1925: "Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leigh Owen announce the engagement of their daughter Nell Brockenbrough Owen, to Mr. Matthew White Paxton, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs Matthew White Paxton. The wedding will take place in the autumn." Per the Lexington Gazette, Vol 121, #16, dated 22 Apr 1925.
MATTHEW WHITE PAXTON, JR-, AND MISS NELL BROCKENBROUGH OWEN MARRIED IN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - The spacious old Presbyterian church at Lexington was crowded to the walls Tuesday-evening by an interested and sympathetic audience to witness the marriage of two young people of the community and of the congregation, Matthew White Paxton, Jr., and Miss Nell Brockenbrough Owen. The ceremony was performed at 8:00 o'clock by Rev. James J. Murray, the pastor, and Rev. William W. Morton, the assistant pastor, of the church. Rich notes of music from the organ were changed to the touching music from Lohengrin's familiar wedding march, and a hush spread over the assembly, as the bridal party entered the church. The bride came in with her father and the groom joined her, entering from the choir room in the rear. They faced the officiating ministers with the brilliant lights in the ceiling dimmed, and scores of bright candles, shining through the decorations which covered the spacious pulpit platform and extending back into the organ loft, lighted the scene. The bride was given in marriage by her father. The couple plighted their troth with a ring. Grouped about them stood young groomsmen and bridesmaids, the bright colors of the dresses of the girls emphasizing the brightness of the scene. "Oh Perfect Love" was played softly during the ceremony. The wedding party left the church to the music of Mendelssohn's wedding march. The bride, one of Lexington's loveliest girls, wore a gown of white panne velvet, with court train of cloth of silver. She wore silver slippers and her tulle veil was caught to her head with duchess lace and orange blossoms. Upon her corsage shone a diamond and platinum pin, the gift of the groom. She carried a bouquet of lillies of the valley and brides roses. Miss Sarah Grigsby Owen, who was her sister's maid of honor, wore a dress of two shades of pink georgette crepe with stockings and slippers to match. She carried a bouquet of Killarney roses. The bridesmaids were Mrs. Stevens Haines of Norfolk, Miss Olivia Staples of Roanoke, Miss Julia Smith, Miss Edith Derbyshire, Miss Anne Derbyshire, Miss Austina Mallory, Miss Louise Wade, and Miss Lucy Gordon White of Lexington. They wore gowns of shaded georgette in rainbow colors, blue, yellow, green and orchid. They carried arm bouquets of chrysanthemums in blending shades. The bridegroom was attended by his first cousin, William Stevens Hopkins, Jr., as best man. The groomsmen, who also acted as ushers to receive the assembly at the church were: Thomas R. Nelson, of Staunton; Captain Edward L. Graham Stuart Moore, George J. Irwin, Edward Park Davis, S. Mercer Graham, Dorsey C. Hopkins, and Scott S. Huger of Lexington. The decorations were exquisite over pulpit platform and altar. Rows of cathedral candles outlined the organ loft and formed a railing around the chancel. Delicate vines of ivy trailed across the white background. The effect was beautiful with ferns and white chrysanthemums banking the scene and cathedral candalabra with their white candles lighting it. Immediately behind the officiating ministers great masses of white chrysanthemums and ferns, tied with tulle streamers, covered the altar. