Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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John G. Paxton and Ellen Cameron




Husband John G. Paxton 1 2

           Born: 18 Aug 1836 - Washington Co, PA 2 3
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           Died: 
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         Father: Thomas Paxton (1804-1887) 4 5
         Mother: Jane Mills (1816-Aft 1893) 1 5


       Marriage: 

   Other Spouse: Ann(a) Knox Miller (      -1872) 2 3 - 1 Jan or Apr 1863 2 3



• Residence: : Chartiers Twp, Washington Co, PA.




Wife Ellen Cameron 2 3

           Born:  - Washington Co, PA
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         Father: William Cameron (1808-1873) 6 7
         Mother: Martha Mitchell (1804-1860) 3 8




Children
1 M William C. Paxton 2 3 9

           Born: 12 Jun 1874 - near Canonsburg, Chartiers Twp, Washington Co, PA 9
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         Buried: 
         Spouse: Caliner J. Hanna (1878-      ) 9
           Marr: 1 Jan 1900 9


2 F Jennie A. Paxton 2 3

           Born: 
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3 F Emma Paxton 2 3

           Born: 
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           Died: 
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin



4 F Eva Paxton 3

           Born: 
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           Died: in infancy
         Buried: 
         Status: Twin
         Spouse: Did Not Marry



General Notes: Husband - John G. Paxton

Chartiers Twp, Washington Co, PA

In April, 1863, he and his wife settled on the farm, which he has improved with a good residence and barns. The farm contained 128 acres of well-cultivated land. In 1876 he began dealing in stock, and was the first to introduce Holstein cattle into Washington County, Pennsylvania. He also dealt in Merino sheep, breeding some fine Black-Top. He milked an av-erage of twenty cows, shipping forty gallons of milk per day; he began in the dairy business in 1873. He raised registered Yorkshire swine, and took premiums at Detroit, Michigan, and other places.

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Sources


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

2 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 1226.

3 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 735.

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

5 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 844, 1226.

6 Editor, Commemorative Biographical Record of Washington County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1893), Pg 735, 1151.

7 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 587.

8 Joseph F. McFarland, 20th Century History of Washington and Washington County, Pennsylvania and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1910), Pg 588.

9 John W. Jordan, History of Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, Genealogical Memoirs, Vol. III (Chicago, IL: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1906), Pg 560.


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