Deyo, Simon L. History Of Barnstable County Massachusetts 1620 - 1890. New York: H. W. Blake & Co., 1890, pg. 535:
"Harrison G. Alexander was born in 1815 in Hyannis. His father, Sylvanus, a sea captain, came from Plymouth to Hyannis, where he married Harriet, daughter of Sylvanus Hinckley. Harrison G. has been a carpenter since sixteen years of age. He was married in 1837 to Rosanna, daughter of Cornelius Baker. Of their six children, three are living: George, Harriet, and Elizabeth."
Harrison G. Alexander's marriage is also mentioned in Marriage Index: Massachusetts, 1633 - 1850, LDS Family History Library, film #0945512. Married December 10, 1836 in Yarmouth, Barnstable, MA to Rosanna Baker.
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