Sylvester Axtell and Eliza E. Jenkins

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Husband Sylvester Axtell ^{1 2}

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           Born: 19 Sep 1850 - Mercer Co, PA 1 2
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         Father: George Axtell (1820-1859) 1 2
         Mother: Isabella McCracken (1822-1894) 2 3

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       Marriage: 27 May 1875 1 2

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

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Wife Eliza E. Jenkins ¹

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            AKA: Ellen E. Jenkins 2
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           Died: 16 Sep 1882 1
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         Father: M. M. Jenkins (      -      ) 1
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 F Maude L. Axtell ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1876 2
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           Died: 1955
         Buried:  - Mill Creek Cemetery, Utica, Frenchcreek Twp, Venango Co, PA 4

         Spouse: Robert J. Cousins (1869-1937) 2

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2 M William N. Axtell ^{1 2}

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

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3 F Matilda B. "Tillie" Axtell ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1881 2
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           Died: 1898 2
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General Notes: Husband - Sylvester Axtell

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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.

1 Editor, 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 Editor, 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.