Sue wanted to let you know will send out pix next week Sorry so late and for any inconvience.Thanks for the info. Heading to Wheeling today to put flowers on gravesand will go thru Savannah. Its located on U.S. 250. Sue were was Andrew and his family buried at?? Ashland maybe? Anyway Ya'll have a great and safe weekend See ya'll next week Your cuz Chris

In April 1755, Major General Edward Braddock arrived in Alexandria, Virginia with a small army of British regulars. Contrary to popular belief, Braddock realized the need to adopt new methods of fighting in the American wilderness, but he was allowed only a brief and inadequate opportunity for retraining his men. Soon he began to move up Washington's Road into southwestern Pennsylvania to dislodge the French and capture Fort Duquesne. The Fort was held by 200 French regulars and militia, supported by many hundreds of Indians. In July, on the approach to the Fort, Braddock's column was ambushed by the Indians. Braddock was mortally wounded and buried in an unmarked grave in the road that now bears his name. Most of his army was slaughtered. It was the first major battle in the Seven Years War, known in America as the French and Indian War. In the months that followed Braddock's defeat, Indian warriors from beyond the Ohio and the Great Lakes devastated the American frontier settlements from New York to Virginia. Hundreds of pioneers were killed in these raids, and hundreds more were taken captive. Pioneers of western Pennsylvania, which included many Scot-Irish such as the Paxtons of the Marsh Creek settlement, bore the brunt of this terrible onslaught. English losses in Braddock's defeat were 853 officers and men, or about 75 percent of the English force engaged. George Washington's contingent of colonial militia, armed with Pennsylvania long rifles, were able to return fire with aimed shots from behind trees and rocks, and they have been credited with saving the survivors of Braddock's force. If the Gibsons and Paxton were with Braddock's army, it is most likely that they were in Washington's militia. Daniel Boone was a young teamster in Braddock's army. Britain ultimately won the Seven Years War, and emerged from this victory as the most powerful nation in the world.

Posted on: Paxton Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/pax/Paxton?read=66 Surname: Paxton, Nelson, Carnes ------------------------- I am looking for information about William Robert Joseph Paxton. He was married to Louise Virginia Nelson in 1950. Her parents were Teola And Frank Nelson of Greenville SC. William and Louise had a daughter Mildred Teola Paxton born Nov. 26, 1950.

Hello list, I am looking for the family of Jane Gibson from Cavan Co., Ireland, who married Nathaniel Paxton (No. 122-York Co., PA.). The Paxton book says, "Three brothers came with her (from Ireland and)....Two of them entered Braddock's army......." I believe I read that there was also a Paxton in Braddock's army--I have to re-read to find out his name. I actually have a bit more information about the Gibson's--2 sisters also came over at the same time. (Personal papers) But thought if I had the brothers first names it would be easier to track them down in Ireland--I hope! My question: Does anyone have any information about Braddock's army? Was this a unit in the Revolutionary War? I have, so far, drawn a blank in my looking on the web for it. I would like to try to get the Gibson brothers first names. Thank you. Sue

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Thank you for the information regarding the Iowa Paxtons. I don't think they are immediate family connections, but they are undoubtably cousins of some sort. Alice > From: Linda Paxton <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 20:44:03 -0700 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [PAXTON-L] Paxton Burials > Resent-From: [email protected] > Resent-Date: Sun, 7 May 2000 21:12:12 -0700 (PDT) > > Posted on: Paxton Queries > Board URL: > http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/pax/Paxton?read=65 > > Surname: Paxton > ------------------------- > > I came across these Paxton's in a listing for Fairview Cemetery at Madison > Township, Madison Co, Iowa. > > Paxton, George, b. 1843, d. 11-24-1881, apoplexy, h/o Margaret, Iowa 1st > Sgt. Co. H 19th * > Paxton, Jesse V., b. 1875, d. 1952 > Paxton, Margaret, b. 1847, d. 1905, w/o George > > > ==== PAXTON Mailing List ==== > Your Support Keeps RootsWeb Free! > http://www.rootsweb.com/rootsweb/how-to-subscribe.html > >

