# William Patterson Alexander > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/William_Patterson_Alexander > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/William_Patterson_Alexander.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Patterson_Alexander > Source revision: 1324018575 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American missionary}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox person |name = William Patterson Alexander |image = William Patterson Alexander.jpg |caption = |birth_date = {{birth date|1805|7|25}} |birth_place = [Paris, Kentucky](/source/Paris%2C_Kentucky) |death_date = {{death date and age|1884|8|13|1805|7|25}} |death_place = [Oakland, California](/source/Oakland%2C_California) |spouse = Mary Ann McKinney |children = [William DeWitt Alexander](/source/William_DeWitt_Alexander)
[Samuel Thomas Alexander](/source/Samuel_Thomas_Alexander)
[Anne Alexander Dickey](/source/Anne_Alexander_Dickey)
Emily Whitney Alexander
James McKinney Alexander
+ 4 others |parents = |occupation = Missionary }} '''William Patterson Alexander''' (July 25, 1805 – August 13, 1884) was an American missionary to the [Kingdom of Hawaii](/source/Kingdom_of_Hawaii). His family continued to influence the history of [Hawaii](/source/Hawaii). ==Life== thumb|left|150px|Mary Alexander William Patterson Alexander was born in [Paris, Kentucky](/source/Paris%2C_Kentucky) on July 25, 1805. His father was James Alexander (1770–1821) and mother was Mary Rose Depuy (1765–1841).{{cite web |title= Alexander Genealogical Query |author=James R. Davis |url= http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~jrd/h_alexan.htm |access-date=April 27, 2010 }} He attended [Centre College](/source/Centre_College) in [Danville, Kentucky](/source/Danville%2C_Kentucky) and then [Princeton Theological Seminary](/source/Princeton_Theological_Seminary). He was a distant cousin of [Archibald Alexander](/source/Archibald_Alexander), the founder of the [Presbyterian](/source/Presbyterian) seminary. On October 25, 1831, he married Mary Ann McKinney, who was born January 5, 1810, in [Harrisburg, Pennsylvania](/source/Harrisburg%2C_Pennsylvania). He was ordained October 13, 1831. They sailed on the Whaleship ''Averick'', under Captain Swain, from [New Bedford, Massachusetts](/source/New_Bedford%2C_Massachusetts), November 26, 1831, and arrived at [Honolulu](/source/Honolulu), May 17, 1832. Alexanders and the rest of the fifth company from the [American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions](/source/American_Board_of_Commissioners_for_Foreign_Missions) arrived in April 1832 to the [Hawaiian Islands](/source/Hawaiian_Islands).{{cite book |author=James McKinney Alexander |title=Mission life in Hawaii: Memoir of Rev. William P. Alexander |url=https://archive.org/details/missionlifeinha01alexgoog |year=1888 |publisher=Pacific Press Publishing Company }} They were sent on a scouting mission to the [Marquesas Islands](/source/Marquesas_Islands) (at the time called "Washington Islands") with Reuben Tinker and Samuel Whitney. On July 2, 1833, they then traveled back to establish a Marquesas mission with Richard Armstrong, Benjamin W. Parker with their wives via [Tahiti](/source/Tahiti). However, they abandoned the Marquesas to European missionaries and arrived back in Honolulu on May 12, 1834. The Alexanders were assigned to the mission at [Wai{{okina}}oli](/source/Waioli_Mission_District) 1834 until 1843. Looking for a drier climate, they were transferred to [Lahainaluna School](/source/Lahainaluna_School) in 1843. After the departure of founder [Lorrin Andrews](/source/Lorrin_Andrews) and death of [Sheldon Dibble](/source/Sheldon_Dibble), he became principal until 1856. He preferred to live at cooler, higher elevations, and often camped at what would become {{okina}}Ulupalakua Ranch. Although the American Board was withdrawing support, he continued to assist efforts such as the [Ka{{okina}}ahumanu Church](/source/Ka'ahumanu_Church) in [Wailuku, Hawaii](/source/Wailuku%2C_Hawaii) from November 1856 until 1882. He and his wife traveled back to New Bedford by April 1858 on a fund-raising trip, and returned by December 1859. He helped unite Presbyterian and Congregational churches into the Hawaiian Evangelical Association. He died August 13, 1884, in [Oakland, California](/source/Oakland%2C_California), and was buried in the [Mountain View Cemetery](/source/Mountain_View_Cemetery_(Oakland%2C_California)).