General Notes

[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 2, Ed. 1, Tree #4407, Date of Import: Feb 6, 2005]
"ALEXANDER C RUNNER, BUTLER CO., WAS BORN NOV. 10, 1825, IN WARREN CO.,
KY., WHERE HE GREW TO MANHOOD AND LIVED UNTIL 1878, WHEN HE REMOVED TO BUT
LER
COUNTY, WHERE HE HAS SINCE RESIDED.
HIS FATHER, WILLIAM RUNNER, A NATIVE OF MARYLAND, REMOVED IN CHILDHOOD
WITH HIS PARENTS, TO WARREN CO., WHERE HE IS NOW LIVING, AT THE AGE OF EIG
HTY-
SEVEN YEARS. HE IS THE SON OF ADAM RUNNER, WHO DIED IN WARREN COUNTY. WILL
IAM
WAS TWICE MARRIED; FIRST, TO MARGARET, DAUG. OF CHRISTIAN AND POLLY (WHALE
N)
PENNER, OF WARREN CO., (DIED IN 1828). FROM THEIR UNION SPRANG ZORILDA J
.,
(ANDERSON), JOHN A., SUBJECT AND MARY E. (TAYLOR). HE NEXT MARRIED SARAH W
ATT,
AND THEIR CHILDREN ARE SILAS M., WILLIAM E. AND RICHARD B.
SUBJECT ENJOYED ONLY LIMITED EDUCATIONAL ADVANTAGES IN YOUTH, BUT BY SE
IMPROVEMENT AND APPLICATION, HAS OBTAINED A FAIR BUSINESS EDUCATION. HE H
AS
BEEN TWICE MARRIED; THE FIRST TIME ON JUNE 12, 1849, TO ADELINE M., DAUGHT
ER
OF JESSE AND SARAH (FLOYD) WATT, OF WARREN CO., BORN SEPT 2, 1830; DIED NO
V.
14, 1868. TO THEM WERE BORN JESSE A., WILLIAM T., SARAH M. (DECEASED), MA
RY E.
AND JOHN M.
MR RUNNER'S SECOND MARRIAGE TOOK PLACE JUNE 14, 1869, TO ZORILDA J.,
DAUGHTER OF JAMES F AND EMERY A (MOORE) GOTT, OF EDMONSON CO., WHO WAS BO
RN
MAY 21, 1843. THIS UNION HAS BEEN BLESSED BY THE BIRTH OF JAMES H., NAN
CY A.,
CHARLES B., GEORGE M. AND ROBERT C. SUBJECT HAS SERVED AS MAGISTRATE AND M
EM-
BER OF THECOURT OF CLAIMS FOR TEN YRS., IN WARREN CO.,  AND HAS ACTED IN T
HE
SAME CAPACITY FOR THE PAST FOUR YEARS IN THIS COUNTY." TAKEN FROM KY GENEA
LOGY
AND BIOGRAPHY OF BUTLER COUNTY, VOL. III, PAGE 44.