b. Feb. 20, 1813 on a small farm three miles west of Morristown, N.J. When he was a young man he attended Ezra Fairchild's High School at Mendham, and taught several terms of district school. In 1836 he went to the State of
Ohio, located near Euclid, where he engaged in trading and school teaching. In 1838, he went to Milwaukee, Wis., and in the summer of 1839 returned to New Jersey, where he married Miss Catherine M. Elmer of Morris township on
Sept. 12, 1839. There were no children by this marriage. He engaged in farming until 1844 when he went to Dubuque, Iowa; here he joined the Army in 1847 and remained with it until the close of the Mexican War. In 1849, he went to St. Paul, Minn., and in 1853 to California, where he married Mrs. Elizabeth L. Plummer on Dec. 5 of that year, and settled in Woodbridge, San Joaquin Co.; here his wife died Jan. 1, 1882, aged 58 years. On Sept. 28, 1884, he married Mrs. Elizabeth Hunting of San Joaquin Co. He continued to reside on the farm at Woodbridge with the exception of four years he held the office of Assessor. During this time he resided in Stockton, the County seat of San Joaquin Co.
b. Feb. 20, 1813 on a small farm three miles west of Morristown, N.J. When he was a young man he attended Ezra Fairchild's High School at Mendham, and taught several terms of district school. In 1836 he went to the State of
Ohio, located near Euclid, where he engaged in trading and school teaching. In 1838, he went to Milwaukee, Wis., and in the summer of 1839 returned to New Jersey, where he married Miss Catherine M. Elmer of Morris township on
Sept. 12, 1839. There were no children by this marriage. He engaged in farming until 1844 when he went to Dubuque, Iowa; here he joined the Army in 1847 and remained with it until the close of the Mexican War. In 1849, he went to St. Paul, Minn., and in 1853 to California, where he married Mrs. Elizabeth L. Plummer on Dec. 5 of that year, and settled in Woodbridge, San Joaquin Co.; here his wife died Jan. 1, 1882, aged 58 years. On Sept. 28, 1884, he married Mrs. Elizabeth Hunting of San Joaquin Co. He continued to reside on the farm at Woodbridge with the exception of four years he held the office of Assessor. During this time he resided in Stockton, the County seat of San Joaquin Co.
Family Members
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Ephraim Sanders Axtell
1814–1893
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Sarah Ann Rodgers Axtell Snook
1817–1900
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Samuel Beach Axtell
1819–1891
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Rufus Sanders Axtell
1822–1846
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Mary Reeve Axtell Welts
1823–1894
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Martha Dodd Axtell Hayes
1826–1889
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Nancy Kezia Axtell Alexander
1828–1915
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Josephus Sanders Axtell
1832–1850
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Pamela Guerin Axtell Immen
1837–1911
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Julien Harrison Axtell
1839–1872
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