{{cite web |title= Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Alameda County, CA |date= August 8, 2006 |author= David Johnson |work= California Tombstone Project, US Genweb archives |url= http://files.usgwarchives.org/ca/alameda/cemeteries/mtvview-a1.txt |access-date= April 27, 2010 |archive-date= August 16, 2011 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110816080030/http://files.usgwarchives.org/ca/alameda/cemeteries/mtvview-a1.txt |url-status= dead }} The Alexanders had 9 children: # [William DeWitt Alexander](/source/William_DeWitt_Alexander) (1833–1913) married Abigail Charlotte Baldwin (1833–1913) in 1861. # James McKinney Alexander was born January 29, 1835. He graduated from [Williams College](/source/Williams_College) and Princeton Theological Seminary and died in 1911.{{cite web |title= Guide to the Alexander Family Papers |publisher=The Bancroft Library, [University of California, Berkeley](/source/University_of_California%2C_Berkeley) |url= http://www.oac.cdlib.org/data/13030/ff/tf729005ff/files/tf729005ff.pdf |access-date=May 9, 2010 }} # [Samuel Thomas Alexander](/source/Samuel_Thomas_Alexander) was born October 29, 1836, married Martha Eliza Cooke, daughter of [Amos Starr Cooke](/source/Amos_Starr_Cooke), co-founder of [Castle & Cooke](/source/Castle_%26_Cooke) on January 26, 1864. Samuel was a co-founder of [Alexander & Baldwin](/source/Alexander_%26_Baldwin) who died September 10, 1904. # Henry Martyn Alexander (1839–1910) married Eliza Yates Wight and then Ina B. Weist. # Mary Jane Alexander (1840–1913) of which not much is known. # [Anne Elizabeth Alexander](/source/Anne_Alexander_Dickey) (1843–1940) married Charles Henry Dickey. Their son was architect [Charles William Dickey](/source/Charles_William_Dickey), and daughter Belle Dickey married Pineapple planter [James Drummond Dole](/source/James_Drummond_Dole). # Emily Whitney Alexander (1846–1943) married [Henry Perrine Baldwin](/source/Henry_Perrine_Baldwin) (co-founder of Alexander & Baldwin) in 1869. # Charles Hodge Alexander (1848–1885) married Helen Goodale Thurston (1860–1885), granddaughter of missionaries [Asa Thurston](/source/Asa_Thurston), [Lucy Goodale Thurston](/source/Lucy_Goodale_Thurston), and [Lorrin Andrews](/source/Lorrin_Andrews), and sister of [Lorrin Andrews Thurston](/source/Lorrin_Andrews_Thurston).{{cite book |title=Thurston genealogies |year=1892 |publisher=Portland, Maine |edition=2nd |author=Brown Thurston |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SBBWAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA288 |page =288 }} # Ellen Charlotte Alexander (1852–1924) married Giulio Ferreri and moved to [Italy](/source/Italy). The Baldwins were children of fellow missionary [Dwight Baldwin](/source/Dwight_Baldwin_(missionary)). Mary Ann McKinney Alexander moved back to Maui and lived with family, where she died on June 29, 1888.{{cite book |title=Portraits of American Protestant missionaries to Hawaii |author=[Hawaiian Mission Children's Society](/source/Hawaiian_Mission_Children's_Society) |url= https://archive.org/details/portraitsofameri00hawarich |year=1901 |location=Honolulu |publisher=Hawaiian gazette company |page=[https://archive.org/details/portraitsofameri00hawarich/page/34 34] }} A street was named for him in Honolulu at {{coord| 21|18|4|N| 157|49|47|W|type:landmark_region:US-HI |display=inline |name=Alexander}}.{{Hawaiian Dictionaries |Alexander |dic=pp |access-date=November 13, 2010 }} ==Family tree== {{Alexander & Baldwin family tree}} == References == {{reflist}} ==Further reading== *{{cite book |title= William Patterson Alexander in Kentucky, the Marquesas, Hawaii |author=Mary Charlotte Alexander |year= 1934 |publisher=Yale university press }} (author is granddaughter) {{Christianity in Hawaii}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Alexander, William Patterson}} Category:1805 births Category:1884 deaths William Category:American Presbyterian missionaries Category:Centre College alumni Category:Princeton Theological Seminary alumni Category:People from Paris, Kentucky Category:American expatriates in the Hawaiian Kingdom Category:Presbyterian missionaries in Hawaii --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [William Patterson Alexander](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Patterson_Alexander) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Patterson_Alexander?action=history)). 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