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leigh Owen of Lexington. Her mother, who was Miss Louise Brockenbrough, was a granddaughter of Judge John White Brockenbrough, of Lexington, judge of the United States district court for western Virginia. She was educated at Hollins college and is a graduate of that institution. The bridegroom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew White Paxton, and a grandson of General Elisha Franklin Paxton, of Lexington, one of the commanders of the Stonewall brigade, C. S. A. He graduated in letters and law at Washington and Lee and in law at Yale. He served as a lieutenant in the World war. He has been since the autumn of 1921 a lawyer at Lexington. Miss Emily Penick, the organist of the church, played the marches, and as the company was gathering rendered beautiful selections of music including: Ecstasy, Nocturne in E Flat, Evening Star, My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice. The decorations of the church were a reproduction of the decorations which appeared there when the bride's mother was married in the same church. Miss Anne Robertson White, a cousin of the bridegroom, dressed the Church for both weddings. The marriage was followed by a reception for a number of relatives and friends at the home of the bride's parents. Among the out-of-town guests who were present at the wedding were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Paxton of Old Sweet Springs, W. Va.; Mr. and Mrs. John Gallatin Paxton, of Independence, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. R. Grigsby Paxton of Glasgow; Mrs. Yvon Pike and Miss Dore Pike, of Leesburg; Mrs. John C. Paxton and Mr. and Mrs. Philip Williams, of Woodstock; Colonel and Mrs. A. T. Smith, of Baltimore; Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Walton and Miss Walton, of Natural Bridge; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Avery and Miss Ella Smithson, of Norfolk; Mr. Leander McCormick Goodhart, of Washington; Mr. and Mrs. Horace Brown and Mrs. Alexander Baker, of Winchester; Miss Argyle Tutwiler, of Hollins; Judge Henry W. Holt and Miss Eliza Holt and Miss Caperton Holt, of Staunton; Dr. Arthur Gerhard and Miss Frances Gerhard, of Philadelphia; Mrs, Waller R. Staples and Miss Mary Terry Goodwin, of Roanoke; Mrs Frank Seamans, of Uniontown, Pa. The young couple left after the reception on a wedding journey North. After the honeymoon they will be at home in Lexington at their apartment on White street after Dec. 1. Per the Rockbridge County News, Vol 41, #51, 22 Oct 1925.
On the 1940 Lexington, VA census, I found lawyer Matthew W Paxton, 41; other Paxtons: wife Nell O, 37 and sons Matthew W, 13 and Robert Owen, 7, all VA born.
PAXTON, Nell Owen, 96, of Lexington, died Wednesday, September 22, 1999. Memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday at the Lexington Presbyterian Church. W.B. Harrison Co. in Lexington is in charge of arrangements. The Roanoke Times, dated 25 Sep 1999.
PAXTON, Nell Owen, 96, of Lexington, died at her home Wednesday, September 22, 1999. She was born in Lexington on January 16, 1903, a daughter of Robert Leigh Owen and Louise Brockenbrough Owen. A graduate of Hollins University, she was married to Matthew W. Paxton, Lexington lawyer and newspaper publisher, who died in 1987. She is survived by two sons, Matthew W. Paxton, Jr. of Lexington, and Robert O. Paxton of New York, NY; a sister, Mary Carrington Dunlap of Lynchburg; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. The family is receiving friends at 130 Cliffnell Lane, Lexington. A memorial service will be conducted at the Lexington Presbyterian Church, Saturday, September 25, 1999 at 11 a.m. by Dr. William Klein. The family suggests that memorial gifts be made to Rockbridge Area Hospice, 129 S. Randolph St., Lexington, VA 24450. Arrangements by Harrison Funeral Home. The Roanoke Times dated 24 Sept 1999.
Nell Owen Paxton shares her gravestone with husband Matthew White Paxton.
