Husband Marcus Wilson Saxman 1 2
Born: 24 Dec 1867 - near Latrobe, Westmoreland Co, PA 2 3
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Father: Mathias Saxman (1836-1913) 4 5
Mother: Catherine "Kate" Wilson ( - ) 1 6
Marriage: 25 Nov 1891 1 2
Wife Anna Frances Suydam 2 3
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Father: Joseph L. Suydam ( - ) 7 8
Mother: Mary White ( - ) 7 8
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1 M Marcus Suydam Saxman 2 9
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2 M Harry Suydam Saxman 2 9
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3 F Anna Esther Saxman 2 9
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General Notes: Husband - Marcus Wilson Saxman
He was educated in the local schools of Derry, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvanial, and the Swarthmore Preparatory School. He continued to live on his father's farm until he was twenty-one years of age, doing his share of working the old property and gaining in return a priceless heritage of health and strength. Upon attaining his majority, Mr. Saxman left the parental roof and took charge of the mine store at Bradenville, and continued in its management until the year 1898. He had, in the meantime, become more and more interested in mining affairs generally, and in the year mentioned was offered the position of general manager and treasurer of Superior Mine No. 1. Naturally of an enterprising nature and gifted with an unusual degree of business talents, Mr. Saxman soon became a factor in the mining world and bought and sold a number of very important and valuable mining properties. From the year 1898, when he first became connected with the Superior Mine, no less than seventeen such important properties have passed through his hands, while he has become identified with a very great number of the largest concerns in the region, nor are these concerns alone mining ones. He identified himself almost equally with the industrial interests of the community, and in connection with his father was instrumental in developing an enormous number of such concerns. In association with the elder man, Mr. Saxman owned and operated the following companies: The Saxman Coal and Coke Company, the Latrobe & Connellsville Coal and Coke Company, the Ligonier Coal and Coke Company, of which he was the president, and the Bradenville Coal and Coke Company, of which he was general manager. He was also the president of the Latrobe Electric Steel Company, of the Citizens' National Bank of Latrobe, the treasurer and general manager of the Superior Fuel Company, and a director of a very large number of similar concerns, among which should be named the Latrobe Tool Company, the Latrobe Trust Company, the First National Bank of Russellton, Pennsylvania, the Titan Metal Company of Bellefonte, Pennsylvania, the Derry Glass Sand Company of Derry, Pennsylvania, of which he was also treasurer; the Blairsville Sanitary Company, of Blairsville, Pennsylvania, the Latrobe Printing and Publishing Company, and the Domestic Talking Machine Company of Philadelphia. He was a director and one of the large stockholders in the enormous Bessemer Coal and Coke Company, which was one of the largest businesses of its kind in the world. Besides these various concerns, Mr. Saxman was largely instrumental in the organization of the following companies: The Kent Coal Company, the Cardiff Coal Company, the Kelso Smokeless Coal Company, the Unity Coal Company, the Greenwich Coal and Coke Company, the Superior Coal and Coke Company, the Saxman Coal and Coke Company, the Latrobe-Connellsville Coal and Coke Company, the Ligonier Coal and Coke Company, as well as nine stores serving these various coal works. Another company with which Mr. Saxman was prominently identified and which he was one of the organizers of, was the Vanadium Alloys Steel Company, for the organization of which and its establishment at Latrobe he was largely responsible and in which he long retained an active interest, being a director and an executive officer as well as one of its chief shareholders. Mr. Saxman always retained a taste for rural life gained at the time when he was working as a young man on his father's farm, and interested himself in the development of farm lands in that part of the state. His residence, known as "the Oaks" was one of the handsomest country places in the entire region.
Mr. Saxman throughout his career was identified closely with the affairs of his chosen community. He was a Republican in politics and was regarded as a power in the political situation in western Pennsylvania, yet he not only failed to seek public office of any kind but consistently refused same when his colleagues were disposed to force it upon him. He was a prominent figure in the social and fraternal circles of Latrobe and Westmoreland County generally, was a member of the Masonic order, having risen high in Masonry, and was affiliated with Kedron Commandery, Knights Templar, and Syria Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Pittsburgh. In his religious belief, Mr. Saxman was a Presbyterian and was a member of the board of trustees of the Presbyterian church in Latrobe. He was a man of philanthropic instincts, and a very liberal contributor to all charitable movements, whether in connection with his church or independent. Mr. Saxman was always devoted to outdoor sports of every kind and found his chief recreation in this direction. For many years he was a noted football player, and he became an ardent huntsman and fisherman. He was an enthusiast in the cause of good roads and a member of the National Good Roads Association. He was one of the organizers and the largest contributor to the Latrobe Hospital, and a member of the executive committee and a director thereof. He was a prominent club man and was a member of the Latrobe Club, of Latrobe, the Duquesne Club, of Pittsburgh, the Pittsburgh Athletic Club, of that city, and the Union League Club, of Philadelphia.