EDGAR W. ALEXANDER, Youngstown, Ohio.
Edgar W. Alexander was born in Franklin, Pennsylvania, September 17, 1851, and attended school until he was 15 years of age. He then secured a position as messenger boy for the Western Union Telegraph Company, and at the same time worked for the Erie Railroad airing coaches. Two years later he went to work as a gasfitter, and served three years, then going to work as a fireman on the Atlantic & Great Western. After eighteen months he left to accept a position as engineer for a mining company, and then followed several different positions as engineer. He returned to the Erie and fired until April, 1881, when he was promoted to engineer, and has since run an engine in the freight service. Mr. Alexander was married January 22, 1873, to Miss Harriet S. Dora, daughter of Henry Dora, of Youngstown. He is a member of Lodge 329, B. of L. E., and is rated as one of the Erie's best engineers.

Excerpted from: "American Locomotive Engineers, Erie Railway Edition," H.R. Romans Editor; Crawford-Adsit Company Publishers, Chicago, IL 1899.

From the February, 1915 issue of Erie Railroad Magazine:
Mahoning Division Engineer Ed Alexander, running engine #665 with fireman R. Leiber, was listed as being in the Order of the Red Spot for January, 1915. The Order was an honor bestowed on engine crews who operated efficiently with few engine failures.

From the September, 1937 issues of Erie Railroad Magazine:
Edgar W. Alexander, retired Erie engineer of 52 years' service, died August 10th at his home, 312 Orchard Place, Youngstown. His age was 86. For many years after his retirement, Mr. Alexander's home was the meeting place for many old-timers. He was a member of the Trinity M.E. Church.