Matthew White Paxton was the son of Elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton and Elizabeth Hopkins White.
On 29 Nov 1893, newspaper publisher Matthew White Paxton, 36, born in Rockbridge Co., Virginia, the son of E Frank Paxton and Elizabeth H Paxton, married Mary Louisa Hopkins, 30, born in Lexington, Virginia, the daughter of David L and Louisa F Hopkins, in Lexington, Rockbridge Co., Virginia. Per Rockbridge Co., Virginia Marriage License and Return, Film # 007738894, Familysearch (see photo).
He was last on the 1930 Lexington, Virginia census. I found newspaper editor, Mathew W Paxton, 72, with his home valued at $15,000 and wife of 37 years, Mary L H Paxton, 67, both born in Virginia. They resided at 122 Nelson Street.
A very long article about Matthew W Paxton, titled TOO FAST THEY GO, THESE MEN OF HIGH PURPOSE from the Columbia Missourian, Columbia, Missouri, dated 4 Mar 1935. "The following article sketches an editor of the best type. He is Matthew White Paxton, an uncle of Mrs. Mary Paxton Keeley, of Columbia. Mr. Paxton died recently at Baltimore... Last week, in Lexington, Virginia, an editor of this fine old school, sent his paper to press for the last time. There was nothing of nation-wide news in the death of Matthew White Paxton as news is reckoned. But at Rockbridge county ___?___ the entire Old Dominion—the absence of Matthew Paxton is felt deeply. And to the profession of journalism, his passing symbolizes the passing of the type of journalism he represented—the finest traditions of his craft. Mr. Paxton was a product of the Old South, steeped in tradition, possessed of the high sense of honor and personal integrity that characterizes the finest of the southern gentlemen. His father, General Frank Paxton, of the Confederate army, died beside Stonewall Jackson on the field at Chancellorsville. From his father, perhaps, Matthew Paxton derived some of those traits of honesty and courage that marked his life. In 1888, Matthew Paxton acquired a newspaper. Its circulation was never to extend far beyound (sic) the boundaries of Rockbridge, Botetourt and Augusta counties, but the character and personality instilled in it by its creator marked it as a great weekly newspaper. The veneration and respect bestowed on it by those who knew it made it as valuable a public organ as the most widely read metropolitan sheet. Rockbridge County News Developed Influence The Rockbridge County News early developed a remarkable influence among those it served. A power in politics, its nonpartisan character exercised an influence only for the best in government. The honesty of the News was never questioned. Its courage was obvious. Editorial controversies characterized the deeply personal journalism of Paxton's early experience. Physical encounters with disgruntled opponents would never have deterred him. But the ideals that guided this editor's life aligned him always with the cause he believed in, popular opinion notwithstanding. The views of friends or relations failed to sway him in a fair pursuit of what he felt to be bis trust— the highest public good. His niece, Mary Paxton Keeley, now an instructor at Christian college, was frequently impressed with the strength of his convictions... Of his personal nature, Mary Paxton Keeley says: "I remember him as the kindest, gentlest, most whimsical of men." His paper reflected his charactrer faithfully... Journalism, all America, will suffer an irreparable loss with the passing of these men of another era. Matthew White Paxton was among the last of his kind... Published in the Rockbridge County News, Vol 51, #20, dated 14 Mar 1935.
Illness Fatal To Mr. M. W. Paxton In Baltimore Fri. - Sudden Death Of News Publisher Is Shock To Entire County.- Matthew White Paxton, publisher of the Rockbridge County News, died suddenly in Baltimore Friday morning shortly before noon. He had been accompanied to Baltimore Thursday night by his son, M. W. Paxton, Jr., to consult an occulist in that city concerning his failing eyesight. Deathrwas due to heart trouble. ! Mr. Paxton's interests here have been varied and he has served as legislator, government official and journalist in his native county of Rockbridge. Mr. Paxton was bom in Lexington, Virginia, May 26, 1857, of distinguished ancestry. He was the son of Confederate Frank Paxton, who fell in action at Chancellorsville, and was the great grandson of two Revolutionary soldiers, Captain William Paxton and Alexander McNutt. His mother was Elizabeth White, of Lexington. Educated at Washington and Lee diversity, Mr. Paxton first engaged in farming. He was elected the Virginia Legislature in 1883. He resigned this office to accept an appointment as Deputy United States Collector of Internal Revenue for western Virginia. This office he resigned to become editor of the Rockbridge County News, to which he devoted himself untiringly until his death. He was keen of judgment, able and fearless, and was widely respected and admired throughout the whole state. Mr. Paxton was active in politics for a number of years and was chairman of the Democratic couny committee of Rockbridge for everal terms, and was a delegate jo the Democratic National contention in Chicago in 1892. He was a man of high religious ideals and was a member of the Lexington Presbyterian church which for many years he served as a deacon. On November 29, 1893, Mr. Paxon married Mary Louisa Hopkins who survives him. She was a daughter of David Hopkins, of Lexington. Of their three sons, two died in infancy, and one survives, Matthew White Paxton, Jr., of Lexington. He is also survived by one brother, Frank Paxton, of Cherokee, Texas, and two grandsons, Matthew White Paxton, III, and Robert Owen Paxton. The remains of Mr. Paxton, accompanied by his son, arrived in Lexington early Saturday morning. Funeral services were conducted from the Lexington Presbyterian Church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Dr. James J. Murray, pastor of the church, officiated. Interment was made in the family plot in the Lexington cemetery. Pallbearers were: Stuart Moore, Hon. Frank Moore, Representative A, Willis Robertson, Samuel Dunap, John L. Campbell, Captain Greenlee D. Letcher, Captain E. L. Graham and John Johnstone. Published in the Lexington Gazette (Virginia), Vol 132, #9, dated 27 Feb 1935.
