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THE NEBRASKA AND MIDWEST
GENEALOGICAL RECORD
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Vol. XI
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LINCOLN, NEBRASKA, JULY, 1933
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No. 3
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Edited by RAYMOND E.
DALE
Nebraska Historical Library, Lincoln, Nebraska
TABLE OF CONTENTS
SOME DESCENDANTS OF GEORGE
SEXTON
OF WESTFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS
Compiled by Raymond E. Dale, A.B. (a)
[Continued from Vol. XI, p. 24.]
57. ELIJAH7
SAXTON (Henry K.6
Philander5 Jasper4
James3-2 George1) was born
January 7, 1835, and died May 31, 1911. He married at Aurora,
Illinois, July 4,1864, Mary A. Griswold, who died February 4,
1929, aged 84 years. They lived at Warren's Corners, Niagara
County, New York, where he was a farmer.(b)
Children of Elijah7 and Mary A. (Griswold)
Saxton:
i. George, b. Sept. 7, 1867; m.
Apr. 16, 1901, Edith Lafler of Warren's Corners, living
(1933).
Child: 1. Evelyn, m. Virgil Duncan; lives at
Lockport, N. Y.
ii. William, b. June 19, 1869; living; wife
deceased; children.
iii. Minnie Maud (twin), b. July 2, 1875; d.
Jan. 24, 1881.
iv. Nettie Mabel (twin), b. July 2, 1875; m.
Apr. 9, 1896, Elmer R. Crosier of Pekin, Niagara
Co.,
N. Y.; lives at Pekin, N. Y. Child (surname
Crosier): 1. Gertrude, m. Aug. 11, 1927,
Eugene M. Weetry; living at Pekin; two children.
v. Earle, b. Feb. 21, 1884; unmarried.
58. FRANK A.7
SAXTON (Charles T.6
Philander5 Jasper4
James3-2 George1) was born
April 5, 1862. He married, June 15,
(a) This genealogy is based on the notes of Howard N. Saxton,
Albany, N. Y., and of James B. Saxton, Blissfield, Mich.
Information was also supplied by Miss Lula J. Saxton, Albany,
N. Y.; Mrs. Caroline L. Hart, Grand Ledge, Mich.; Miss Edith J.
Saxton, Lockport, N. Y., Herbert Saxton, Merrillville, Ind.;
Mrs. Elmer R. Crosier, Pekin, N. Y., Mrs. Clara Williams,
Whitewater, Wis.; Bert I. Saxton, Washington, D. C; Howard W.
Saxton, Washington, D. C.; Mrs. Carrie Saxton Graham,
Jamestown, N. Y.
(b) Data on this family supplied by Mrs. Elmer R. Crosier,
Pekin, N. Y.
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1887, Rhoda E. Saunders, who died February 25, 1898. He
was living (1932) at Buffalo, New York.(c)
Children of Frank A.7 and Rhoda E. (Saunders)
Saxton:
i. Edna A., b. Apr. 23, 1888; m.
Mar. 17, 1908, Lynn Titus.
ii. Florence M., b. June 6, 1890; m. July 29,
1909, Nelson Ridgway, lives in Detroit,
Mich.
iii. Homer C., b. Dec. 16, 1893; d. Feb. 15,
1894.
iv. Floyd A., b. Sept. 21, 1895; served in
France during the World War.
59. CHARLES
EDWIN7
SAXTON (Edwin6
Philander5 Jasper4
James3-2 George1) was born
September 6, 1866, at Lockport, New York. About 1890 he removed to
Springfield, Ohio, where he died May 31, 1930. He married, June 6,
1895, E. Theresa Webster, who died January 23,
1913.(c)
Children of Charles Edwin7 and E. Theresa
(Webster) Saxton:
i. Christine E., b. Dec. 30,1896,
m. Feb. 8, 1922, Harold Young lives at Springfield,
O. Children (surname Young). 1. Roger
Harold, b. May 6, 1926. 2. Robert G., b. June
2, 1927. 3. David E., b. Apr. 19, 1931.
ii. Wilda Theresa, b. Aug. 29, 1899; m. Sept.
