Thurzy Ross Alexander Thurzy Ross Alexander was born in Tennessee on April 15, 1810. With her family, she moved to Missouri where her sister China Ross was born. She had at least one other sister who lived and died in present-day Crawford County, Arkansas. Thurzy was married to Samuel Stevenson Alexander in Crawford County. They bought land in early Washington County and lived for several years near his parents. They were one of the couples who helped to organize the first local Church of the Disciples of Christ, following the teaching of Alexander Campbell. At first, the group met under a tree near West Fork, Arkansas. The eleven Alexander children all were born in Washington County, Arkansas. They made good, substantial citizens in Texas when they moved to that new state in 1848. At first, they settled in Williamson County, then moved to the northern part of Burnet County, near Lampasas Springs. The children were: Robert born March 6, 1827, James born January 29, 1830, Martha born September 6, 1831, John Ross born April 3, 1833, Franklin born April 17, 1834, Marion born June 22, 1835, William born February 10, 1837, Joseph born January 29, 1839, Eliza born November 5, 1841, Elizabeth born October 19, 1842 and Stephen born March 22, 1844. The Arkansas Alexanders and those descending from Thurzy Ross and Samuel Alexander exchange visits to this day. A family reunion is held each year at the site of the old home on Mesquite Creek in Burnet County, Texas. The land, a new house, an old rock granary built by Samuel and the eight boys in the family, rock fences put up by slave labor are still in use by descendants of Marion Alexander. Thurzy died in Burnet County in 1889 at the home of her daughter, Martha Alexander Lewis. She was 79 years old and was buried near Samuel in the family plot on Mesquite Creek, a short distance from their home. By: Gladys D. Alexander