Posted on: Paxton Obituaries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/pax/PaxtonObits?read=197 Surname: Hunter, Paxton, Robertson, Petrie ------------------------- Frederick Post Frederick, MD April 19, 2000 Mrs. Wilma Paxton Mrs. Wilma Hunter Paxton, 88, of Frederick, formerly of Damascus, died Tuesday, April 18, at Citizens Nursing Home, Frederick. Born June 17, 1911, in Wilkinsburg, PA, she was a daughter of the late Charles M Sr., Olive Gray Hunter. Mrs. Paxton was a retired US government secretary. Before her illness, she was an active member of Damascus United Methodist Church. Surviving are one daughter, Diane Robertson and husband Charles of Poplar Grove, IL; one brother Charles Hunter of Longwood, FL; one sister Naomi Petrie and husband Graham of Frederick; two granddaughters; three great-grandchildren; and a number of nieces and nephews. Friends may call from 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 21, at Olin L. Molesworth Funeral Home, 26401 Ridge Road, Damascus, where funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. April 22. Interment will be in Damascus Methodist Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Damascus United Methodist Church, 9700 New Church St., Damascus, MD 20872.

Posted on: Paxton Queries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/pax/Paxton?read=65 Surname: Paxton ------------------------- I came across these Paxton's in a listing for Fairview Cemetery at Madison Township, Madison Co, Iowa. Paxton, George, b. 1843, d. 11-24-1881, apoplexy, h/o Margaret, Iowa 1st Sgt. Co. H 19th * Paxton, Jesse V., b. 1875, d. 1952 Paxton, Margaret, b. 1847, d. 1905, w/o George

Posted on: Paxton Obituaries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/pax/PaxtonObits?read=196 Surname: Mitchell, Paxton ------------------------- Rocky Mountain News Denver, CO April 21, 2000. Gladys Mitchell PAXTON, 87, of Lakewood died April 13. Services will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, April 22, at Runyan-Stevenson Capitol Mortuary. Mrs. Paxton was born in St. Joseph MO., on May 29, 1912. She married Lester Hardy Paxton, 1935. She was a homemaker. Survivors include daughter Lynne Paxton of California.

Posted on: Paxton Obituaries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/pax/PaxtonObits?read=195 Surname: Underwood, Paxton, Wright, Spires, Parks ------------------------- Bay City Times Bay City, MI April 12, 2000 Paxton, Joyce J. (Underwood) Panama City Beach, Florida formerly of Bay City, Michigan. Joyce J. (Underwood) Paxton, age 73 years, passed away Monday, April 3, 2000 in Florida. She was born in Bay City and moved to Florida from Hale, Michigan in 1993. Mrs. Paxton was a retired cook from Bangor Township Schools and was of the Methodist faith. She is survived by her husband of 13 years, George Paxton of Panama City Beach, Fl; Two daughters; Nancy Wright of Bay City and Linda Spires of Appleton, WI: Three brothers; Frank, Fred and Alfred Parks, all of Bay City; a sister, Polly Drouin of Traverse City; five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Cremation has taken place. Service will be held at a later date in Florida.

Posted on: Paxton Obituaries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/pax/PaxtonObits?read=194 Surname: Paxton, Rea, Griffith, Mendell, Marth ------------------------- Independence Examiner Independence, Missouri 31 March 2000 Jeannette K. Paxton Jeannette K. Paxton, 77, Independence, died Wednesday, March 29, 2000, at the Independence Regional Health Center. Mrs. Paxton was born Sept. 14, 1922, in Kansas City. She married John G. Paxton on Aug. 29, 1941, and lived the remainder of her life in Independence. She graduated from Central High School in 1938, and received her doctor's degree from the Kansas City School of Law in 1958. She practiced law in Independence with her husband in the firm of Paxton & Paxton until her retirement in 1993. She had served as executive secretary of the Eastern Jackson County Bar Association for 28 years. Her survivors include her husband, John G. Paxton of the home; her children, Judith Paxton Rea, Kansas City, and Meredith Paxton Griffith, San Antonio; and three grandchildren, John Paxton Mendell, Wichita, Kan., Donald Bryan Mendell, Lewisville, Texas, and Fairlee Mendell Marth, San Antonio. She is also survived by sons-in-law, Loren G. Rea, Buzz Griffith and Tom Mendell. Memorial services will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Speaks Suburban Chapel, Independence. Friends may call from 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday at the chapel. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests contributions to the First Presbyterian Church, 100 N. Pleasant, Independence, Mo. 64050.