On 29 Nov 1893, newspaper publisher Matthew White Paxton, 36, born in Rockbridge Co., Virginia, the son of E Frank Paxton and Elizabeth H Paxton, married Mary Louisa Hopkins, 30, born in Lexington, Virginia, the daughter of David L and Louisa F Hopkins, in Lexington, Rockbridge Co., Virginia. Per Rockbridge Co., Virginia Marriage License and Return, Film # 007738894, Familysearch (see photo).
He was last on the 1930 Lexington, Virginia census. I found newspaper editor, Mathew W Paxton, 72, with his home valued at $15,000 and wife of 37 years, Mary L H Paxton, 67, both born in Virginia. They resided at 122 Nelson Street.
A very long article about Matthew W Paxton, titled TOO FAST THEY GO, THESE MEN OF HIGH PURPOSE from the Columbia Missourian, Columbia, Missouri, dated 4 Mar 1935. "The following article sketches an editor of the best type. He is Matthew White Paxton, an uncle of Mrs. Mary Paxton Keeley, of Columbia. Mr. Paxton died recently at Baltimore... Last week, in Lexington, Virginia, an editor of this fine old school, sent his paper to press for the last time. There was nothing of nation-wide news in the death of Matthew White Paxton as news is reckoned. But at Rockbridge county ___?___ the entire Old Dominion—the absence of Matthew Paxton is felt deeply. And to the profession of journalism, his passing symbolizes the passing of the type of journalism he represented—the finest traditions of his craft. Mr. Paxton was a product of the Old South, steeped in tradition, possessed of the high sense of honor and personal integrity that characterizes the finest of the southern gentlemen. His father, General Frank Paxton, of the Confederate army, died beside Stonewall Jackson on the field at Chancellorsville. From his father, perhaps, Matthew Paxton derived some of those traits of honesty and courage that marked his life. In 1888, Matthew Paxton acquired a newspaper. Its circulation was never to extend far beyound (sic) the boundaries of Rockbridge, Botetourt and Augusta counties, but the character and personality instilled in it by its creator marked it as a great weekly newspaper. The veneration and respect bestowed on it by those who knew it made it as valuable a public organ as the most widely read metropolitan sheet. Rockbridge County News Developed Influence The Rockbridge County News early developed a remarkable influence among those it served. A power in politics, its nonpartisan character exercised an influence only for the best in government. The honesty of the News was never questioned. Its courage was obvious. Editorial controversies characterized the deeply personal journalism of Paxton's early experience. Physical encounters with disgruntled opponents would never have deterred him. But the ideals that guided this editor's life aligned him always with the cause he believed in, popular opinion notwithstanding. The views of friends or relations failed to sway him in a fair pursuit of what he felt to be bis trust— the highest public good. His niece, Mary Paxton Keeley, now an instructor at Christian college, was frequently impressed with the strength of his convictions... Of his personal nature, Mary Paxton Keeley says: "I remember him as the kindest, gentlest, most whimsical of men." His paper reflected his charactrer faithfully... Journalism, all America, will suffer an irreparable loss with the passing of these men of another era. Matthew White Paxton was among the last of his kind... Published in the Rockbridge County News, Vol 51, #20, dated 14 Mar 1935.
