Alexander Refrew came from Union county, Pennsylvania, where he was born August 18, 1801, to Coshocton county in 1826, and remained therein until his death on his farm in Keene township, February 13, 1872.  He married Miss Carnahan in 1833, who, with three children, survives him.  Starting in life with little, he, by a life of industry and frugality, amassed a very considerable estate.  Public life had little attractions, and his record is that of a quiet citizen, a successful farmer, and a busy man, manifesting the virtues of domestic and business life.

 

Source: Historical Collections of Coshocton County Ohio 1764-1876
Author: William E Hunt, pub. 1876