Posted on: Paxton Obituaries Board URL: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/surnames/pax/PaxtonObits?read=193 Surname: Paxton, Johnston, Witcher, Weber, McDonald, Choate ------------------------- Midwest City Sun Midwest City, OK March 23, 2000 Norada Wenzola Paxton Services for Norada Wenzola Paxton, 89, Midwest City were held March 18 at Bill Eisenhour NE Chapel with interment in Jester Memorial Cemetery, Jester, Oklahoma. She passed away March 15. Norada taught school for thirty-five years in Oklahoma, Colorado, Montana and Oregon. She is survived by her daughters Malone Johnston & her husband of Dallas, Jo Anne Witcher of Midwest City; grandsons Gary & wife Donna Johnston, Darrell Johnston, James Weber, Michael Weber & wife Brandy, Joey Witcher & wife Lisa; 10 great grandchildren; brother Bobby McDonald of Marshall, Texas and sister Elizabeth Choate of Paducah, Kentucky. She was preceded in death by her parents, Karl & Lucy Belle McDonald; husband Joseph; 3 sisters and a brother.

Ancestry.com has the following for free searches. There are some Paxson/Paxton names on it. I did notice it must have been scanned. There are some typos on it, though. Pennsylvania Biographical Sketches http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/4557.htm Phil Rutledge [email protected]

Hi Wanda, Those are my ancestors. What can I do to help? Jeanne Wanda Rabb wrote: > I know we have someone on the list who descends from this line. If > this is your family, please contact me as I have another individual > who is a descendant and needs help. > > Thanks, > Wanda > > ==== PAXTON Mailing List ==== > You may search the PAXTON-L archives on the Rootsweb web site at: http://searches.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/listsearch.pl > In the surname field, type in PAXTON

I know we have someone on the list who descends from this line. If this is your family, please contact me as I have another individual who is a descendant and needs help. Thanks, Wanda

My appologies if this is not the correct method for changing mail status. My new e-mail address is [email protected] Please change your database and forward mail to this address. Thank you. Best Regards Iva Paxton Rising

My gggrandfather's name was Henry Paxton, I believe he was from Potsdam, New York - Lawrence County where my ggrandfather was born on 10-17-1856, his name was George Barney Paxton, grandfather married Jessie May Spencer on 3-28-1883 in Waterman, IL, ggrandfather died 3-4-1902 in Athol, South Dakota. Their children were: Nellie, Myrtle, Mabel, Ben & George Henry my grandfather who was born 8-13-1899 in Athol, South Dakota. He relocated to Illinois & married Mary Viola Stambaugh 7-9-1923 in Rushville, IL. Born to this union was my father Lewis Alfred Paxton on 4-27-1924 in Adair, IL. Does anyone have any information on this family line? Thanks for your help. GSP

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01BFAF16.0A8FC9C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi Jules, Welcome to the Paxton list. I am related to Jonas PAXTON of Bicester, and we are both related to Sir Joseph Paxton, born in Milton Bryan, BDF in 1803. I have extensive files on the PAXTONS in the home counties and hope to be able to help you. I attach what is hopefully your family, which shows that they came from Ford Dinton in BKM. His mother came from Thame, OXF. I will try and sort them out for you. Who is the other PAXTON researcher you mentioned? Regards, Eddie Richardson ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01BFAF16.0A8FC9C0 Content-Type: text/plain; name="richpaxt.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="richpaxt.txt" Dwelling: Green Hailey Census Place: Monks Risborough, Buckingham, England Source: FHL Film 1341356 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 1469 Folio 117 = Page 33 Marr Age Sex Birthplace Richard PAXTON M 40 M Ford, Buckingham, England Rel: Head Occ: Farmer Of 76 Acres Em 1 Man 1 Boy Mary PAXTON M 42 F Stoke Manderville, Buckingham,=20 England Rel: Wife Occ: Farmers Wife William A. PAXTON U 9 M Prestwood, Buckingham, England Rel: Son Occ: Scholar Frank J. PAXTON U 6 M Prestwood, Buckingham, England Rel: Son Occ: Scholar Rebecca PAXTON W 65 F Thame, Oxford, England Rel: Mother 1881 British Census 26 April, 2000 Copyright =A9 1999 by Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All = rights reserved. =20 ------=_NextPart_000_0010_01BFAF16.0A8FC9C0--