MATTHEW WHITE PAXTON, JR-, AND MISS NELL BROCKENBROUGH OWEN MARRIED IN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - The spacious old Presbyterian church at Lexington was crowded to the walls Tuesday-evening by an interested and sympathetic audience to witness the marriage of two young people of the community and of the congregation, Matthew White Paxton, Jr., and Miss Nell Brockenbrough Owen. The ceremony was performed at 8:00 o'clock by Rev. James J. Murray, the pastor, and Rev. William W. Morton, the assistant pastor, of the church. Rich notes of music from the organ were changed to the touching music from Lohengrin's familiar wedding march, and a hush spread over the assembly, as the bridal party entered the church. The bride came in with her father and the groom joined her, entering from the choir room in the rear. They faced the officiating ministers with the brilliant lights in the ceiling dimmed, and scores of bright candles, shining through the decorations which covered the spacious pulpit platform and extending back into the organ loft, lighted the scene. The bride was given in marriage by her father. The couple plighted their troth with a ring. Grouped about them stood young groomsmen and bridesmaids, the bright colors of the dresses of the girls emphasizing the brightness of the scene. "Oh Perfect Love" was played softly during the ceremony. The wedding party left the church to the music of Mendelssohn's wedding march. The bride, one of Lexington's loveliest girls, wore a gown of white panne velvet, with court train of cloth of silver. She wore silver slippers and her tulle veil was caught to her head with duchess lace and orange blossoms. Upon her corsage shone a diamond and platinum pin, the gift of the groom. She carried a bouquet of lillies of the valley and brides roses. Miss Sarah Grigsby Owen, who was her sister's maid of honor, wore a dress of two shades of pink georgette crepe with stockings and slippers to match. She carried a bouquet of Killarney roses. The bridesmaids were Mrs. Stevens Haines of Norfolk, Miss Olivia Staples of Roanoke, Miss Julia Smith, Miss Edith Derbyshire, Miss Anne Derbyshire, Miss Austina Mallory, Miss Louise Wade, and Miss Lucy Gordon White of Lexington. They wore gowns of shaded georgette in rainbow colors, blue, yellow, green and orchid. They carried arm bouquets of chrysanthemums in blending shades. The bridegroom was attended by his first cousin, William Stevens Hopkins, Jr., as best man. The groomsmen, who also acted as ushers to receive the assembly at the church were: Thomas R. Nelson, of Staunton; Captain Edward L. Graham Stuart Moore, George J. Irwin, Edward Park Davis, S. Mercer Graham, Dorsey C. Hopkins, and Scott S. Huger of Lexington. The decorations were exquisite over pulpit platform and altar. Rows of cathedral candles outlined the organ loft and formed a railing around the chancel. Delicate vines of ivy trailed across the white background. The effect was beautiful with ferns and white chrysanthemums banking the scene and cathedral candalabra with their white candles lighting it. Immediately behind the officiating ministers great masses of white chrysanthemums and ferns, tied with tulle streamers, covered the altar. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leigh Owen of Lexington. Her mother, who was Miss Louise Brockenbrough, was a granddaughter of Judge John White Brockenbrough, of Lexington, judge of the United States district court for western Virginia. She was educated at Hollins college and is a graduate of that institution. The bridegroom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew White Paxton, and a grandson of General Elisha Franklin Paxton, of Lexington, one of the commanders of the Stonewall brigade, C. S. A. He graduated in letters and law at Washington and Lee and in law at Yale. He served as a lieutenant in the World war. He has been since the autumn of 1921 a lawyer at Lexington. Miss Emily Penick, the organist of the church, played the marches, and as the company was gathering rendered beautiful selections of music including: Ecstasy, Nocturne in E Flat, Evening Star, My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice. The decorations of the church were a reproduction of the decorations which appeared there when the bride's mother was married in the same church. Miss Anne Robertson White, a cousin of the bridegroom, dressed the Church for both weddings. The marriage was followed by a reception for a number of relatives and friends at the home of the bride's parents. Among the out-of-town guests who were present at the wedding were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Paxton of Old Sweet Springs, W. Va.; Mr. and Mrs. John Gallatin Paxton, of Independence, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. R. Grigsby Paxton of Glasgow; Mrs. Yvon Pike and Miss Dore Pike, of Leesburg; Mrs. John C. Paxton and Mr. and Mrs. Philip Williams, of Woodstock; Colonel and Mrs. A. T. Smith, of Baltimore; Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Walton and Miss Walton, of Natural Bridge; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Avery and Miss Ella Smithson, of Norfolk; Mr. Leander McCormick Goodhart, of Washington; Mr. and Mrs. Horace Brown and Mrs. Alexander Baker, of Winchester; Miss Argyle Tutwiler, of Hollins; Judge Henry W. Holt and Miss Eliza Holt and Miss Caperton Holt, of Staunton; Dr. Arthur Gerhard and Miss Frances Gerhard, of Philadelphia; Mrs, Waller R. Staples and Miss Mary Terry Goodwin, of Roanoke; Mrs Frank Seamans, of Uniontown, Pa. The young couple left after the reception on a wedding journey North. After the honeymoon they will be at home in Lexington at their apartment on White street after Dec. 1. Per the Rockbridge County News, Vol 41, #51, 22 Oct 1925.
