Sydenham B. Alexander

[2] At the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861, he enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private in the First Regiment, North Carolina Volunteer Infantry.

After his defeat at the state convention by Daniel Gould Fowle, Alexander was offered the nomination for Lieutenant Governor but declined.

He did not run for a third term in 1894, but retired to his "Enderly Plantation" estate in Mecklenburg County.

Alexander finally moved to Charlotte in 1906 and died there in 1921; he is buried in Elmwood Cemetery.

His distant relatives include Vice President Adlai Stevenson and Senate Minority Leader John Sharp Williams.