Esther J. Linscott Saxon
Esther J. Linscott, daughter of Shepard K. Linscott and Myra Simmons Linscott, married Theodore Clayton Saxon in Pottawatomie Co., KS May 25, 1886. Their three sons were Warren, Keene, and Sidney.
" ... He and Mrs. Saxon are the parents of three sons: Warren Theodore, who married Grace Bilter, has one daughter, Dorothy E., and resides on the home farm; Keene, who is sixteen years of age and attending school; and Sidney, aged thirteen, at home. Mrs. Esther J. Saxon was born on a farm in Washington County, Iowa, November 5, 1860, and was a very small child when her mother died. Her father Shepard K. Linscott, prominent in Kansas affairs and appropriate mention of whom is given elsewhere in this volume, remarried and removed to Kansas when Mrs. Saxon was twelve years of age. She has ever since made this state her home. After completing her scholastic training at the Ladies Seminary, Rockford, Illinois, she remained at home until her marriage to Theodore Saxon, when she was twenty-six years old, and has devoted her life, with the keen instincts of a business woman, to agricultural pursuits. In this direction she has attained success equal to that of her husband and his neighbors. Thoroughly alive to the public issues of the day, she frequently has been solicited to permit her name to be used for political honors, but while she is a believer in equal rights in political matters for women, she has so far preferred to devote her time to home and farming. However, that she might be tempted to accept public honors is indicated by the following article, which is quoted from a recent issue of the Topeka Daily Capital: "Mrs. Theodore Saxon, Shawnee county's well-known woman farmer, probably will be the first woman candidate to come out for the state senate in Kansas. Mrs. Saxon is considering running for the democratic nomination for state senator at the August primaries. Although she refused to announce her candidacy, Mrs. Saxon admitted that it is being urged by a large number of her friends, who believe that there should be a woman in the legislature, and that Mrs Saxon is the woman for the place. Mrs. Saxon admits that she would like to be elected to the senate. 'I believe that there is a place for women in the legislature,' she declared. 'Women who have had any business experience and combine that experience with a knowledge of women's problems will naturally see details in law-making that many men overlook. The laws are as much concerned with women as with men, and a woman's viewpoint is needed in the making of them.' If elected to the office Mrs. Saxon declared that she will have no special hobbies, but will look into all the measures that come up. 'As a farmer I am interested in rural credits legislation, but I have lived in Topeka long enough to know the needs of the city for legislation. A legislator should not consider the needs of either city or county exclusively.' "Mrs. Saxon has had the entire charge of her farm for a number of years and has run all the business connected with it. She is also a practical housekeeper and does all the housework for a family consisting of a husband and two sons. Managing the business and household for a family keeps a woman pretty busy, she declares, and leaves her very little time to run for office. The pressure of home and business duties would be the only thing that would deter her from making the race. Mrs. Saxon is a member of the Linscott family of Holton, and a prominent member of the Daughters of the American Revolution." A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918; transcribed 1997. [usgenweb KS skyways search 'Theodore Saxon'.]
[Link number for Esther's father provided by findagrave contributor Topeka Tom, #47257078.]
Esther J. Linscott, daughter of Shepard K. Linscott and Myra Simmons Linscott, married Theodore Clayton Saxon in Pottawatomie Co., KS May 25, 1886. Their three sons were Warren, Keene, and Sidney.
