Alexander Lithgow Botts 
Alexander Lithgow was born on May 20th, 1799 in Dumfries, Virginia. Alexander Lithgow's father was Benjamin Botts and his mother was Jane Tyler. His paternal grandparents were Thomas Botts and Miss Jones or Miss Edwards. He had three brothers named Hon. John Minor, Thomas Hutchinson and Charles Tyler. He was the oldest of the four children. He died at the age of 61 in 1860 in Washington, D.C..General Notes
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Mr. Alexander L. Botts, No. 747 Va Cousins, a lawyer, councellor of
State, etc., removed to New York in 1834, where he became a contractor
and a partner of the Stevens Brothers, of Hoboken, in their railroad and
other commercial enterprises. He owned the Hoboken Race Course.
During a brief period of authority as acting Governor of Virginia he
freed all persons imprisoned for debt in the Richmond Penitentiary.
Buried in the Congressional Cemetery near his dear friend, John C.
Calhoun.
p. 425 Va Cousins
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