From "History of Wheeling City and Ohio County, West Virginia and 
Representative Citizens," by Hon. Gibson Lamb Cranmer, 1902. 

Typed by Laurie Birks Dean

pp. 428-429

Seaton ALEXANDER, of the firm of Alexander & Company, the largest 
retail shoe dealers in Wheeling, West Virginia, has been a resident 
of the city since 1881.  He was born in Clarksburg, West Virginia, 
and is a son of Thomas B. Alexander, who is deceased.  Mrs. Thomas B. 
Alexander, who came from an old Virginia family, still resides at 
Clarksburg.
	Seaton Alexander started in the shoe business at the age of 
fourteen years, and had seven years experience in that business 
before he located in Wheeling.  After settling in Wheeling he worked 
for the J. H. Locke Shoe Company for a period of eight years, and in 
November, 1889, engaged in business for himself, under the firm name 
of Alexander & Company, being associated with the Vance Shoe Company 
until 1899.  At that time he took George J. Mathison into 
partnership, and they are now doing business at No. 1049 Main street.
	Mr. Alexander's store is purely retail, and is the largest 
store of the kind in Wheeling.  He carries an immense stock, which 
occupies the space of two floors.  Ten people are employed regularly 
to assist him, and on Saturdays and during the busiest seasons five 
or six extra hands are engaged.  This firm also owns and operates the 
Walkover Shoe Company at No. 1351 Market street, which is in charge 
of Hugh Hood.  Mr. Alexander is a progressive man in every way, and 
his success has been due entirely to his own efforts.
	Mr. Alexander was wedded to Flora Kaiser, a daughter of 
Frederick Kaiser, who was a pioneer of Wheeling.  Mr. and Mrs. 
Alexander have two children, - Bernard and Mary.  Their home is at 
No. 824 Main street.  Politically, Mr. Alexander is a Democrat.  
Socially, he is a member of the Knights of Columbus, Ancient Order of 
United Workmen and Knights of St. George.  He is a prominent member 
of the Carroll Club of Wheeling.  In religious belief he is a 
Catholic.