" ... He and Mrs. Saxon are the parents of three sons: Warren Theodore, who married Grace Bilter, has one daughter, Dorothy E., and resides on the home farm; Keene, who is sixteen years of age and attending school; and Sidney, aged thirteen, at home. Mrs. Esther J. Saxon was born on a farm in Washington County, Iowa, November 5, 1860, and was a very small child when her mother died. Her father Shepard K. Linscott, prominent in Kansas affairs and appropriate mention of whom is given elsewhere in this volume, remarried and removed to Kansas when Mrs. Saxon was twelve years of age. She has ever since made this state her home. After completing her scholastic training at the Ladies Seminary, Rockford, Illinois, she remained at home until her marriage to Theodore Saxon, when she was twenty-six years old, and has devoted her life, with the keen instincts of a business woman, to agricultural pursuits. In this direction she has attained success equal to that of her husband and his neighbors. Thoroughly alive to the public issues of the day, she frequently has been solicited to permit her name to be used for political honors, but while she is a believer in equal rights in political matters for women, she has so far preferred to devote her time to home and farming. However, that she might be tempted to accept public honors is indicated by the following article, which is quoted from a recent issue of the Topeka Daily Capital: "Mrs. Theodore Saxon, Shawnee county's well-known woman farmer, probably will be the first woman candidate to come out for the state senate in Kansas. Mrs. Saxon is considering running for the democratic nomination for state senator at the August primaries. Although she refused to announce her candidacy, Mrs. Saxon admitted that it is being urged by a large number of her friends, who believe that there should be a woman in the legislature, and that Mrs Saxon is the woman for the place. Mrs. Saxon admits that she would like to be elected to the senate. 'I believe that there is a place for women in the legislature,' she declared. 'Women who have had any business experience and combine that experience with a knowledge of women's problems will naturally see details in law-making that many men overlook. The laws are as much concerned with women as with men, and a woman's viewpoint is needed in the making of them.' If elected to the office Mrs. Saxon declared that she will have no special hobbies, but will look into all the measures that come up. 'As a farmer I am interested in rural credits legislation, but I have lived in Topeka long enough to know the needs of the city for legislation. A legislator should not consider the needs of either city or county exclusively.' "Mrs. Saxon has had the entire charge of her farm for a number of years and has run all the business connected with it. She is also a practical housekeeper and does all the housework for a family consisting of a husband and two sons. Managing the business and household for a family keeps a woman pretty busy, she declares, and leaves her very little time to run for office. The pressure of home and business duties would be the only thing that would deter her from making the race. Mrs. Saxon is a member of the Linscott family of Holton, and a prominent member of the Daughters of the American Revolution." A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918; transcribed 1997. [usgenweb KS skyways search 'Theodore Saxon'.]
[Link number for Esther's father provided by findagrave contributor Topeka Tom, #47257078.]
Esther J. Linscott Saxon
Esther J. Linscott, daughter of Shepard K. Linscott and Myra Simmons Linscott, married Theodore Clayton Saxon in Pottawatomie Co., KS May 25, 1886. Their three sons were Warren, Keene, and Sidney.
" ... He and Mrs. Saxon are the parents of three sons: Warren Theodore, who married Grace Bilter, has one daughter, Dorothy E., and resides on the home farm; Keene, who is sixteen years of age and attending school; and Sidney, aged thirteen, at home. Mrs. Esther J. Saxon was born on a farm in Washington County, Iowa, November 5, 1860, and was a very small child when her mother died. Her father Shepard K. Linscott, prominent in Kansas affairs and appropriate mention of whom is given elsewhere in this volume, remarried and removed to Kansas when Mrs. Saxon was twelve years of age. She has ever since made this state her home. After completing her scholastic training at the Ladies Seminary, Rockford, Illinois, she remained at home until her marriage to Theodore Saxon, when she was twenty-six years old, and has devoted her life, with the keen instincts of a business woman, to agricultural pursuits. In this direction she has attained success equal to that of her husband and his neighbors. Thoroughly alive to the public issues of the day, she frequently has been solicited to permit her name to be used for political honors, but while she is a believer in equal rights in political matters for women, she has so far preferred to devote her time to home and farming. However, that she might be tempted to accept public honors is indicated by the following article, which is quoted from a recent issue of the Topeka Daily Capital: "Mrs. Theodore Saxon, Shawnee county's well-known woman farmer, probably will be the first woman candidate to come out for the state senate in Kansas. Mrs. Saxon is considering running for the democratic nomination for state senator at the August primaries. Although she refused to announce her candidacy, Mrs. Saxon admitted that it is being urged by a large number of her friends, who believe that there should be a woman in the legislature, and that Mrs Saxon is the woman for the place. Mrs. Saxon admits that she would like to be elected to the senate. 'I believe that there is a place for women in the legislature,' she declared. 'Women who have had any business experience and combine that experience with a knowledge of women's problems will naturally see details in law-making that many men overlook. The laws are as much concerned with women as with men, and a woman's viewpoint is needed in the making of them.' If elected to the office Mrs. Saxon declared that she will have no special hobbies, but will look into all the measures that come up. 'As a farmer I am interested in rural credits legislation, but I have lived in Topeka long enough to know the needs of the city for legislation. A legislator should not consider the needs of either city or county exclusively.' "Mrs. Saxon has had the entire charge of her farm for a number of years and has run all the business connected with it. She is also a practical housekeeper and does all the housework for a family consisting of a husband and two sons. Managing the business and household for a family keeps a woman pretty busy, she declares, and leaves her very little time to run for office. The pressure of home and business duties would be the only thing that would deter her from making the race. Mrs. Saxon is a member of the Linscott family of Holton, and a prominent member of the Daughters of the American Revolution." A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918; transcribed 1997. [usgenweb KS skyways search 'Theodore Saxon'.]