24, 1924, Joseph Lindner; lives at
Springfield, O. Children (surname Lindner): 1.
Christine E., b. July 20, 1925. 2. Thomas
Joseph, b. July 27, 1928.
iii. Laura Eleanor, b. Feb. 21, 1901.
iv. Edwin Webster, b. July 12, 1908; m. July
12, 1930, Frances Reed.
v. Ethel Jeanette, b. July 3, 1910.
60. GEORGE
DONALD7
(George6 Horace5
Frederick4 James3 -2
George1) was born August 4, 1829, at Shelburne,
Vermont, and when a young man removed to Cleveland, Ohio, where he
married Mariah A. Cowan, born April 12, 1831. After living several
years at Cleveland he spent a few years in Canada, and in 1868, he
located at Wacousta, Clinton County, Michigan, where his wife died
in 1895. He died at Watertown Center, Michigan, in September,
1899.(d)
Children of George Donald7 and Mariah A.
(Cowan) Saxton:
i. George Harrington, b. Oct. 12, 1855,
Cleveland, O., removed to Minn., twice
married. Children by second wife: 1. George, b. June
10, 1897; deceased. 2. Fred, b. Apr. 2, 1899. 3. Agnes,
b. May 11, 1902. 4. Lillian, b. Sept. 9, 1907.
ii. William (twin), b. Feb. 20, 1859, Cleveland, O.;
m. at Howell, Mich., Ella J. Bush.
Children: 1. Frank A., b. Feb. 6, 1884; his children,
Ruth and Mary. 2. Guy Donald, b. Aug. 31, 1886;
married.
iii. Walter (twin), b. Feb. 20, 1859, Cleveland, O.;
m. Lettie Eldora Hunt of
Wacousta, Mich. Children: 1. Lloyd, b. Mar. 14, 1887;
twice married; one son, Willard, by last
(c) Data supplied by Miss Edith J. Saxton, Lockport, N. Y.
(d) Data supplied by Mrs. Caroline L. Hart, Grand Ledge,
Mich.
marriage. 2. Floy, b. Feb. 9, 1894; m. Carl
Miller. Children (surname Miller): 1.
Vaughn. 2. Shirley, a dau.
iv. Caroline Louisa, b. July 29, 1864, in
Canada; m. Nov. 2, 1881, Lansing,
Mich., Charles Hart, who died May 1, 1929
Children (surname Hart): 1. Millie
Lou, b. Jan. 3, 1884; m. Kenneth K. Hall, now
deceased; one daughter, 2. Orma Marie, b. Sept.
21, 1893; m. Clyde R. Taylor, now deceased; two
children.
v. Charles Edward, b. Aug. 31, 1867, in Canada;
m. Rose Engler; lives at Elsie,
Mich. Children: 1. Mildred, b. Aug. 5, 1891,
unmarried. 2. Francis, b. Oct. 3, 1893; married;
children. 3. Virga, b. July 30, 1897; married; children.
4. Walter, b. Aug. 23, 1901; married; children. 6.
Archie, b. Oct. 18, 1906, married, children. 6. Lilah, b.
May 6, 1908; deceased. 7. Saphrona, b. 1911; married;
children.
61. HENRY8
SAXTON (Ebenezer7-6-5
James4-3-2 George1) was born
at Merrillville, Indiana, March 20, 1852, and died at Gary,
Indiana. He married Bertha Reisig. Henry Saxton was a
farmer.(e)
Children of Henry8 and Bertha (Reisig)
Saxton:
i. Arthur E., b. Nov. 4, 1883,
Hammond, Ind.; d. Feb. 20, 1884.
ii. Cora May, b. Nov. 29, 1884; m. Fred Papka;
two children; lives at Gary, Ind.
iii. Floyd Dale, b. June 27, 1886 m. Greta
----- ; two sons; income tax collector;
lives at Gary, Ind.
iv. Earl Raymond, b. Sept. 30, 1894; d. Feb.
