Alexander McNutt Paxton, Sr. was the son of Elisha Paxton and Margaret McNutt. He was born in Lexington, Rockbridge Co., Virginia, in 1814 and died 17 Jun 1886.
Alex. M. Paxton, born 1814, Lexington, (attended or graduated) 1833, ran an Iron Mfr., resided in Vicksburg Miss. Source: University of Virginia: Its History, Influence, Equipment and Characteristics, with Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Founders, Benefactors, Officers and Alumni, Volume 2, edited by Paul Brandon Barringer, James Mercer Garnett, Rosewell Page, 1904, p 54. It includes several other Paxton kin, Andrew J., General Elisha F., Chas B, and McNutt Paxton.
Papers of A. M. Paxton and the Paxton family by Alexander McNutt Paxton, University of Virginia student, 1833-1834, includes data on his son, and others. Includes R.E. Lee letter, [18]66 Jan. 26, Lexington, Virginia.; and "The Rockbridge Co., Virginia., Paxtons", by William P. Houston, 1894; as well as correspondence, newspaper articles, obituaries, certificates, commissions, wills, and estate inventories
He married Mary Louisa Ellis on 10 Jul 1837 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where she grew up. It is listed in the 1838 A M Paxton Bible Family Record, Marriages at the top of the page ("Alexander McNutt Paxton of Vicksburg Mifs and Mary Louisa Ellis of Fredericksburg, Virginia were married July 10 1837.")
Their Paxton children (some need verification):
Louisa, abt 1837, died young?
Wm Gallatin, 24 Aug 1838 (Lucy Gibbs 17 Apr 1867) below
Eudora Anderson, 20 Sep 1840-30 Apr 1845 (bible)
Elizabeth, abt 1843, died young?
Robert Ellis, 2 Nov 1844 - 1908, below
Charles Buckner, 21 Aug 1846, below
McNutt N., 31 Jul 1848 - 1870, below
Mary Margaret "Mollie," abt 1850 - 1 Apr 1921, (Wm Lee Greene) below
Annie Ellis, 10 Aug 1853 - 1879, below
Alexander McNutt, 21 Feb 1857, below
On the 1850 Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi census, I found lawyer A. M. Paxton, 36 with $10K in real estate; Mary L., 31; Wm G., 12; Robert E., 6; Charles B., 4; (male) McNutt, 2; Louisa, 13 and Elizabeth, 7. All kids Mississippi born and parents in Virginia, p 200.
On the 11 Jun 1860 Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi census, I found Lawyer A. M. Paxtor, 47, with $15K in real estate and $65K in personal property; Mary L., 38; students A. M., 21 and Robert, 15 plus Charles, 13; McNutt, 11; Mary, 9; Anna, 6 and Alex., 3. All Mississippi born, except parent, in Virginia, p 899.
1861-1862: A Vicksburg, Mississippi business called A. M. Paxton & Company was a Confederate Manufacturer, doing finishing work on guns cast by Quinby & Robinson and A. B. Reading & Brother. There is no evidence that the firm actually cast guns of its own. They made a minimum of 14 bronze 6 pounder guns between 10 Dec 1861 and 14 Jul 1862. A 10 Dec 1861 invoice by Paxton lists "finishing 2 guns and 1 howitzer" at $75. Son Wm G Paxton was a member of this firm and was a foundry machinist and manufacturer. Wm purchased the foundry and machine shop in 1853. (see Familysearch and Federal and Confederate Manufacturers listed at civilwarartillery(.com). Plus in Field Artillery Weapons of the Civil War, by James C. Hazlett, Edwin Olmstead, M. Hume Parks, 1983 & 2004, IL, p 61, 68, 229, 305, 321.). A foundry produces metal castings.
On the 1870 Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi census, I found foundry man A. M. Paxton, 56 residing with other Paxtons; keeping house M.L., 52; foundry man R.E., 26; engineer (?) Chas., 24; Anne, 16 and Alex., 13. All Mississippi born except parents, Virginia born. The 1850 to 1870 censuses do not give the relationship, like son or daughters, etc.
Daughter Mollie M. Paxton marries Wm Lee Greene (1846-1879), 18 Jan 1870 in Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi and had: Mary Virginia "Virgie," Martha C. and Annie Lee.
