Hiram, his father, died when he was only a few months old and Mary Johnson, his widowed mother, and her three small children was left to face the world with nothing but a small house and a little tract of cleared land surrounded by heavy timber. In a little log house on this clearing the family lived the next seventeen years, depending for their support on the produce of their land. These circumstances compelled Jesse to assume the duties of manhood much before his years would warrant, and to forego the education he so much craved. On October 13, 1859 he married Emeline Shangle at Denmark, Ohio. To this union was born ten children: Silas Elwood (died age 3), Carrie Luella, Cyrus Elmer (died age 5), Eunice Ida, Carson Augustus, Emma Mertice (died 5 months 25 days), Chloe Frances, Alda Gertrude, Willis Edwin and Clinton Jesse.
In October 1860, taking his wife, mother and sister, he moved to Tipton, Iowa.
In August 1864, he shouldered a Springfleld rifle and marched to the front with Co. G, 15th Iowa Infantry. Jesse was with Sherman on his March to the Sea, rounded up at New York the next spring and marched in "The Grand Review" at Washington at the close of the war.
After returning from the war (1866) he moved to Deep River, Iowa and engaged in the mercantile business, beginning with four hundred dollars worth of goods and gradually increased his possessions till 1879, when he moved to Axtell, Kansas, where he also established himself in the general merchandise and lumber business.
He was Postmaster for many years in Deep River, Iowa, before going to Kansas.
In 1887 he disposed of his interests in Axtell, Kansas, and moved to Blue Rapids, a nearby town. Here he was interested in many projects; he established the Jesse Axtell Lumber company, he owned and operated two farms of 960 acres, stocked with cattle and sheep, was instrumental in the organization of two large plaster mills, one of which he was superintendent and the other general manager.
He was a life-long Presbyterian, active in all church work, a prohibitionist in the strictest sense, a staunch advocate for and a tireless worker for the prohibition amendment in Kansas, and a close personal friend of Gov. John P. St. John and co-operated with him in his reform movement.
He was full of good works, a strenuous advocate of pure morals. He was deeply interested in the Axtell genealogy, and gathered much material for Seth J. Axtell in his work. About 1915 he moved to Long Beach California and resided until his death.
Information obtained from http://www.axtell-surname.org.uk and verified by obituary from The Blue Rapids newspaper.
In October 1860, taking his wife, mother and sister, he moved to Tipton, Iowa.
In August 1864, he shouldered a Springfleld rifle and marched to the front with Co. G, 15th Iowa Infantry. Jesse was with Sherman on his March to the Sea, rounded up at New York the next spring and marched in "The Grand Review" at Washington at the close of the war.
After returning from the war (1866) he moved to Deep River, Iowa and engaged in the mercantile business, beginning with four hundred dollars worth of goods and gradually increased his possessions till 1879, when he moved to Axtell, Kansas, where he also established himself in the general merchandise and lumber business.
He was Postmaster for many years in Deep River, Iowa, before going to Kansas.
In 1887 he disposed of his interests in Axtell, Kansas, and moved to Blue Rapids, a nearby town. Here he was interested in many projects; he established the Jesse Axtell Lumber company, he owned and operated two farms of 960 acres, stocked with cattle and sheep, was instrumental in the organization of two large plaster mills, one of which he was superintendent and the other general manager.
He was a life-long Presbyterian, active in all church work, a prohibitionist in the strictest sense, a staunch advocate for and a tireless worker for the prohibition amendment in Kansas, and a close personal friend of Gov. John P. St. John and co-operated with him in his reform movement.
He was full of good works, a strenuous advocate of pure morals. He was deeply interested in the Axtell genealogy, and gathered much material for Seth J. Axtell in his work. About 1915 he moved to Long Beach California and resided until his death.
Information obtained from http://www.axtell-surname.org.uk and verified by obituary from The Blue Rapids newspaper.
Hiram, his father, died when he was only a few months old and Mary Johnson, his widowed mother, and her three small children was left to face the world with nothing but a small house and a little tract of cleared land surrounded by heavy timber. In a little log house on this clearing the family lived the next seventeen years, depending for their support on the produce of their land. These circumstances compelled Jesse to assume the duties of manhood much before his years would warrant, and to forego the education he so much craved. On October 13, 1859 he married Emeline Shangle at Denmark, Ohio. To this union was born ten children: Silas Elwood (died age 3), Carrie Luella, Cyrus Elmer (died age 5), Eunice Ida, Carson Augustus, Emma Mertice (died 5 months 25 days), Chloe Frances, Alda Gertrude, Willis Edwin and Clinton Jesse.
In October 1860, taking his wife, mother and sister, he moved to Tipton, Iowa.
In August 1864, he shouldered a Springfleld rifle and marched to the front with Co. G, 15th Iowa Infantry. Jesse was with Sherman on his March to the Sea, rounded up at New York the next spring and marched in "The Grand Review" at Washington at the close of the war.
After returning from the war (1866) he moved to Deep River, Iowa and engaged in the mercantile business, beginning with four hundred dollars worth of goods and gradually increased his possessions till 1879, when he moved to Axtell, Kansas, where he also established himself in the general merchandise and lumber business.
He was Postmaster for many years in Deep River, Iowa, before going to Kansas.
In 1887 he disposed of his interests in Axtell, Kansas, and moved to Blue Rapids, a nearby town. Here he was interested in many projects; he established the Jesse Axtell Lumber company, he owned and operated two farms of 960 acres, stocked with cattle and sheep, was instrumental in the organization of two large plaster mills, one of which he was superintendent and the other general manager.
He was a life-long Presbyterian, active in all church work, a prohibitionist in the strictest sense, a staunch advocate for and a tireless worker for the prohibition amendment in Kansas, and a close personal friend of Gov. John P. St. John and co-operated with him in his reform movement.
He was full of good works, a strenuous advocate of pure morals. He was deeply interested in the Axtell genealogy, and gathered much material for Seth J. Axtell in his work. About 1915 he moved to Long Beach California and resided until his death.
Information obtained from http://www.axtell-surname.org.uk and verified by obituary from The Blue Rapids newspaper.
In October 1860, taking his wife, mother and sister, he moved to Tipton, Iowa.
In August 1864, he shouldered a Springfleld rifle and marched to the front with Co. G, 15th Iowa Infantry. Jesse was with Sherman on his March to the Sea, rounded up at New York the next spring and marched in "The Grand Review" at Washington at the close of the war.
After returning from the war (1866) he moved to Deep River, Iowa and engaged in the mercantile business, beginning with four hundred dollars worth of goods and gradually increased his possessions till 1879, when he moved to Axtell, Kansas, where he also established himself in the general merchandise and lumber business.
He was Postmaster for many years in Deep River, Iowa, before going to Kansas.
In 1887 he disposed of his interests in Axtell, Kansas, and moved to Blue Rapids, a nearby town. Here he was interested in many projects; he established the Jesse Axtell Lumber company, he owned and operated two farms of 960 acres, stocked with cattle and sheep, was instrumental in the organization of two large plaster mills, one of which he was superintendent and the other general manager.
He was a life-long Presbyterian, active in all church work, a prohibitionist in the strictest sense, a staunch advocate for and a tireless worker for the prohibition amendment in Kansas, and a close personal friend of Gov. John P. St. John and co-operated with him in his reform movement.
He was full of good works, a strenuous advocate of pure morals. He was deeply interested in the Axtell genealogy, and gathered much material for Seth J. Axtell in his work. About 1915 he moved to Long Beach California and resided until his death.
Information obtained from http://www.axtell-surname.org.uk and verified by obituary from The Blue Rapids newspaper.
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