Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... 
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Author: History of Will County, Illinois; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

Capt. Alexander MCINTOSH, political editor of the Joliet Sun, Joliet; was born in 
Fulton Co., N. Y., of Scotch parentage in 1822; he was raised on a farm; when he was 
19 years of age, be entered the academy at Galway Center, Saratoga Co., N. Y., as a 
student, and acquired a liberal education, spending three years in that institution; 
he came to Joliet, IL, in 1845, and, in 1847, started in Joliet the True Democrat, now 
the Joliet Republican; he sold out in 1848, and, in 1849, went to California, where 
he remained three years; returning to Joliet in 1852, he repurchased the True 
Democrat, which he published and edited until 1857; in 1856, he was elected on the 
Republican ticket Circuit Clerk and Recorder of Will Co., for a term of four years; 
in 1863, he was appointed by President Lincoln, Captain and Quartermaster in the 
United States Army was with SHERMAN's army in 1864; was on the famous march to the 
sea, and up through the Carolinas and Virginia to Washington; he was retained in 
the service after the disbanding of the volunteers, being assigned to Mobile as 
Post Quartermaster; in 1866, he resigned this position and returning Will Co., 
embarked in mercantile business in Wilmington; in 1869, he purchased the 
Wilmington Independent, which he published until 1873; in the spring of 1874, 
he returned to Joliet, and in the fall of the same year became the political 
editor of the Joliet Republican, which position he retained till January, 1877; 
in the fall of that year, he entered upon the editorial management of the Joliet 
Phoenix, from which he withdrew in July, 1878, to assume the position of political 
editor of the Joliet Sun; Capt. MCINTOSH joined the Republican party upon its 
organization in 1856, and has ever remained true to its principles, and, although 
a man of pronounced views on all political and moral questions, and participating 
in many exciting political campaigns, he retains the entire respect and confidence 
of his fellow-citizens of all parties.