20, 1895.
62. ALVAH8
SAXTON (Ebenezer7-6-5
James4-3-2 George1) was born
at Merrillville, Indiana, September 18, 1854, and died there July
31, 1931. He married Jennie Pierce, who was born August 24, 1858,
and died March 26, 1926. He was a farmer.(e)
Children of Alvah8 and Jennie (Pierce)
Saxton:
i. Herbert, b. Mar. 16, 1882, m.
Nora Pierce, b. Jan. 13, 1884; carpenter; lives
at Merrillville, Ind.; children: 1. Geneva, b. Oct.
7, 1909; m. Lawrence Eberhardt (b. Feb. 15, 1907); one
child; lives at Merrillville, Ind. 2. Edith,
b. June 28, 1914. 3. Alma, b. June 10, 1917.
ii. Edna, b. July 3, 1885; d. June 4, 1929,
Merrillville, Ind.; m. Charles Boyd
(b. Mar. 31, 1885),
iii. Irma, b. June 12, 1890; m. 1st, Willis
Sader (d. Oct. 13, 1917); m. 2nd, Albert
Custin (b. Sept. 12, 1865; d. Dec. 23, 1929).
Children (surname Sader): 1. Mabel, b. Mar.
14 1914; m. Hilton Guernsey, b. June 3, 1912; one child.
2. Clifford, b. Oct. 21, 1916.
iv. Harry, d. young
v. Myra, d. young.
63. BERTRUM8
SAXTON (Noble7
Ebenezer6-5 James4-3-2
George1) was born at Merrillville, Indiana,
October 4, 1870, and lives at Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin. He
married, first, Jessie Underwood, who died August 9, 1903;
secondly, Gertrude Schoelkolf. (f)
(e) Data supplied by Herbert Saxton, Merrillville, Ind.
(f) Information given by Mrs. Clara Williams, Whitewater,
Wis.
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Children of Bertrum8 and Jessie (Underwood)
Saxton:
i. Ray Darriel, b. Jan. 27, 1898,
m. Vivian Flint, employed by Sears, Roebuck &
Co.,
Minneapolis, Minn.
ii. Courtney McKinley, b. Sept. 13, 1900;
teaches in Wisconsin.
iii. Willis S., b. Aug. 1, 1903 m. Agnes
Minten; employed by Gary Heat & Light Co
Child: 1. Vernon Dale, b. May 29, 1932.
64. STEPHEN
PRATT8 SAXTON (Raymond
William7 John6
William5 James4-3-2
George1) was born June 19, 1826, and died June
15, 1877. He married Clarissa Gurney, daughter of Benjamin and
Meriba (Sisson) Gurney of Maryland, New York. She died November 1,
1909.(g)
Children of Stephen Pratt8 and Clarissa
(Gurney) Saxton:
i. Maude, d. young.
ii. Gurney, b. Dec. 26, 1867; m. May 29, 1889,
Esther Wilber, b. Jan. 30, 1867,
daughter of John I. and Isadore (Worden) Wilber,
lives at Schenevous, N. Y. Children: 1. Edith, b.
Oct. 23, 1890; m. ---- Gerling,, now deceased; 3
children; lives at Westville, N. Y. 2. Raymond, b. Nov.
11, 1893; wounded in World War; unmarried. 3. Kathleen,
b. Dec. 1902; a teacher on Long Island.
65. JOHN
LAVERN8
SAXTON (Raymond William7
John6 William5
James4-3-2 George1) was born
in Otsego County, New York, September 26, 1829, where he died at
the home of his father, October 15, 1874. He married Frances
Louise Newell, daughter of John and Harriet (Hecox) Newell of
Milford, New York. She was born at Laurens, New York, April 26,
1834, and died at Albany, New York, September 8,
1924.(g)
Child of John Lavern8 and Frances Louise
(Newell) Saxton:
i. Harold Newell, b. Dec. 30, 1867, Milford, Otsego
Co., N. Y.; m. June 26, 1903,
Ada Amelia Himmelsbach of Buffalo, N. Y. Children:
1. Harold Himmelsbach, b. Apr. 2, 1904; married; 1
son and 1 daughter; a physician of Mayville, N. Y. 2.
