Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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Sylvester Axtell and Eliza E. Jenkins




Husband Sylvester Axtell 1 2

           Born: 19 Sep 1850 - Mercer Co, PA 1 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 


         Father: George Axtell (1820-1859) 1 2
         Mother: Isabella McCracken (1822-1894) 2 3


       Marriage: 27 May 1875 1 2

   Other Spouse: Martha R. Condit (      -      ) 1 - 30 Oct 1884 1 2



Wife Eliza E. Jenkins 1

            AKA: Ellen E. Jenkins 2
           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 16 Sep 1882 1
         Buried: 


         Father: M. M. Jenkins (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 




Children
1 F Maude L. Axtell 1 2

           Born: 1876 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1955
         Buried:  - Mill Creek Cemetery, Utica, Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 4
         Spouse: Robert J. Cousins (1869-1937) 2


2 M William N. Axtell 1 2

           Born: 1878 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1879 2
         Buried: 
         Spouse: Did Not Marry


3 F Matilda B. "Tillie" Axtell 1 2

           Born: 1881 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 1898 2
         Buried: 




General Notes: Husband - Sylvester Axtell


He was a farmer and spent his life on the farm on which he was born. In politics he was a Re­publican and held many local offices. He was a member and elder in the Presbyterian Church at New Vernon, PA.
He was school director, township auditor and assessor.

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Sources


1 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1108.

2 Kate M. Zahniser & Charles Reed Zahniser, The Zahnisers - A History of the Family in America (Mercer, PA: Kate M. Zahniser, Publisher, 1906), Pg 192.

3 —, History of Mercer County, Pennsylvania. Its Past and Present (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk & Co., Publishers, 1888), Pg 1018.

4 Venango County Historical Society, Venango County Pennsylvania Cemetery Records and Early Church Histories, Vol. 6, Frenchcreek Township (Franklin, PA: Venango County Historical Society, 1998), Pg 40.


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