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     Betty Ruth Alexander was buried at Gaines County Cemetery in Seagraves, Gaines, Texas, USA.² She was born on 17 November 1909 in Plainview, Hale, Texas, USA.² She married James Columbus Hudson.² Betty Ruth Alexander died on 13 August 1972 in Seagraves, Gaines, Texas, USA, at age 62.²

     David Burl Alexander was born on 22 December 1914 in Swisher, Texas, USA. He died in 1981 at Greenwood Memorial Park and Mausoleum in Fort Worth, Tarrant, Texas, USA.¹

     Millie Crawford was born on 19 March 1913. She married Arthur L. Anderson. Millie Crawford died on 21 December 2001 at age 88.

     Mildred Marjorie Andrews was born on 16 March 1896 in Bessbrook, Armagh, Northern Ireland, UK. She married Frank Richardson Oates, son of Harry Hankins Oates and Hannah Richardson, on 26 January 1977.¹ Mildred Marjorie Andrews died circa 1981. She was buried in West Stockbridge, Massachusetts, USA.

     George Taylor was born on 22 September 1890 in Stratford, Essex. He married Dora Eliza Oates, daughter of Harry Hankins Oates and Hannah Richardson, on 26 October 1921 at Christ Church, Bay Ridge in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

     Charles Reginald Jackson was born in 1903. He married Rhoda Copland Petrie Blann Booth. Charles Reginald Jackson died on 21 September 1968 in Manhattan, Kings, New York, USA.

     (?) West married Edna Barrett, daughter of Hollis A Barrett and Juliet Tyler, circa 1896.

     Christine Henrietta Siefke was born on 19 February 1887. She married Charles Daniel Trexler, son of Daniel D Trexler and Agnes A Geiss, on 16 June 1909 at 148 74th Street in Brooklyn, New York, USA.¹ Christine Henrietta Siefke died on 3 March 1965 at age 78. She was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, USA.

     Charles Daniel Trexler was born on 1 November 1883 in Bernville, Pennsylvania, USA.¹ He married Christine Henrietta Siefke, daughter of Herman Siefke and Wilhelmina Dorothea von Dohlen, on 16 June 1909 at 148 74th Street in Brooklyn, New York, USA.² Charles Daniel Trexler died on 28 July 1970 at Physician's Hospital in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York, USA, at age 86. He was buried at Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York, USA, Lot 23674 Section L.³
     He attended Muhlenberg College and the Lutheran Theological Seminary.¹ From 1906 to 1929, he was the founder and pastor of the Lutheran Church of the Good Shephard., Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, New York, USA.¹ During his pastorate he was president of the Eastern Conference of New York and New England Synod. From 1928 to 1932, he was on the executive board of the United Lutheran Church in America.
He served as chairman of the Church's committee until he entered World War I as an Army Chaplain in 1918. During the war, he served as Chaplain of the 320th Field Artillery, 82d Division and took part in the Saint Mihiel, Toul and Meuse-Argonne campaigns. He was promoted to Captain and became Chaplain of the Eight and Seventh Army Corps in the Army of Occupation.¹ He was named pastor of St. James Lutheran Church, Madison Avenue and 73rd Street in 1929.¹ He served three terms as president of the Greater New York Federation of Churches.¹ He became pastor of Grace Church in Forest Hills.¹ He was chaplain of the 101st Cavalry of the New York National Guard and went into service with it during World War II. In 1942, he was the senior chaplain with the rank of Colonel at Walter Reed. He then served as the post chaplain at Lawson General Hospital in Atlanta in 1943 and was later assigned to Fort Bragg, North Carolina.¹ From 1949 to 1952, he was the pastor for students at Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania, USA.¹ He was the Chaplain for the Sons of the Revolution in the State of New York.¹ From 1952 until his retirement in 1956, he served St. Paul's Church in Brooklyn, Kings, New York, USA.¹ He was appointed a Brigadier General in the New York National Guard by Governor W. Averill Harriman.¹