SAMUEL THOMAS ALEXANDER
BORN OF AMERICAN MISSIONARY
PARENTAGE
IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
OCTOBER 29 1836
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HE? MADE? A TOUR IN
AFRICA HE? WAS? STRUCK BY
A FALLING ROCK AT
VICTORIA FALLS AND DIED
SEPTEMBER 10 1904
FOR NOW WE SEE THROUGH A GLASS
DARKLY BUT THEN FACE TO FACE,
NOW I KNOW IN PART, BUT THEN
SHALL I KNOW EVEN AS ALSO I
AM KNOWN.
J. SHERRIFF
BULAWAYO
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Samuel Taylor Alexander d. 11 Sept 1904 aged 68.
Should read:
Samuel Thomas Alexander d. 10 Sept 1904 aged 68.
https://a-brickwall.blogspot.com/2009/12/plaque-from-old-drift.html
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Plaque at Old Drift Cemetery, Zambia. In 1904, Samuel Alexander arranged a trip with daughter Annie and Thomas L. Gulick, son of another missionary Peter Johnson Gulick (1796–1877). The men were looking forward to hunting big game in Africa, while Annie was developing an interest in paleontology. Gulick became ill and died 15-08-1904 in Kijabe, Kenya. On September 8 the Alexanders reached Victoria Falls. The next day they crossed the Zambezi river and climbed down the canyon for a better view. While posing for a picture, Samuel was hit by a boulder tossed down from workers above that crushed his foot. He was buried at the Old Drift Cemetery after dying a day later on 10-09-1904.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel_Thomas_Alexander
John Sherriff produced the grave marker for Samuel Thomas Alexander who died in Africa.
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