Thomas Alexander

Birth: Mar. 3, 1864 Sonoma County California, USA Death: Jun. 5, 1934 Healdsburg Sonoma County California, USA

Burial: Oak Mound Cemetery Healdsburg Sonoma County California, USA Plot: Luce2 plot 25

The Alexander Rancho - This 1877 map detail shows the Alexander holdings. Rufenia, George, Caroline, and Thomas's properties are clustered near the road that today is Highway 128. The red line is a township line. The diagonal red line is drawn over the road that crosses the Russian River, where it joins Soda Rock road. - image from Thos. H. Thompson Co. 1877 Historical Atlas Map of Sonoma County

In later years two of those surviving sons, George and Thomas, stayed on at the original homestead. Badly damaged in the 1906 earthquake, the original Alexander adobe was eventually replaced with another structure. The walls of one of the original adobe outbuildings still remain on the site. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wetzel restored and remodeled it after they purchased the homestead from Cyrus' descendants in the 1960's. Their son and daughter, Hank Wetzel and Kate Murphy, now run Alexander Valley Vineyards and Winery.