On the 1940 Lexington, VA census, I found lawyer Matthew W Paxton, 41; other Paxtons: wife Nell O, 37 and sons Matthew W, 13 and Robert Owen, 7, all VA born.
PAXTON, Nell Owen, 96, of Lexington, died Wednesday, September 22, 1999. Memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday at the Lexington Presbyterian Church. W.B. Harrison Co. in Lexington is in charge of arrangements. The Roanoke Times, dated 25 Sep 1999.
PAXTON, Nell Owen, 96, of Lexington, died at her home Wednesday, September 22, 1999. She was born in Lexington on January 16, 1903, a daughter of Robert Leigh Owen and Louise Brockenbrough Owen. A graduate of Hollins University, she was married to Matthew W. Paxton, Lexington lawyer and newspaper publisher, who died in 1987. She is survived by two sons, Matthew W. Paxton, Jr. of Lexington, and Robert O. Paxton of New York, NY; a sister, Mary Carrington Dunlap of Lynchburg; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. The family is receiving friends at 130 Cliffnell Lane, Lexington. A memorial service will be conducted at the Lexington Presbyterian Church, Saturday, September 25, 1999 at 11 a.m. by Dr. William Klein. The family suggests that memorial gifts be made to Rockbridge Area Hospice, 129 S. Randolph St., Lexington, VA 24450. Arrangements by Harrison Funeral Home. The Roanoke Times dated 24 Sept 1999.
Nell Owen Paxton shares her gravestone with husband Matthew White Paxton.
1925: "Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leigh Owen announce the engagement of their daughter Nell Brockenbrough Owen, to Mr. Matthew White Paxton, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs Matthew White Paxton. The wedding will take place in the autumn." Per the Lexington Gazette, Vol 121, #16, dated 22 Apr 1925.
MATTHEW WHITE PAXTON, JR-, AND MISS NELL BROCKENBROUGH OWEN MARRIED IN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - The spacious old Presbyterian church at Lexington was crowded to the walls Tuesday-evening by an interested and sympathetic audience to witness the marriage of two young people of the community and of the congregation, Matthew White Paxton, Jr., and Miss Nell Brockenbrough Owen. The ceremony was performed at 8:00 o'clock by Rev. James J. Murray, the pastor, and Rev. William W. Morton, the assistant pastor, of the church. Rich notes of music from the organ were changed to the touching music from Lohengrin's familiar wedding march, and a hush spread over the assembly, as the bridal party entered the church. The bride came in with her father and the groom joined her, entering from the choir room in the rear. They faced the officiating ministers with the brilliant lights in the ceiling dimmed, and scores of bright candles, shining through the decorations which covered the spacious pulpit platform and extending back into the organ loft, lighted the scene. The bride was given in marriage by her father. The couple plighted their troth with a ring. Grouped about them stood young groomsmen and bridesmaids, the bright colors of the dresses of the girls emphasizing the brightness of the scene. "Oh Perfect Love" was played softly during the ceremony. The wedding party left the church to the music of Mendelssohn's wedding march. The bride, one of Lexington's loveliest girls, wore a gown of white panne velvet, with court train of cloth of silver. She wore silver slippers and her tulle veil was caught to her head with duchess lace and orange blossoms. Upon her corsage shone a diamond and platinum pin, the gift of the groom. She carried a bouquet of lillies of the valley and brides roses. Miss Sarah Grigsby Owen, who was her sister's maid of honor, wore a dress of two shades of pink georgette crepe with stockings and slippers to match. She carried a bouquet of Killarney roses. The bridesmaids were Mrs. Stevens Haines of Norfolk, Miss Olivia Staples of Roanoke, Miss Julia Smith, Miss Edith Derbyshire, Miss Anne Derbyshire, Miss Austina Mallory, Miss Louise Wade, and Miss Lucy Gordon White of