Katherine Stewart, b. Oct. 27, 1905; m. Donald Van Wormer
of Slingerlands, N. Y.; lives on Long Island; 1 son and 1
daughter.
66. HARVEY
EUGENE8
SAXTON (Raymond William7
John6 William5
James4-3-2 George1) was born
January 3, 1833, and died at his father's home at Westville,
Otsego County, New York, November 25, 1872. He married, first,
December, 1854, Elizabeth, daughter of Andrew Bice; secondly,
November 22, 1857, Mary Coons, who died in California, December
18, 1918.(g)
Child of Harvey Eugene8 and Elizabeth (Bice)
Saxton:
i. Andrew Bice, b. Apr. 5, 1856; m. Mar. 25, 1885,
Harriet Armstrong, b. Feb. 22,
1858, daughter of John and Marcia (Brownell)
Armstrong; lives at Oneonta, N. Y. Children: 1.
Amy, b. Nov. 12, 1887; d. Aug. 31, 1888. 2. Bernice b.
Oct. 15, 1889; a teacher at Oneonta, N. Y. 3. Marcia, b.
Oct. 15, 1894; m. John Capron.
(g) From records collected by Miss Lula J. Saxton, Albany, N.
Y.
Children of Harvey Eugene8 and Mary (Coons)
Saxton:
ii. William, b. Jan. 22, 1860; lives in
Coronado, Calif.
iii. Arthur, b. June, 1867; deceased.
67. WILLIAM
RAYMOND8
SAXTON (Raymond William7
John6 William5
James4-3-2 George1) was born
at Westville, New York, August 24, 1850, and married, first,
December 18, 1877, Frances Nellis, daughter of David and Cornelia
(Grassfield) Nellis of Westville, New York. She died December 26,
1879, and he married, secondly, November 25, 1885, Ella Jewell,
daughter of Myron and Jeanette (Reed) Jewell, born January 10,
1860. She died June 18, 1924. He died at Oneonta, New York, March
11, 1933.(g)
Children of William Raymond8 and Ella
(Jewell) Saxton:
i. Erma May, b. Mar. 28, 1887, Milford,
N. Y.; m. Sept. 7, 1909 Carl Bedford,
Oneonta, N. Y.; lives at Oneonta, N. Y. Child
(surname Bedford): 1. William Saxton.
ii. J. Leon, b. Feb. 18, 1889; d. Jan. 27,
1893.
iii. Marie Jean, b. July 14, 1894; m. Mar. 5, 1922,
Guy Fisher; lives at Phoenix,
Ariz. Children (surname Fisher): 1.
John. 2. Peter.
68. EDWARD
PRATT8
SAXTON (Raymond William7
John6 William5
James4-3-2 George1) was born
February 5, 1854, at Galway, New York. He graduated from the
Delaware Literary Institute in 1873 and was a teacher most of his
life. He married Alida Viola Tipple, daughter of Charles Edward
and Polly (Chase) Tipple of Chaseville, New York, born June 28,
1854, a descendant on her father's side from the Dutch families of
the Hudson Valley, and on her mother's side from William Chase of
Yarmouth, Massachusetts. Edward Pratt Saxton was killed by an
automobile, July 5, 1919. His widow and daughter live in Albany,
New York. The children were born at Westville, New
York.(g)
Children of Edward Pratt8 and Alida Viola
(Tipple) Saxton:
i. Raymond Merrill, b. Oct. 22,
1879, d. Sept. 1, 1884.
ii. Carl Edward, b. Feb. 19, 1881; d. Dec. 6,
1883.
iii. Pierre William, b. Dec. 1,1884; graduate
of Harvard College; m. Oct. 5, 1915,
Ethel Clements Kenyon (b. Apr. 4, 1890) of Cazenovia,
N. Y., a graduate of Wellesley; he is Assistant
Comptroller for American Telephone and Telegraph Company;
they live at Bronxville, N. Y.
iv. Lula Josephine, b. Aug. 4, 1886; graduate
of Syracuse University Library School;
Chief Index Clerk in the New York State Department of
Agriculture and Markets; lives in Albany, N. Y.
