Alexander, Robert, 1767-1841.

Farmer, politician, banker

Robert Alexander, born in Scotland in 1767, came to Kentucky in the late eighteenth century, acquired a tract of more than 2000 acres of land in Woodford County and developed it into one of the outstanding agricultural and stockbreeding enterprises in the country. His descendents still retain most of the original tract. In addition to his agricultural pursuits he served as the first president of the Bank of Kentucky, was a member of the state senate, a captain of the militia, had interests in the Kentucky River Navigation Company and in mines in Western Kentucky, conducted a survey to determine the boundaries of Kentucky and Tennessee and in his youth served as private secretary to Benjamin Franklin in France. He died in Frankfort in 1841, from injuries received in a fall.

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