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Eliza Jane <I>Layne</I> Paxton

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Eliza Jane Layne Paxton

Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
1 Dec 1907 (aged 79–80)
Florence, Fremont County, Colorado, USA
Burial
Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lewis 349 2
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Eliza Jane Layne married John Jordan Paxton on 22 Jun 1852.

Paxton children:
Samuel Rutherford Houston, 1859, below
James Douglas,
Mary C.,
Cora Clifton,
Laura Leigh,
Emma Jordan

On the 1880 Buffalo, Rockbridge Co., VA census, I found John J. Paxton, 61; wife Eliza J. Paxton, 48; Daughters: "Kate" Paxton, 25; Laura L. Paxton, 15 and Emma J. Paxton, 13, all VA born.

On the 1900 Buffalo, Rockbridge Co., VA census, I found widow and farmer Eliza J. Paxton, 66, Apr 1834, had 6 kids, 3 living and was residing with (relation - "none") Thomas Miley, 13, Aug 1887 and cook Ellen Dawson, 35, Mar 1865, plus 2 servants, Henry W. Beecher, 6 and Finnie Felton, 8, all VA born.

Eliza J. Layne and a John Gordon Paxton are mentioned in Floyd Benjamin Layne's book, Layne-Lain-Lane Genealogy, the Bookman Press,1962, p 145.

See obit from the Lexington Gazette (Virginia), 11 Dec 1907 issue on the right.

Her obit says:
ELIZA J. PAXTON
1827 - 1907
Eliza Jane Layne married John Jordan Paxton on 22 Jun 1852.

Paxton children:
Samuel Rutherford Houston, 1859, below
James Douglas,
Mary C.,
Cora Clifton,
Laura Leigh,
Emma Jordan

On the 1880 Buffalo, Rockbridge Co., VA census, I found John J. Paxton, 61; wife Eliza J. Paxton, 48; Daughters: "Kate" Paxton, 25; Laura L. Paxton, 15 and Emma J. Paxton, 13, all VA born.

On the 1900 Buffalo, Rockbridge Co., VA census, I found widow and farmer Eliza J. Paxton, 66, Apr 1834, had 6 kids, 3 living and was residing with (relation - "none") Thomas Miley, 13, Aug 1887 and cook Ellen Dawson, 35, Mar 1865, plus 2 servants, Henry W. Beecher, 6 and Finnie Felton, 8, all VA born.

Eliza J. Layne and a John Gordon Paxton are mentioned in Floyd Benjamin Layne's book, Layne-Lain-Lane Genealogy, the Bookman Press,1962, p 145.

See obit from the Lexington Gazette (Virginia), 11 Dec 1907 issue on the right.

Her obit says:
ELIZA J. PAXTON
1827 - 1907

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ELIZA J. PAXTON
1827 - 1907



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  • Created by: LSP
  • Added: May 6, 2013
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110108601/eliza_jane-paxton: accessed ), memorial page for Eliza Jane Layne Paxton (1827–1 Dec 1907), Find a Grave Memorial ID 110108601, citing Oak Grove Cemetery, Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia, USA; Maintained by LSP (contributor 46860931).