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ALEXANDER J. WHITAKER, son of Joseph and Ann (Jeffries) Whitaker, was born in Lincoln County in 1833. The father was born in Kentucky in 1788, and was of English extraction. He was married twice, the first time to Martha Hughes, by whom he had six children, only two of whom are living. Mrs. Whitaker died in 1830, and in 1832 Mr. Whitaker married his second wife, by whom he had two children: Julia F., wife of T. D. Hill, and the subject of this sketch. The father died in 1874 and the mother in 1863. Alexander was reared at home, and received his early education in the district schools but later attended the academy at Mulberry for about seven years, where he took quite a thorough course. January 10, 1855, he wedded Sarah J. McMillen, daughter of Dock and Madeline McMillen, and by this union became the father of eight children, five of whom are living: Joe D., Charley B., Edna, Fannie E. and Henry. Soon after marriage our subject located on his father’s farm, and in 1867 purchased 150 acres of land, on which he is now residing. In 1865 Mr. Whitaker was elected magistrate, and has held the same office ever since. At the breaking out of the war Mr. Whitaker enlisted in the Fifth Kentucky Infantry, and took an active part in the battles of Shiloh and Chickamauga. He is independent in political belief, a Mason, K. of H., and both he and wife are members of the Missionary Baptist Church.