He was the son of Jacob Saxe (1783-1866) and Rowena Keith (1784-1873) of Sheldon, VT. His grandfather was one of the first settlers of Highgate, VT and his brothers founded Saxeville, WI. In 1880 he was President of the California State Medical Society, filling that office one year, and during the same year went to the Hawaiian Islands to study into the condition, character, and history of the disease of leprosy in those islands, making a report of the result of his investigations to that society during the following year. He was elected to represent his district in the California State Senate in 1884, which he filled with honor to himself and to the satisfaction of his constituents. He was married to Mary Elizabeth Judson in 1844 in Sheldon, VT. They had 2 sons.
He was the son of Jacob Saxe (1783-1866) and Rowena Keith (1784-1873) of Sheldon, VT. His grandfather was one of the first settlers of Highgate, VT and his brothers founded Saxeville, WI. In 1880 he was President of the California State Medical Society, filling that office one year, and during the same year went to the Hawaiian Islands to study into the condition, character, and history of the disease of leprosy in those islands, making a report of the result of his investigations to that society during the following year. He was elected to represent his district in the California State Senate in 1884, which he filled with honor to himself and to the satisfaction of his constituents. He was married to Mary Elizabeth Judson in 1844 in Sheldon, VT. They had 2 sons.
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