PAXTON
Mr. P. T. Paxton, Sr., was found dead on the road side, Friday morning, about half a mile from New Providence church on the Cummins Ferry turnpike. The day previous, he went down to Lawrenceburg on the train, where he expected to secure employment, but being disappointed and missing his train, he determined to walk back to this city, a distance of about twenty miles. It is not known how he met death, but Friday night was cold and snowy, and being old, he may have been overcome by the low temperature and perished from freezing. It was a sad end and the family have the sympathy of the community in their grief. Mr. Paxton was a man liked by all who knew him and there was universal regret over his death. He was born in Anderson county July 5, 1836 and therefore in his sixty-fifth year. In 1861 he was married to Miss Anna Cunningham who survives him, and to them five children were born, only one of whom, Richard, is dead. The living children are: Phil T. Paxton, of Centralia, Kan., Gabriel Paxton, of Topeka, Kan.; Frank Paxton and Mrs. Mary Sutterfield, of this city. Two first named were unable to be present at the obsequies. It is a remarkable fact that Mr. Paxton was the first of a family of twelve children to die. He served one term as jailer of Mercer county and made a most acceptable official. Funeral services were held at the residence on Broadway, in this city, Sunday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, by Dr. Hunter, of the First Presbyterian church and interment took place in Spring Hill cemetery.
(Harrodsburg Sayings, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, Ky, Thu Jan 31, 1901)
Mr. P. T. Paxton, Sr., was found dead on the road side, Friday morning, about half a mile from New Providence church on the Cummins Ferry turnpike. The day previous, he went down to Lawrenceburg on the train, where he expected to secure employment, but being disappointed and missing his train, he determined to walk back to this city, a distance of about twenty miles. It is not known how he met death, but Friday night was cold and snowy, and being old, he may have been overcome by the low temperature and perished from freezing. It was a sad end and the family have the sympathy of the community in their grief. Mr. Paxton was a man liked by all who knew him and there was universal regret over his death. He was born in Anderson county July 5, 1836 and therefore in his sixty-fifth year. In 1861 he was married to Miss Anna Cunningham who survives him, and to them five children were born, only one of whom, Richard, is dead. The living children are: Phil T. Paxton, of Centralia, Kan., Gabriel Paxton, of Topeka, Kan.; Frank Paxton and Mrs. Mary Sutterfield, of this city. Two first named were unable to be present at the obsequies. It is a remarkable fact that Mr. Paxton was the first of a family of twelve children to die. He served one term as jailer of Mercer county and made a most acceptable official. Funeral services were held at the residence on Broadway, in this city, Sunday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, by Dr. Hunter, of the First Presbyterian church and interment took place in Spring Hill cemetery.
(Harrodsburg Sayings, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, Ky, Thu Jan 31, 1901)
PAXTON
Mr. P. T. Paxton, Sr., was found dead on the road side, Friday morning, about half a mile from New Providence church on the Cummins Ferry turnpike. The day previous, he went down to Lawrenceburg on the train, where he expected to secure employment, but being disappointed and missing his train, he determined to walk back to this city, a distance of about twenty miles. It is not known how he met death, but Friday night was cold and snowy, and being old, he may have been overcome by the low temperature and perished from freezing. It was a sad end and the family have the sympathy of the community in their grief. Mr. Paxton was a man liked by all who knew him and there was universal regret over his death. He was born in Anderson county July 5, 1836 and therefore in his sixty-fifth year. In 1861 he was married to Miss Anna Cunningham who survives him, and to them five children were born, only one of whom, Richard, is dead. The living children are: Phil T. Paxton, of Centralia, Kan., Gabriel Paxton, of Topeka, Kan.; Frank Paxton and Mrs. Mary Sutterfield, of this city. Two first named were unable to be present at the obsequies. It is a remarkable fact that Mr. Paxton was the first of a family of twelve children to die. He served one term as jailer of Mercer county and made a most acceptable official. Funeral services were held at the residence on Broadway, in this city, Sunday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, by Dr. Hunter, of the First Presbyterian church and interment took place in Spring Hill cemetery.
(Harrodsburg Sayings, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, Ky, Thu Jan 31, 1901)
Mr. P. T. Paxton, Sr., was found dead on the road side, Friday morning, about half a mile from New Providence church on the Cummins Ferry turnpike. The day previous, he went down to Lawrenceburg on the train, where he expected to secure employment, but being disappointed and missing his train, he determined to walk back to this city, a distance of about twenty miles. It is not known how he met death, but Friday night was cold and snowy, and being old, he may have been overcome by the low temperature and perished from freezing. It was a sad end and the family have the sympathy of the community in their grief. Mr. Paxton was a man liked by all who knew him and there was universal regret over his death. He was born in Anderson county July 5, 1836 and therefore in his sixty-fifth year. In 1861 he was married to Miss Anna Cunningham who survives him, and to them five children were born, only one of whom, Richard, is dead. The living children are: Phil T. Paxton, of Centralia, Kan., Gabriel Paxton, of Topeka, Kan.; Frank Paxton and Mrs. Mary Sutterfield, of this city. Two first named were unable to be present at the obsequies. It is a remarkable fact that Mr. Paxton was the first of a family of twelve children to die. He served one term as jailer of Mercer county and made a most acceptable official. Funeral services were held at the residence on Broadway, in this city, Sunday afternoon, at 3 o'clock, by Dr. Hunter, of the First Presbyterian church and interment took place in Spring Hill cemetery.
(Harrodsburg Sayings, Harrodsburg, Mercer Co, Ky, Thu Jan 31, 1901)
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