Illness Fatal To Mr. M. W. Paxton In Baltimore Fri. - Sudden Death Of News Publisher Is Shock To Entire County.- Matthew White Paxton, publisher of the Rockbridge County News, died suddenly in Baltimore Friday morning shortly before noon. He had been accompanied to Baltimore Thursday night by his son, M. W. Paxton, Jr., to consult an occulist in that city concerning his failing eyesight. Deathrwas due to heart trouble. ! Mr. Paxton's interests here have been varied and he has served as legislator, government official and journalist in his native county of Rockbridge. Mr. Paxton was bom in Lexington, Virginia, May 26, 1857, of distinguished ancestry. He was the son of Confederate Frank Paxton, who fell in action at Chancellorsville, and was the great grandson of two Revolutionary soldiers, Captain William Paxton and Alexander McNutt. His mother was Elizabeth White, of Lexington. Educated at Washington and Lee diversity, Mr. Paxton first engaged in farming. He was elected the Virginia Legislature in 1883. He resigned this office to accept an appointment as Deputy United States Collector of Internal Revenue for western Virginia. This office he resigned to become editor of the Rockbridge County News, to which he devoted himself untiringly until his death. He was keen of judgment, able and fearless, and was widely respected and admired throughout the whole state. Mr. Paxton was active in politics for a number of years and was chairman of the Democratic couny committee of Rockbridge for everal terms, and was a delegate jo the Democratic National contention in Chicago in 1892. He was a man of high religious ideals and was a member of the Lexington Presbyterian church which for many years he served as a deacon. On November 29, 1893, Mr. Paxon married Mary Louisa Hopkins who survives him. She was a daughter of David Hopkins, of Lexington. Of their three sons, two died in infancy, and one survives, Matthew White Paxton, Jr., of Lexington. He is also survived by one brother, Frank Paxton, of Cherokee, Texas, and two grandsons, Matthew White Paxton, III, and Robert Owen Paxton. The remains of Mr. Paxton, accompanied by his son, arrived in Lexington early Saturday morning. Funeral services were conducted from the Lexington Presbyterian Church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Dr. James J. Murray, pastor of the church, officiated. Interment was made in the family plot in the Lexington cemetery. Pallbearers were: Stuart Moore, Hon. Frank Moore, Representative A, Willis Robertson, Samuel Dunap, John L. Campbell, Captain Greenlee D. Letcher, Captain E. L. Graham and John Johnstone. Published in the Lexington Gazette (Virginia), Vol 132, #9, dated 27 Feb 1935.
Matthew White Paxton was the son of Elisha Franklin "Bull" Paxton and Elizabeth Hopkins White.
On 29 Nov 1893, newspaper publisher Matthew White Paxton, 36, born in Rockbridge Co., Virginia, the son of E Frank Paxton and Elizabeth H Paxton, married Mary Louisa Hopkins, 30, born in Lexington, Virginia, the daughter of David L and Louisa F Hopkins, in Lexington, Rockbridge Co., Virginia. Per Rockbridge Co., Virginia Marriage License and Return, Film # 007738894, Familysearch (see photo).
He was last on the 1930 Lexington, Virginia census. I found newspaper editor, Mathew W Paxton, 72, with his home valued at $15,000 and wife of 37 years, Mary L H Paxton, 67, both born in Virginia. They resided at 122 Nelson Street.
A very long article about Matthew W Paxton, titled TOO FAST THEY GO, THESE MEN OF HIGH PURPOSE from the Columbia Missourian, Columbia, Missouri, dated 4 Mar 1935. "The following article sketches an editor of the best type. He is Matthew White Paxton, an uncle of Mrs. Mary Paxton Keeley, of Columbia. Mr. Paxton died recently at Baltimore... Last week, in Lexington, Virginia, an editor of this fine old school, sent his paper to press for the last time. There was nothing of nation-wide news in the death of Matthew White Paxton as news is reckoned. But at Rockbridge county ___?___ the entire Old Dominion—the absence of Matthew Paxton is felt deeply. And to the profession of journalism, his passing symbolizes the passing of the type of journalism he represented—the finest traditions of his craft. Mr. Paxton was a product of the Old South, steeped in tradition, possessed of the high sense of honor and personal integrity that characterizes the finest of the southern gentlemen. His father, General Frank Paxton, of the Confederate army, died beside Stonewall Jackson on the field at Chancellorsville. From his father, perhaps, Matthew Paxton derived some of those traits of honesty and courage that marked his life. In 1888, Matthew Paxton acquired a newspaper. Its circulation was never to extend far beyound (sic) the boundaries of Rockbridge, Botetourt and Augusta counties, but the character and personality instilled in it by its creator marked it as a great weekly newspaper. The veneration and respect bestowed on it by those who knew it made it as valuable a public organ as the most widely read metropolitan sheet. Rockbridge County News Developed Influence The Rockbridge County News early developed a remarkable influence among those it served. A power in politics, its nonpartisan character exercised an influence only for the best in government. The honesty of the News was never questioned. Its courage was obvious. Editorial controversies characterized the deeply personal journalism of Paxton's early experience. Physical encounters with disgruntled opponents would never have deterred him. But the ideals that guided this editor's life aligned him always with the cause he believed in, popular opinion notwithstanding. The views of friends or relations failed to sway him in a fair pursuit of what he felt to be bis trust— the highest public good. His niece, Mary Paxton Keeley, now an instructor at Christian college, was frequently impressed with the strength of his convictions... Of his personal nature, Mary Paxton Keeley says: "I remember him as the kindest, gentlest, most whimsical of men." His paper reflected his charactrer faithfully... Journalism, all America, will suffer an irreparable loss with the passing of these men of another era. Matthew White Paxton was among the last of his kind... Published in the Rockbridge County News, Vol 51, #20, dated 14 Mar 1935.
