Husband William Hosack Paxton 1 2
Born: 9 Mar 1846 - Canonsburg, Washington Co, PA 2 3
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Father: John Paxton (1810-1890) 4 5 6 7
Mother: Elizabeth Wilson (1809-1858) 3 4 6 7
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General Notes: Husband - William Hosack Paxton
Canonsburg, Washington Co, PA
He was engaged in buying and shipping stock, in partnership with his brother, Oliver L. Paxton.
He attended school with his brothers and sisters and went to work when fifteen years of age at the butchering and live stock business. On April 1, 1861, he entered Jefferson College as a student, but when Fort Sumter was fired on and three of his brothers enlisted for the war, he gave up his idea of securing a collegiate training and went home to assist his father in supporting the family. He developed business faculties before unsuspected. In 1875, with a half dozen associates, he started a savings bank at Canonsburg, there being no organization of that kind prior to this, and he was connected with the banking business thereafter and became president and a member of the board of directors of the First National Bank of Canonsburg. In 1883 he became interested in the Canonsburg Steel and Iron business and served in the office of treasurer of the Canonsburg Steel & Iron Works Company. In 1885, he was one of the five original promoters of the Manufacturers' National Gas Company, a concern that at first had a capital of $300,000, which was later increased to $25,000,000. For twenty years or more, Mr. Paxton was interested in oil production. [TCHWWC, 844]