The Sigma Chi Fraternity Manual and Directory, p 27 includes in 1877 Alexander McNutt Paxton, Jr., Banker, Vicksburg, Miss. On same page, 1880 is E. Frank Paxton, farmer in Cherokee, TX.
On the 1880 Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi census, I found W.G. (sic) Paxton, 66, manuf. machinery; wife Mary L. Paxton, 52; son and clerk in factory Chas. Paxton, 33; works in factory Alex. M. Paxton, 22; widowed daughter Mary P. Green, 28; grandson (sic) Virgie Green, 6; granddaughters: Mattie, 5 and Anne L., 1. Again, all Mississippi born, except parents, Virginia born and the their parents were all born in Virginia. (Should have says A M Paxton instead).
On the 1900 Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi census, Alexander's widow and family are together. I found Mrs. A. M. Paxton, 84, Jan 1816, had 8 kids, with 4 living, Virginia born; real estate agent son C. B. Paxton, 53, Aug 1846; widowed daughter Mrs. M. P. Greene, 49, May 1851, had 5 kids, 3 living; son bank clerk A. M. Paxton, 43; Feb 1857; grand daughters: school teacher Virginia M. Greene, 26, Aug 1874 and Al__n or Annie Lee Greene, 20, Apr 1880. All Mississippi born, except Mrs. A. M. Paxton, in Virginia.
See The Papers of Jefferson David: 1841-1846 by Jefferson Davis, p 39 mentions Andrew Jackson Paxton's elder brothers Alexander McNutt Paxton and William H. Paxton had a law practice in Vicksburg.
Check out Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, Part 2, by Firebird Press, 1999, p 506. Lots of data on his family (A.G, A.J., W.G. & C.B.) but it has errors and leads. Part 1 includes W.G.
The www.vicksburg(.org) genealogy section under "Tombstone Records" confirm A. M. Paxton, born "1814" is buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery with rest of his family. He is beside his wife it appears from the order they are listed in in B,2, 56. It is in the name of his son Robert Paxton, like the rest of his family buried there.
His obituary was in The Clarion (Jackson, Mississippi), dated 23 Jun 1886 plus the Weekly Commercial Herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.), 25 Jun 1886, "A M Paxton is Dead, Vicksburg Commercial Herald, 19th. Another old familiar face will be missed on our streets. The city that knew him so long and so well, that trusted and honored him, will know Alexander M Paxton no more. He died at the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Starkville, at one o'clock Thursday night. He left here last Saturday in his usual health to attend, as one of its Trustees, the Commencement exercises of the A & M College. He died suddenly from an attack of congestion of the stomach. His death was so sudden, that members of his family had not time to reach him, after hearing of his dangerous illness, before he breathed his last. Maj. Alexander M Paxton was born in Rockbridge county, near Lexington, Virginia, on the 17th of March 1814. He was reared in Virginia, and graduated in old Washington College, now Washington and Lee University, and in the law school of the University of Virginia. He came to Mississippi in 1835, and reached Vicksburg on Christmas day of that year. He entered on the practice of law and continued in the profession until 1852, when he went into the foundry business, which he continued in up to the day of his death. A very few of our older citizens remember young Alexander Paxton, the lawyer, but the Paxton foundry has, for more than thirty years, been a prominent industry in our city." Thursday was the 17th.
Major Paxton was married in 1837 to Miss Ellis of Fredericksburg, Virginia. The fruits of the marriages were eight children, three of whom are dead, and five living, four sons and a daughter. He leaves a widow and five children and a number of grand-children to morn their loss.
In habit, Major Paxton was temperate, kind, social and thrifty. He was universally liked by all who knew him well, and was an earnest, good citizen. School work was a labor of love with him and when he died he was a school trustee of Vicksburg, and one of the trustees of the A & M College. He was always an active worker in public duties, and shirked no duty, however humble or laborious, if he could serve his city, county or State.
Farewell, kind friend. May you find eternal rest, and may fortune deal gently with those near and dear to you, whose hearts are wrung with grief to-day.
His obit says he died on Thursday (the 17th) and the A M Paxton 1838 Holy Bible, under Deaths, says "Alexander McNutt Paxton June 18th 1886."