69. JAMES W.8
SAXTON (Simeon Niles7
John6 William5
James4-3-2 George1) was born
at Middlefield, New York, August 6, 1835, and died May 9, 1919. He
married, October 10, 1858, Josephine Amelia Son, born May 6, 1839,
daughter of William and Mary (Bloodgood) Son. She died in August,
1932.(g)
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Children of James W.8 and Josephine Amelia
(Son) Saxton:
i. George, b. Nov. 3, 1859; m. Cora
Thayer; 1 son and 3 daughters.
ii. Anna J., b. Oct. 13, 1861; m. Mar. 10,
1881, George Henry Cornish (b. Mar. 17,
1857, d. Sept. 3, 1927), son of Judson Wade and
Hannah (Gano) Cornish; 5 sons and 4 daughters.
iii. Mary E., b. Dec. 28, 1863, m. 1st, William
Hurd, now deceased. Child (surname
Hurd): 1. Bethia. Married 2nd, Isaac
Russell; 2 daughters.
iv. Charles L., b. Jan. 9, 1865, m. Jan. 7,
1892, Mercy Cornell; lives at Oneonta,
N. Y.; only son Charles L., killed in World War; 2
daughters, one living.
v. Grover W., b. Oct. 28, 1867, m. Lina
Baldwin, daughter of Almarin and Martha
(Boardman) Baldwin; lives at Wilkesbarre, Pa.
Children: 1. Guy, married. 2. Myra, married. 3. Lyle,
married.
vi. Minnie M., b. Oct. 20, 1869; m. 1st, Eugene
Andrews, now deceased. Children
(surname Andrews): 1. James. 2.
Harvey. 3. Florence, deceased. She m. 2nd,
----- Smith; lives at Cooperstown N. Y.
vii. Jay B., b. Feb. 16, 1871; m. Dec. 28, 1892,
Elizabeth Ellett; farmer and merchant,
lives at Cooperstown, N. Y. Children: 1. Frances, b.
Sept. 19, 1893. 2. Leona, b. Aug. 4, 1896. 3. Frieda, b.
Apr. 16, 1898. 4. Mildred, b. Dec. 20, 1900; d. Aug. 27,
1917. 5. Harold, b. Nov. 2, 1902.
viii. Belle, b. June 26, 1874; m. Lucien Bowen; 4
children.
ix. Lillian, b. May 26, 1876; d. June 24,
1895.
x. James, b. Mar. 22, 1883; m. Myrtle
Swift Cornish.
70. JOHN8
SAXTON (Simeon Niles7
John6 William5
James4-3-2 George1) was born
August 28, 1832, and died at Scranton, Pennsylvania. He married
September 30, 1853, at Middlefield, New York, Margaret Ann Moak,
daughter of Jacob and Amy (Cleveland) Moak. She was born October
10, 1840, at Decatur, New York, and died March 13, 1904, at
Cooperstown, New York.(g)
Children of John8 and Margaret Ann (Moak)
Saxton:
i. William E., b. Mar. 2, 1857,
Middlefield, N. Y.; m. Mary Seybolt.
ii. Arthelia, b. Dec. 12, 1861; d. Mar. 27,
1876, Cooperstown, N. Y.
71. SIMEON
NILES8
SAXTON (Simeon Niles7
John6 William5
James4-3-2 George1) was born
December 16, 1843. He married, first, March 14, 1874,
Maria8 Saxton, daughter of Raymond William7
and Mary Ann (Newton) Saxton, his cousin. She died January 10,
1877, and he married, secondly, April 10, 1879, Harriet Sayre,
born June 6, 1851, who is still living. He died in 1918.(g)
Child of Simeon Niles8 and Harriet (Sayre)
Saxton:
i. Wilbur Sayre, b. Feb. 14, 1882; a
graduate of' the college of engineering,
Cornell University; married; two children.
