alexander’s wife. James and Nancy Alexander lived together with their four children in their cabin which was on the Boone’s Lick Road.

  Dorris Keeven-Franke

  March 3, 2021

  ArcherAlexander

  Archer Alexander, Dardenne Prairie, James H.Alexander, Louisa, St. Charles County, St. Louis