Illness Fatal To Mr. M. W. Paxton In Baltimore Fri. - Sudden Death Of News Publisher Is Shock To Entire County.- Matthew White Paxton, publisher of the Rockbridge County News, died suddenly in Baltimore Friday morning shortly before noon. He had been accompanied to Baltimore Thursday night by his son, M. W. Paxton, Jr., to consult an occulist in that city concerning his failing eyesight. Deathrwas due to heart trouble. ! Mr. Paxton's interests here have been varied and he has served as legislator, government official and journalist in his native county of Rockbridge. Mr. Paxton was bom in Lexington, Virginia, May 26, 1857, of distinguished ancestry. He was the son of Confederate Frank Paxton, who fell in action at Chancellorsville, and was the great grandson of two Revolutionary soldiers, Captain William Paxton and Alexander McNutt. His mother was Elizabeth White, of Lexington. Educated at Washington and Lee diversity, Mr. Paxton first engaged in farming. He was elected the Virginia Legislature in 1883. He resigned this office to accept an appointment as Deputy United States Collector of Internal Revenue for western Virginia. This office he resigned to become editor of the Rockbridge County News, to which he devoted himself untiringly until his death. He was keen of judgment, able and fearless, and was widely respected and admired throughout the whole state. Mr. Paxton was active in politics for a number of years and was chairman of the Democratic couny committee of Rockbridge for everal terms, and was a delegate jo the Democratic National contention in Chicago in 1892. He was a man of high religious ideals and was a member of the Lexington Presbyterian church which for many years he served as a deacon. On November 29, 1893, Mr. Paxon married Mary Louisa Hopkins who survives him. She was a daughter of David Hopkins, of Lexington. Of their three sons, two died in infancy, and one survives, Matthew White Paxton, Jr., of Lexington. He is also survived by one brother, Frank Paxton, of Cherokee, Texas, and two grandsons, Matthew White Paxton, III, and Robert Owen Paxton. The remains of Mr. Paxton, accompanied by his son, arrived in Lexington early Saturday morning. Funeral services were conducted from the Lexington Presbyterian Church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Dr. James J. Murray, pastor of the church, officiated. Interment was made in the family plot in the Lexington cemetery. Pallbearers were: Stuart Moore, Hon. Frank Moore, Representative A, Willis Robertson, Samuel Dunap, John L. Campbell, Captain Greenlee D. Letcher, Captain E. L. Graham and John Johnstone. Published in the Lexington Gazette (Virginia), Vol 132, #9, dated 27 Feb 1935.
On 29 Nov 1893, newspaper publisher Matthew White Paxton, 36, born in Rockbridge Co., Virginia, the son of E Frank Paxton and Elizabeth H Paxton, married Mary Louisa Hopkins, 30, born in Lexington, Virginia, the daughter of David L and Louisa F Hopkins, in Lexington, Rockbridge Co., Virginia. Per Rockbridge Co., Virginia Marriage License and Return, Film # 007738894, Familysearch (see photo).
He was last on the 1930 Lexington, Virginia census. I found newspaper editor, Mathew W Paxton, 72, with his home valued at $15,000 and wife of 37 years, Mary L H Paxton, 67, both born in Virginia. They resided at 122 Nelson Street.
