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John Jordan Paxton

Birth
Death
1893 (aged 74–75)
Burial
Lexington, Lexington City, Virginia, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lewis 349 1
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John Jordan Paxton was the son of James Paxton and Catherine Jordan. He married of Eliza Jane Layne on 22 Jun 1852.

Paxton children:
Samuel Rutherford Houston,
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.

His marker says
JOHN JORDAN PAXTON
1818-1898
(illegible 2 line epitaph)
John Jordan Paxton was the son of James Paxton and Catherine Jordan. He married of Eliza Jane Layne on 22 Jun 1852.

Paxton children:
Samuel Rutherford Houston,
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.

His marker says
JOHN JORDAN PAXTON
1818-1898
(illegible 2 line epitaph)

Inscription

JOHN JORDAN PAXTON
1818-1898



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