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OCCU Mechantile Business, Oil Land, Farm
K. C. Alexander was in the Merchantile business on Cow Creek in Estill County, Kentucky.
He also was a land owner plus Oil rights.
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OCCU School teacher, Mercantile business
Clay was a School teacher and later went with K. C. into the Mercantile business
Civil War Veteran
Sentor, Lawyer
Civil War Vet. ChaplainHe served in the Union Army during the Civil War as a Chaplin. TIPTON, Thomas Weston, 1817-1899 Years of Service: 1867-1873; 1873-1875 Party: Republican; Liberal Republican TIPTON, Thomas Weston, a Senator from Nebraska; born in Cadiz, Ohio, August 5, 1817; attended Allegheny College, Meadville, Pa.; pursued classical studies and graduated from Madison College, Pennsylvania, in 1840; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1844 and commenced the practice of law; member, State house of representatives 1845; appointed to a position in the United States Land Office 1849-1852; resumed the practice of law in McConnelsville, Ohio, in 1853; was ordained a minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1856; moved to Brownsville, Nebr., about 1859 and joined the Congregational Church; member of the Nebraska constitutional convention in 1859; member, Territorial council 1860; during the Civil War was appointed chaplain of the First Regiment, Nebraska Volunteer Infantry, 1861-1865; assessor of internal revenue for Nebraska in 1865; member of the State constitutional convention in 1867; upon the admission of Nebraska as a State into the Union was elected as a Republican to the United States Senate; reelected in 1869 and served from March 1, 1867, to March 3, 1875; resumed the practice of law; unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Nebraska in 1880; died in Washington, D.C., November 26, 1899; interment in Rock Creek Ceme