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Alexander McNutt Paxton, Sr. was the son of Elisha Paxton and Margaret McNutt. He was born in Lexington, Rockbridge Co., Virginia, in 1814 and died 17 Jun 1886.
Alex. M. Paxton, born 1814, Lexington, (attended or graduated) 1833, ran an Iron Mfr., resided in Vicksburg Miss. Source: University of Virginia: Its History, Influence, Equipment and Characteristics, with Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Founders, Benefactors, Officers and Alumni, Volume 2, edited by Paul Brandon Barringer, James Mercer Garnett, Rosewell Page, 1904, p 54. It includes several other Paxton kin, Andrew J., General Elisha F., Chas B, and McNutt Paxton.
Papers of A. M. Paxton and the Paxton family by Alexander McNutt Paxton, University of Virginia student, 1833-1834, includes data on his son, and others. Includes R.E. Lee letter, [18]66 Jan. 26, Lexington, Virginia.; and "The Rockbridge Co., Virginia., Paxtons", by William P. Houston, 1894; as well as correspondence, newspaper articles, obituaries, certificates, commissions, wills, and estate inventories
He married Mary Louisa Ellis on 10 Jul 1837 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, where she grew up. It is listed in the 1838 A M Paxton Bible Family Record, Marriages at the top of the page ("Alexander McNutt Paxton of Vicksburg Mifs and Mary Louisa Ellis of Fredericksburg, Virginia were married July 10 1837.")
Their Paxton children (some need verification):
Louisa, abt 1837, died young?
Wm Gallatin, 24 Aug 1838 (Lucy Gibbs 17 Apr 1867) below
Eudora Anderson, 20 Sep 1840-30 Apr 1845 (bible)
Elizabeth, abt 1843, died young?
Robert Ellis, 2 Nov 1844 - 1908, below
Charles Buckner, 21 Aug 1846, below
McNutt N., 31 Jul 1848 - 1870, below
Mary Margaret "Mollie," abt 1850 - 1 Apr 1921, (Wm Lee Greene) below
Annie Ellis, 10 Aug 1853 - 1879, below
Alexander McNutt, 21 Feb 1857, below
On the 1850 Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi census, I found lawyer A. M. Paxton, 36 with $10K in real estate; Mary L., 31; Wm G., 12; Robert E., 6; Charles B., 4; (male) McNutt, 2; Louisa, 13 and Elizabeth, 7. All kids Mississippi born and parents in Virginia, p 200.
On the 11 Jun 1860 Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi census, I found Lawyer A. M. Paxtor, 47, with $15K in real estate and $65K in personal property; Mary L., 38; students A. M., 21 and Robert, 15 plus Charles, 13; McNutt, 11; Mary, 9; Anna, 6 and Alex., 3. All Mississippi born, except parent, in Virginia, p 899.
1861-1862: A Vicksburg, Mississippi business called A. M. Paxton & Company was a Confederate Manufacturer, doing finishing work on guns cast by Quinby & Robinson and A. B. Reading & Brother. There is no evidence that the firm actually cast guns of its own. They made a minimum of 14 bronze 6 pounder guns between 10 Dec 1861 and 14 Jul 1862. A 10 Dec 1861 invoice by Paxton lists "finishing 2 guns and 1 howitzer" at $75. Son Wm G Paxton was a member of this firm and was a foundry machinist and manufacturer. Wm purchased the foundry and machine shop in 1853. (see Familysearch and Federal and Confederate Manufacturers listed at civilwarartillery(.com). Plus in Field Artillery Weapons of the Civil War, by James C. Hazlett, Edwin Olmstead, M. Hume Parks, 1983 & 2004, IL, p 61, 68, 229, 305, 321.). A foundry produces metal castings.
On the 1870 Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi census, I found foundry man A. M. Paxton, 56 residing with other Paxtons; keeping house M.L., 52; foundry man R.E., 26; engineer (?) Chas., 24; Anne, 16 and Alex., 13. All Mississippi born except parents, Virginia born. The 1850 to 1870 censuses do not give the relationship, like son or daughters, etc.
Daughter Mollie M. Paxton marries Wm Lee Greene (1846-1879), 18 Jan 1870 in Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi and had: Mary Virginia "Virgie," Martha C. and Annie Lee.