72. FRANCES G.8
SAXTON (Jacob T.7
John6 William5
James4-3-2 George1) was born
at Canandaigua, New York, January 9, 1838,
and died at Washington, D. C., July 8, 1896. He married,
September 3, 1868, at Lawrenceville, Allegheny County,
Pennsylvania, Adelia B. Inscho, who was born in Tioga County,
Pennsylvania, September 15, 1836, and died at Corning, New York,
September 17, 1893. The oldest child was born and died at
Lawrenceville, Pennsylvania, the other children were born at
Washington, D. C.(h)
Children of Frances G.8 and Adelia B.
(Inscho) Saxton:
i. Harry I., b. May 30, 1869; d.
Sept. 10, 1869.
ii. Arthur E., b. Aug. 6, 1870; living.
iii. Frank J., b. Jan. 6, 1872, living.
iv. Bert I., b. June 30, 1873; m. Oct. 21,
1896, May E. Hawke; lives at Washington,
D. C. Child: 1. Minnie Adelia, b. Aug 3, 1897; m.
Sept. 12, 1917, Edwin G. Bliss; a daughter, Elizabeth G.,
b. Sept. 21, 1923.
v. Louis P., b. Apr. 26, 1876; living.
73. JOY
HANDY8
SAXTON (John7
Asa6 James5-4-3-2
George1) was born in New York State in 1841, and
died at Belvidere, Illinois, in 1917. He married Matilda Herbert,
who was born in 1850.(i)
Children of Joy Handy8 and Matilda (Herbert)
Saxton:
i. Paul, b. Luverne, Minn.; d. in
infancy.
ii. Gertrude C., b. 1876, Belvidere, Ill.; d.
there 1911.
iii. Herbert (twin) b. 1877 Belvidere, Ill. d.
in infancy.
iv. Mary A. (twin), b. 1877, Belvidere,
Ill.
v. Irving W., b. 1879, Belvidere, Ill.
vi. Ruth Emma, b. 1886, Luverne, Minn.; m. N.
W. Wilcox.
vii. Howard Herbert, b. 1889, Luverne, Minn.; lives
at Washington, D. C.
viii. Lilian Margaret, b. 1891, Luverne, Minn.; d.
1920, Belvidere, Ill.
74. ALMERON8
SAXTON (Jerome7
Daniel6 James5-4-3-2
George1) was born January 9, 1847, and died at
Jamestown, New York, April 22, 1920. His wife was Christine
Swanson.(j)
Children of Almeron8 and Christine (Swanson)
Saxton:
i. Carrie B., b. Dec. 20, 1867; m.
Mar. 29, 1888, Frank L. Graham; lives at
Jamestown, N. Y.
ii. Guy J., b. July 30, ----, d. Nov. 25 1930,
Glenrock, Wyo, m. Wilhemina Getter.
Child: 1, Almera, m. H. Zimmerman.
iii. Lynn, b. July 10, ----; d. Sept. 9,
1906.
iv. Fred G., b. Jan. 14, 1883, m. 1st, Grace
Stearns. Child: 1. Anna.
He m. 2nd, Lou Jocelyn. Children: 2. Ross. 3.
Lillian.
v. H. Glenn, b. Apr. 22, 1885; m. 1st, Lillian
Ensign. Children: 1. Harry E.,
b. Dec. 5, 1910; m. May 15, 1929, Shirley Saylor;
children, Richard Lynn and Robert Glenn. 2. Katherine, b.
Dec. 31, 1913. 3. Lynn, b. Sept. 26, 1920.
(h) From records supplied by Bert I. Saxton, Washington, D. C.
(i) Howard W. Saxton, Washington, D. C., kindly furnished this
information,
(j) Family records sent by Mrs. Carrie Saxton Graham,
Jamestown, N. Y.
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