Matthew H. Paxton and Unknown

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Husband Matthew H. Paxton ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1854 1 3
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         Father: John Paxton (1810-1890) 2 4 5 6
         Mother: Elizabeth Wilson (1809-1858) 1 2 4 6

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       Marriage:  - Walla Walla, Walla Walla Co, WA

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Wife Unknown

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General Notes: Husband - Matthew H. Paxton

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He entered Jefferson Academy, and completed his education at La Fayette, Pennsylvania. He was appointed assistant pay-master of the Government under Maj. Keefer, and traveled over the Northwest and Southwest. He was married in Walla Walla, Washington, and was stationed for a time in Newport, Kentucky, but disliking to travel, he resigned his position as assistant paymaster, and located in Walla Walla, where he was elected county assessor and appraiser three times, and where he owned land and was engaged in the real-estate business.

1 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 232.

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 844.

3 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 845.

4 Boyd Crumrine, History of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA: L. H. Everts & Co., 1882), Pg 954.

5 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 231, 734.

6 John Gibson, History of York County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886), Pg 660.