Lexington. They wore gowns of shaded georgette in rainbow colors, blue, yellow, green and orchid. They carried arm bouquets of chrysanthemums in blending shades. The bridegroom was attended by his first cousin, William Stevens Hopkins, Jr., as best man. The groomsmen, who also acted as ushers to receive the assembly at the church were: Thomas R. Nelson, of Staunton; Captain Edward L. Graham Stuart Moore, George J. Irwin, Edward Park Davis, S. Mercer Graham, Dorsey C. Hopkins, and Scott S. Huger of Lexington. The decorations were exquisite over pulpit platform and altar. Rows of cathedral candles outlined the organ loft and formed a railing around the chancel. Delicate vines of ivy trailed across the white background. The effect was beautiful with ferns and white chrysanthemums banking the scene and cathedral candalabra with their white candles lighting it. Immediately behind the officiating ministers great masses of white chrysanthemums and ferns, tied with tulle streamers, covered the altar. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leigh Owen of Lexington. Her mother, who was Miss Louise Brockenbrough, was a granddaughter of Judge John White Brockenbrough, of Lexington, judge of the United States district court for western Virginia. She was educated at Hollins college and is a graduate of that institution. The bridegroom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew White Paxton, and a grandson of General Elisha Franklin Paxton, of Lexington, one of the commanders of the Stonewall brigade, C. S. A. He graduated in letters and law at Washington and Lee and in law at Yale. He served as a lieutenant in the World war. He has been since the autumn of 1921 a lawyer at Lexington. Miss Emily Penick, the organist of the church, played the marches, and as the company was gathering rendered beautiful selections of music including: Ecstasy, Nocturne in E Flat, Evening Star, My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice. The decorations of the church were a reproduction of the decorations which appeared there when the bride's mother was married in the same church. Miss Anne Robertson White, a cousin of the bridegroom, dressed the Church for both weddings. The marriage was followed by a reception for a number of relatives and friends at the home of the bride's parents. Among the out-of-town guests who were present at the wedding were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Paxton of Old Sweet Springs, W. Va.; Mr. and Mrs. John Gallatin Paxton, of Independence, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. R. Grigsby Paxton of Glasgow; Mrs. Yvon Pike and Miss Dore Pike, of Leesburg; Mrs. John C. Paxton and Mr. and Mrs. Philip Williams, of Woodstock; Colonel and Mrs. A. T. Smith, of Baltimore; Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Walton and Miss Walton, of Natural Bridge; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Avery and Miss Ella Smithson, of Norfolk; Mr. Leander McCormick Goodhart, of Washington; Mr. and Mrs. Horace Brown and Mrs. Alexander Baker, of Winchester; Miss Argyle Tutwiler, of Hollins; Judge Henry W. Holt and Miss Eliza Holt and Miss Caperton Holt, of Staunton; Dr. Arthur Gerhard and Miss Frances Gerhard, of Philadelphia; Mrs, Waller R. Staples and Miss Mary Terry Goodwin, of Roanoke; Mrs Frank Seamans, of Uniontown, Pa. The young couple left after the reception on a wedding journey North. After the honeymoon they will be at home in Lexington at their apartment on White street after Dec. 1. Per the Rockbridge County News, Vol 41, #51, 22 Oct 1925.
On the 1940 Lexington, VA census, I found lawyer Matthew W Paxton, 41; other Paxtons: wife Nell O, 37 and sons Matthew W, 13 and Robert Owen, 7, all VA born.
PAXTON, Nell Owen, 96, of Lexington, died Wednesday, September 22, 1999. Memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday at the Lexington Presbyterian Church. W.B. Harrison Co. in Lexington is in charge of arrangements. The Roanoke Times, dated 25 Sep 1999.