[Link number for Esther's father provided by findagrave contributor Topeka Tom, #47257078.]
Esther J. Linscott, daughter of Shepard K. Linscott and Myra Simmons Linscott, married Theodore Clayton Saxon in Pottawatomie Co., KS May 25, 1886. Their three sons were Warren, Keene, and Sidney.
" ... He and Mrs. Saxon are the parents of three sons: Warren Theodore, who married Grace Bilter, has one daughter, Dorothy E., and resides on the home farm; Keene, who is sixteen years of age and attending school; and Sidney, aged thirteen, at home. Mrs. Esther J. Saxon was born on a farm in Washington County, Iowa, November 5, 1860, and was a very small child when her mother died. Her father Shepard K. Linscott, prominent in Kansas affairs and appropriate mention of whom is given elsewhere in this volume, remarried and removed to Kansas when Mrs. Saxon was twelve years of age. She has ever since made this state her home. After completing her scholastic training at the Ladies Seminary, Rockford, Illinois, she remained at home until her marriage to Theodore Saxon, when she was twenty-six years old, and has devoted her life, with the keen instincts of a business woman, to agricultural pursuits. In this direction she has attained success equal to that of her husband and his neighbors. Thoroughly alive to the public issues of the day, she frequently has been solicited to permit her name to be used for political honors, but while she is a believer in equal rights in political matters for women, she has so far preferred to devote her time to home and farming. However, that she might be tempted to accept public honors is indicated by the following article, which is quoted from a recent issue of the Topeka Daily Capital: "Mrs. Theodore Saxon, Shawnee county's well-known woman farmer, probably will be the first woman candidate to come out for the state senate in Kansas. Mrs. Saxon is considering running for the democratic nomination for state senator at the August primaries. Although she refused to announce her candidacy, Mrs. Saxon admitted that it is being urged by a large number of her friends, who believe that there should be a woman in the legislature, and that Mrs Saxon is the woman for the place. Mrs. Saxon admits that she would like to be elected to the senate. 'I believe that there is a place for women in the legislature,' she declared. 'Women who have had any business experience and combine that experience with a knowledge of women's problems will naturally see details in law-making that many men overlook. The laws are as much concerned with women as with men, and a woman's viewpoint is needed in the making of them.' If elected to the office Mrs. Saxon declared that she will have no special hobbies, but will look into all the measures that come up. 'As a farmer I am interested in rural credits legislation, but I have lived in Topeka long enough to know the needs of the city for legislation. A legislator should not consider the needs of either city or county exclusively.' "Mrs. Saxon has had the entire charge of her farm for a number of years and has run all the business connected with it. She is also a practical housekeeper and does all the housework for a family consisting of a husband and two sons. Managing the business and household for a family keeps a woman pretty busy, she declares, and leaves her very little time to run for office. The pressure of home and business duties would be the only thing that would deter her from making the race. Mrs. Saxon is a member of the Linscott family of Holton, and a prominent member of the Daughters of the American Revolution." A Standard History of Kansas and Kansans, written and compiled by William E. Connelley, Secretary of the Kansas State Historical Society, Topeka. Chicago: Lewis Publishing Company, copyright 1918; transcribed 1997. [usgenweb KS skyways search 'Theodore Saxon'.]
[Link number for Esther's father provided by findagrave contributor Topeka Tom, #47257078.]
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