Husband John G. Paxton 1 2 3
Born: 18 Aug 1836 - Chartiers Twp, Washington Co, PA 2 3 4
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Died: Aft 1926
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Father: Thomas Paxton (1804-1887) 3 5 6
Mother: Jane Mills (1811/1816-1896) 1 3 6
Marriage: 4 Sep 1873 7
Other Spouse: Ann(a) Knox Miller (1837-1872) 2 4 7 - 1 Jan or Apr 1863 - Mt. Pleasant Twp, Washington Co, PA 2 4 7
• Residence: : Chartiers Twp, Washington Co, PA.
Wife Ellen Cameron 2 4 7
Born: 1 Aug 1840 - near Washington, Washington Co, PA 7
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Died: 1 Feb 1923 7
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Father: William Cameron (1808-1873) 7 8 9
Mother: Martha Mitchell (1804-1860) 4 7 10
Children
1 M William Cameron Paxton 2 4 7 11
Born: 12 Jun 1874 - near Canonsburg, Washington Co, PA 11
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Spouse: Cilina Jordon Hanna (1878- ) 7
Marr: 1 Jan 1900 11
2 F Jane A. "Jennie" Paxton 2 4 7
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3 F Emma Paxton 2 4 7
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Status: Twin
4 F Eva Paxton 4
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Died: in infancy
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Status: Twin
Spouse: Did Not Marry
General Notes: Husband - John G. Paxton
In April, 1863, he and his wife settled on the farm, which he 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 average 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.
Reared on the home farm in Chartiers township, Washington County, Pennsylvania, he attended the old subscription schools of that time and place. From the days of his boyhood he was helpful in the labors of improving and developing the home farm. He remained on the farm, carrying on operations there in association with his father, until his marriage at the age of twenty-seven years, when he began operations on his own account. He located on a farm on which he resided more than sixty-two years. All the buildings on the place were erected under Mr. Paxton's direction. Following his father's plan, Mr. Paxton long gave considerable attention to sheep and became one of the county's big wool-growers. He then took up the breeding of purebred dairy stock and in company with J. L. Henderson of Washington went to Syracuse, New York, and brought back with him the first imported Holstein cattle introduced into Washington County. From that initial herd he produced some of the finest cattle sent out from the county at that time, one of his cows, sold in the early 1880s, brought the record price for Washington County of five hundred dollars, which in those days was looked upon as being "big money" for a cow. He continued the breeding of dairy cattle and became one of the veteran members of the Holstein-Friesian Association of America.
In his political views Mr. Paxton adhered to the principles of the republican party and for several years rendered public service as director of schools in his district. He was a charter member of the Houston United Presbyterian church, one of the active figures in the organization of that congregation in 1888, and when a church building was erected in 1893, he was a member of the congregation's building committee. For years he held affiliation with the Patrons of Husbandry and was an influential member of the Canonsburg grange.