PAXTON, Nell Owen, 96, of Lexington, died at her home Wednesday, September 22, 1999. She was born in Lexington on January 16, 1903, a daughter of Robert Leigh Owen and Louise Brockenbrough Owen. A graduate of Hollins University, she was married to Matthew W. Paxton, Lexington lawyer and newspaper publisher, who died in 1987. She is survived by two sons, Matthew W. Paxton, Jr. of Lexington, and Robert O. Paxton of New York, NY; a sister, Mary Carrington Dunlap of Lynchburg; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. The family is receiving friends at 130 Cliffnell Lane, Lexington. A memorial service will be conducted at the Lexington Presbyterian Church, Saturday, September 25, 1999 at 11 a.m. by Dr. William Klein. The family suggests that memorial gifts be made to Rockbridge Area Hospice, 129 S. Randolph St., Lexington, VA 24450. Arrangements by Harrison Funeral Home. The Roanoke Times dated 24 Sept 1999.
Nell Owen Paxton shares her gravestone with husband Matthew White Paxton.
MATTHEW WHITE PAXTON, JR-, AND MISS NELL BROCKENBROUGH OWEN MARRIED IN PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH - The spacious old Presbyterian church at Lexington was crowded to the walls Tuesday-evening by an interested and sympathetic audience to witness the marriage of two young people of the community and of the congregation, Matthew White Paxton, Jr., and Miss Nell Brockenbrough Owen. The ceremony was performed at 8:00 o'clock by Rev. James J. Murray, the pastor, and Rev. William W. Morton, the assistant pastor, of the church. Rich notes of music from the organ were changed to the touching music from Lohengrin's familiar wedding march, and a hush spread over the assembly, as the bridal party entered the church. The bride came in with her father and the groom joined her, entering from the choir room in the rear. They faced the officiating ministers with the brilliant lights in the ceiling dimmed, and scores of bright candles, shining through the decorations which covered the spacious pulpit platform and extending back into the organ loft, lighted the scene. The bride was given in marriage by her father. The couple plighted their troth with a ring. Grouped about them stood young groomsmen and bridesmaids, the bright colors of the dresses of the girls emphasizing the brightness of the scene. "Oh Perfect Love" was played softly during the ceremony. The wedding party left the church to the music of Mendelssohn's wedding march. The bride, one of Lexington's loveliest girls, wore a gown of white panne velvet, with court train of cloth of silver. She wore silver slippers and her tulle veil was caught to her head with duchess lace and orange blossoms. Upon her corsage shone a diamond and platinum pin, the gift of the groom. She carried a bouquet of lillies of the valley and brides roses. Miss Sarah Grigsby Owen, who was her sister's maid of honor, wore a dress of two shades of pink georgette crepe with stockings and slippers to match. She carried a bouquet of Killarney roses. The bridesmaids were Mrs. Stevens Haines of Norfolk, Miss Olivia Staples of Roanoke, Miss Julia Smith, Miss Edith Derbyshire, Miss Anne Derbyshire, Miss Austina Mallory, Miss Louise Wade, and Miss Lucy Gordon White of Lexington. They wore gowns of shaded georgette in rainbow colors, blue, yellow, green and orchid. They carried arm bouquets of chrysanthemums in blending shades. The bridegroom was attended by his first cousin, William Stevens Hopkins, Jr., as best man. The groomsmen, who also acted as ushers to receive the assembly at the church were: Thomas R. Nelson, of Staunton; Captain Edward L. Graham Stuart Moore, George J. Irwin, Edward Park Davis, S. Mercer Graham, Dorsey C. Hopkins, and Scott S. Huger of Lexington. The decorations were exquisite over pulpit platform and altar. Rows of cathedral candles outlined the organ loft and formed a railing around the chancel. Delicate vines of ivy trailed across the white background. The effect was beautiful with ferns and white chrysanthemums banking the scene and cathedral candalabra with their white candles lighting it. Immediately