Pliny married secondly on 25 March 1867, to Martha A. Hitchcock. Pliny and Martha had six children: Lottie Axtell, Orville C. Axtell, Burton Fisk Axtell, Blanche Axtell, Elvira Maude Axtell, and Howard L. Axtell.
Pliny founded Sterling College in Rice Co. (Correction - Cooper College, located at Sterling, Rice county, was founded in 1887. The Sterling Land and Investment company was organized in 1886, and platted the "College Addition" to Sterling. One of the aims of the company was to erect a college building and a tract of 10 acres of land in the addition was donated for the purpose by Pliny F. Axtell, one of the early settlers. A building was erected by the land company, which in Oct., 1886, offered the site and building to the United Presbyterian synod of Kansas, with the condition that the synod endow, operate and maintain the school. The offer was accepted, provided five years should be allowed in which to raise the endowment fund of $25,000, and a contract to this effect was signed by the synod committee on Oct. 22. A charter was prepared and the name "Cooper Memorial" was adopted in honor of Rev. Joseph Cooper of Allegheny, Pa.)
Pliny is 1st cousin, 4 times removed to my wife, Carol.
Pliny married secondly on 25 March 1867, to Martha A. Hitchcock. Pliny and Martha had six children: Lottie Axtell, Orville C. Axtell, Burton Fisk Axtell, Blanche Axtell, Elvira Maude Axtell, and Howard L. Axtell.
Pliny founded Sterling College in Rice Co. (Correction - Cooper College, located at Sterling, Rice county, was founded in 1887. The Sterling Land and Investment company was organized in 1886, and platted the "College Addition" to Sterling. One of the aims of the company was to erect a college building and a tract of 10 acres of land in the addition was donated for the purpose by Pliny F. Axtell, one of the early settlers. A building was erected by the land company, which in Oct., 1886, offered the site and building to the United Presbyterian synod of Kansas, with the condition that the synod endow, operate and maintain the school. The offer was accepted, provided five years should be allowed in which to raise the endowment fund of $25,000, and a contract to this effect was signed by the synod committee on Oct. 22. A charter was prepared and the name "Cooper Memorial" was adopted in honor of Rev. Joseph Cooper of Allegheny, Pa.)
Pliny is 1st cousin, 4 times removed to my wife, Carol.
Family Members
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Mary Axtell Dilley
1814–1886
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Elizabeth Axtell Holloway
1817–1884
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Ruth Axtell Bushnell
1819–1870
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Eunice S. Axtell Dilley
1823–1903
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Bathsheba Axtell
1825–1826
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Samuel Axtell
1826–1899
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Amy Axtell Rice
1833–1893
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Linus C Axtell
1835–1930
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Caroline "Carrie" Axtel
1837–1861
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Permelia "Millie" Axtell Everett
1840–1920
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Sarah Jane "Jennie" Axtell Van Gilder
1842–1935
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Zenas Joseph Axtell
1844–1856
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