The Sigma Chi Fraternity Manual and Directory, p 27 includes in 1877 Alexander McNutt Paxton, Jr., Banker, Vicksburg, Miss. On same page, 1880 is E. Frank Paxton, farmer in Cherokee, TX.
On the 1880 Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi census, I found W.G. (sic) Paxton, 66, manuf. machinery; wife Mary L. Paxton, 52; son and clerk in factory Chas. Paxton, 33; works in factory Alex. M. Paxton, 22; widowed daughter Mary P. Green, 28; grandson (sic) Virgie Green, 6; granddaughters: Mattie, 5 and Anne L., 1. Again, all Mississippi born, except parents, Virginia born and the their parents were all born in Virginia. (Should have says A M Paxton instead).
On the 1900 Vicksburg, Warren Co., Mississippi census, Alexander's widow and family are together. I found Mrs. A. M. Paxton, 84, Jan 1816, had 8 kids, with 4 living, Virginia born; real estate agent son C. B. Paxton, 53, Aug 1846; widowed daughter Mrs. M. P. Greene, 49, May 1851, had 5 kids, 3 living; son bank clerk A. M. Paxton, 43; Feb 1857; grand daughters: school teacher Virginia M. Greene, 26, Aug 1874 and Al__n or Annie Lee Greene, 20, Apr 1880. All Mississippi born, except Mrs. A. M. Paxton, in Virginia.
See The Papers of Jefferson David: 1841-1846 by Jefferson Davis, p 39 mentions Andrew Jackson Paxton's elder brothers Alexander McNutt Paxton and William H. Paxton had a law practice in Vicksburg.
Check out Biographical and Historical Memoirs of Mississippi, Part 2, by Firebird Press, 1999, p 506. Lots of data on his family (A.G, A.J., W.G. & C.B.) but it has errors and leads. Part 1 includes W.G.
The www.vicksburg(.org) genealogy section under "Tombstone Records" confirm A. M. Paxton, born "1814" is buried at Cedar Hill Cemetery with rest of his family. He is beside his wife it appears from the order they are listed in in B,2, 56. It is in the name of his son Robert Paxton, like the rest of his family buried there.
His obituary was in The Clarion (Jackson, Mississippi), dated 23 Jun 1886 plus the Weekly Commercial Herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.), 25 Jun 1886, "A M Paxton is Dead, Vicksburg Commercial Herald, 19th. Another old familiar face will be missed on our streets. The city that knew him so long and so well, that trusted and honored him, will know Alexander M Paxton no more. He died at the Agricultural and Mechanical College at Starkville, at one o'clock Thursday night. He left here last Saturday in his usual health to attend, as one of its Trustees, the Commencement exercises of the A & M College. He died suddenly from an attack of congestion of the stomach. His death was so sudden, that members of his family had not time to reach him, after hearing of his dangerous illness, before he breathed his last. Maj. Alexander M Paxton was born in Rockbridge county, near Lexington, Virginia, on the 17th of March 1814. He was reared in Virginia, and graduated in old Washington College, now Washington and Lee University, and in the law school of the University of Virginia. He came to Mississippi in 1835, and reached Vicksburg on Christmas day of that year. He entered on the practice of law and continued in the profession until 1852, when he went into the foundry business, which he continued in up to the day of his death. A very few of our older citizens remember young Alexander Paxton, the lawyer, but the Paxton foundry has, for more than thirty years, been a prominent industry in our city." Thursday was the 17th.
Major Paxton was married in 1837 to Miss Ellis of Fredericksburg, Virginia. The fruits of the marriages were eight children, three of whom are dead, and five living, four sons and a daughter. He leaves a widow and five children and a number of grand-children to morn their loss.
In habit, Major Paxton was temperate, kind, social and thrifty. He was universally liked by all who knew him well, and was an earnest, good citizen. School work was a labor of love with him and when he died he was a school trustee of Vicksburg, and one of the trustees of the A & M College. He was always an active worker in public duties, and shirked no duty, however humble or laborious, if he could serve his city, county or State.
Farewell, kind friend. May you find eternal rest, and may fortune deal gently with those near and dear to you, whose hearts are wrung with grief to-day.
His obit says he died on Thursday (the 17th) and the A M Paxton 1838 Holy Bible, under Deaths, says "Alexander McNutt Paxton June 18th 1886."
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