behind the officiating ministers great masses of white chrysanthemums and ferns, tied with tulle streamers, covered the altar. The bride is the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Leigh Owen of Lexington. Her mother, who was Miss Louise Brockenbrough, was a granddaughter of Judge John White Brockenbrough, of Lexington, judge of the United States district court for western Virginia. She was educated at Hollins college and is a graduate of that institution. The bridegroom is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew White Paxton, and a grandson of General Elisha Franklin Paxton, of Lexington, one of the commanders of the Stonewall brigade, C. S. A. He graduated in letters and law at Washington and Lee and in law at Yale. He served as a lieutenant in the World war. He has been since the autumn of 1921 a lawyer at Lexington. Miss Emily Penick, the organist of the church, played the marches, and as the company was gathering rendered beautiful selections of music including: Ecstasy, Nocturne in E Flat, Evening Star, My Heart At Thy Sweet Voice. The decorations of the church were a reproduction of the decorations which appeared there when the bride's mother was married in the same church. Miss Anne Robertson White, a cousin of the bridegroom, dressed the Church for both weddings. The marriage was followed by a reception for a number of relatives and friends at the home of the bride's parents. Among the out-of-town guests who were present at the wedding were: Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Paxton of Old Sweet Springs, W. Va.; Mr. and Mrs. John Gallatin Paxton, of Independence, Mo.; Mr. and Mrs. R. Grigsby Paxton of Glasgow; Mrs. Yvon Pike and Miss Dore Pike, of Leesburg; Mrs. John C. Paxton and Mr. and Mrs. Philip Williams, of Woodstock; Colonel and Mrs. A. T. Smith, of Baltimore; Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Walton and Miss Walton, of Natural Bridge; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Avery and Miss Ella Smithson, of Norfolk; Mr. Leander McCormick Goodhart, of Washington; Mr. and Mrs. Horace Brown and Mrs. Alexander Baker, of Winchester; Miss Argyle Tutwiler, of Hollins; Judge Henry W. Holt and Miss Eliza Holt and Miss Caperton Holt, of Staunton; Dr. Arthur Gerhard and Miss Frances Gerhard, of Philadelphia; Mrs, Waller R. Staples and Miss Mary Terry Goodwin, of Roanoke; Mrs Frank Seamans, of Uniontown, Pa. The young couple left after the reception on a wedding journey North. After the honeymoon they will be at home in Lexington at their apartment on White street after Dec. 1. Per the Rockbridge County News, Vol 41, #51, 22 Oct 1925.
On the 1940 Lexington, VA census, I found lawyer Matthew W Paxton, 41; other Paxtons: wife Nell O, 37 and sons Matthew W, 13 and Robert Owen, 7, all VA born.
PAXTON, Nell Owen, 96, of Lexington, died Wednesday, September 22, 1999. Memorial service 11 a.m. Saturday at the Lexington Presbyterian Church. W.B. Harrison Co. in Lexington is in charge of arrangements. The Roanoke Times, dated 25 Sep 1999.
PAXTON, Nell Owen, 96, of Lexington, died at her home Wednesday, September 22, 1999. She was born in Lexington on January 16, 1903, a daughter of Robert Leigh Owen and Louise Brockenbrough Owen. A graduate of Hollins University, she was married to Matthew W. Paxton, Lexington lawyer and newspaper publisher, who died in 1987. She is survived by two sons, Matthew W. Paxton, Jr. of Lexington, and Robert O. Paxton of New York, NY; a sister, Mary Carrington Dunlap of Lynchburg; four grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. The family is receiving friends at 130 Cliffnell Lane, Lexington. A memorial service will be conducted at the Lexington Presbyterian Church, Saturday, September 25, 1999 at 11 a.m. by Dr. William Klein. The family suggests that memorial gifts be made to Rockbridge Area Hospice, 129 S. Randolph St., Lexington, VA 24450. Arrangements by Harrison Funeral Home. The Roanoke Times dated 24 Sept 1999.
Nell Owen Paxton shares her gravestone with husband Matthew White Paxton.
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