A very long article about Matthew W Paxton, titled TOO FAST THEY GO, THESE MEN OF HIGH PURPOSE from the Columbia Missourian, Columbia, Missouri, dated 4 Mar 1935. "The following article sketches an editor of the best type. He is Matthew White Paxton, an uncle of Mrs. Mary Paxton Keeley, of Columbia. Mr. Paxton died recently at Baltimore... Last week, in Lexington, Virginia, an editor of this fine old school, sent his paper to press for the last time. There was nothing of nation-wide news in the death of Matthew White Paxton as news is reckoned. But at Rockbridge county ___?___ the entire Old Dominion—the absence of Matthew Paxton is felt deeply. And to the profession of journalism, his passing symbolizes the passing of the type of journalism he represented—the finest traditions of his craft. Mr. Paxton was a product of the Old South, steeped in tradition, possessed of the high sense of honor and personal integrity that characterizes the finest of the southern gentlemen. His father, General Frank Paxton, of the Confederate army, died beside Stonewall Jackson on the field at Chancellorsville. From his father, perhaps, Matthew Paxton derived some of those traits of honesty and courage that marked his life. In 1888, Matthew Paxton acquired a newspaper. Its circulation was never to extend far beyound (sic) the boundaries of Rockbridge, Botetourt and Augusta counties, but the character and personality instilled in it by its creator marked it as a great weekly newspaper. The veneration and respect bestowed on it by those who knew it made it as valuable a public organ as the most widely read metropolitan sheet. Rockbridge County News Developed Influence The Rockbridge County News early developed a remarkable influence among those it served. A power in politics, its nonpartisan character exercised an influence only for the best in government. The honesty of the News was never questioned. Its courage was obvious. Editorial controversies characterized the deeply personal journalism of Paxton's early experience. Physical encounters with disgruntled opponents would never have deterred him. But the ideals that guided this editor's life aligned him always with the cause he believed in, popular opinion notwithstanding. The views of friends or relations failed to sway him in a fair pursuit of what he felt to be bis trust— the highest public good. His niece, Mary Paxton Keeley, now an instructor at Christian college, was frequently impressed with the strength of his convictions... Of his personal nature, Mary Paxton Keeley says: "I remember him as the kindest, gentlest, most whimsical of men." His paper reflected his charactrer faithfully... Journalism, all America, will suffer an irreparable loss with the passing of these men of another era. Matthew White Paxton was among the last of his kind... Published in the Rockbridge County News, Vol 51, #20, dated 14 Mar 1935.
Illness Fatal To Mr. M. W. Paxton In Baltimore Fri. - Sudden Death Of News Publisher Is Shock To Entire County.- Matthew White Paxton, publisher of the Rockbridge County News, died suddenly in Baltimore Friday morning shortly before noon. He had been accompanied to Baltimore Thursday night by his son, M. W. Paxton, Jr., to consult an occulist in that city concerning his failing eyesight. Deathrwas due to heart trouble. ! Mr. Paxton's interests here have been varied and he has served as legislator, government official and journalist in his native county of Rockbridge. Mr. Paxton was bom in Lexington, Virginia, May 26, 1857, of distinguished ancestry. He was the son of Confederate Frank Paxton, who fell in action at Chancellorsville, and was the great grandson of two Revolutionary soldiers, Captain William Paxton and Alexander McNutt. His mother was Elizabeth White, of Lexington. Educated at Washington and Lee diversity, Mr. Paxton first engaged in farming. He was elected the Virginia Legislature in 1883. He resigned this office to accept an appointment as Deputy United States Collector of Internal Revenue for western Virginia. This office he resigned to become editor of the Rockbridge County News, to which he devoted himself untiringly until his death. He was keen of judgment, able and fearless, and was widely respected and admired throughout the whole state. Mr. Paxton was active in politics for a number of years and was chairman of the Democratic couny committee of Rockbridge for everal terms, and was a delegate jo the Democratic National contention in Chicago in 1892. He was a man of high religious ideals and was a member of the Lexington Presbyterian church which for many years he served as a deacon. On November 29, 1893, Mr. Paxon married Mary Louisa Hopkins who survives him. She was a daughter of David Hopkins, of Lexington. Of their three sons, two died in infancy, and one survives, Matthew White Paxton, Jr., of Lexington. He is also survived by one brother, Frank Paxton, of Cherokee, Texas, and two grandsons, Matthew White Paxton, III, and Robert Owen Paxton. The remains of Mr. Paxton, accompanied by his son, arrived in Lexington early Saturday morning. Funeral services were conducted from the Lexington Presbyterian Church Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Dr. James J. Murray, pastor of the church, officiated. Interment was made in the family plot in the Lexington cemetery. Pallbearers were: Stuart Moore, Hon. Frank Moore, Representative A, Willis Robertson, Samuel Dunap, John L. Campbell, Captain Greenlee D. Letcher, Captain E. L. Graham and John Johnstone. Published in the Lexington Gazette (Virginia), Vol 132, #9, dated 27 Feb 1935.
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