John B Saxon had been an invalid for several years before his death of dropsy in 1898. He had been in the saloon business before his health got bad. Blackford County Marriage Records show John B Saxon marrying Sarah J Balsley on Dec 15, 1884 and marrying Nora Perdue on Jan 29, 1888.
The following is from Find A Grave contributor Kristin:
This obit was extracted from the Hartford City newspaper, 1898, Transcribed by P. Karol 4/12/2000
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JOHN SAXON DEAD
Might Have Been Worth Thousands but He Died Poor---Popular to the Last
John Saxon died at 8 o'clock this morning at the home of his mother in Washington township. He had been a hopeless invalid for several years, and the immediate cause of his death was dropsy. The arrangements for his funeral had not been completed at noon.
John Saxon was for a long time in the saloon business in this town and such was his popularity that he commanded a larger trade than has ever been equaled, before or since, in this county. He was free-handed and open-hearted and he gave still more lavishly than he received, else he could have saved thousands of dollars. He was eventually compelled to quit the business, after a meteoric career, and then his health failed him. For some time he has known that death was only a question of days. His reverses did not cause him to lose friends and his remains will be followed to the grave by a large number of sincere mourners.
The deceased was not quite 36 years old. He leaves no family except a wife.
The funeral will take place at the house at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Rev, B. G. Shinn will preach the sermon. Interment in Oddfellows cemetery.
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Transcriber's Note: John B. was the son of John Saxon and Mary Mills; grandson of James and Asenith (Wixon) Saxon; great grandson of Shubal Wixon and John and Elizabeth (Evans) Saxon. Shubal Wixon and John Saxon were Blackford County pioneers and Rev. War Soldiers.
John B. buried in IOOF cemetery, Hartford City, Blackford Co., IN Plat 1, Lot 12, DOD 6/01/1898, age 35.
John B. married Sarah J. Balsley, December 15, 1884 (Blackford County Book C, pg. 393 by L. O. Edsom, JP)
The following is from Find A Grave contributor Kristin:
This obit was extracted from the Hartford City newspaper, 1898, Transcribed by P. Karol 4/12/2000
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JOHN SAXON DEAD
Might Have Been Worth Thousands but He Died Poor---Popular to the Last
John Saxon died at 8 o'clock this morning at the home of his mother in Washington township. He had been a hopeless invalid for several years, and the immediate cause of his death was dropsy. The arrangements for his funeral had not been completed at noon.
John Saxon was for a long time in the saloon business in this town and such was his popularity that he commanded a larger trade than has ever been equaled, before or since, in this county. He was free-handed and open-hearted and he gave still more lavishly than he received, else he could have saved thousands of dollars. He was eventually compelled to quit the business, after a meteoric career, and then his health failed him. For some time he has known that death was only a question of days. His reverses did not cause him to lose friends and his remains will be followed to the grave by a large number of sincere mourners.
The deceased was not quite 36 years old. He leaves no family except a wife.
The funeral will take place at the house at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Rev, B. G. Shinn will preach the sermon. Interment in Oddfellows cemetery.
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Transcriber's Note: John B. was the son of John Saxon and Mary Mills; grandson of James and Asenith (Wixon) Saxon; great grandson of Shubal Wixon and John and Elizabeth (Evans) Saxon. Shubal Wixon and John Saxon were Blackford County pioneers and Rev. War Soldiers.
John B. buried in IOOF cemetery, Hartford City, Blackford Co., IN Plat 1, Lot 12, DOD 6/01/1898, age 35.
John B. married Sarah J. Balsley, December 15, 1884 (Blackford County Book C, pg. 393 by L. O. Edsom, JP)
John B Saxon had been an invalid for several years before his death of dropsy in 1898. He had been in the saloon business before his health got bad. Blackford County Marriage Records show John B Saxon marrying Sarah J Balsley on Dec 15, 1884 and marrying Nora Perdue on Jan 29, 1888.
The following is from Find A Grave contributor Kristin:
This obit was extracted from the Hartford City newspaper, 1898, Transcribed by P. Karol 4/12/2000
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JOHN SAXON DEAD
Might Have Been Worth Thousands but He Died Poor---Popular to the Last
John Saxon died at 8 o'clock this morning at the home of his mother in Washington township. He had been a hopeless invalid for several years, and the immediate cause of his death was dropsy. The arrangements for his funeral had not been completed at noon.
John Saxon was for a long time in the saloon business in this town and such was his popularity that he commanded a larger trade than has ever been equaled, before or since, in this county. He was free-handed and open-hearted and he gave still more lavishly than he received, else he could have saved thousands of dollars. He was eventually compelled to quit the business, after a meteoric career, and then his health failed him. For some time he has known that death was only a question of days. His reverses did not cause him to lose friends and his remains will be followed to the grave by a large number of sincere mourners.
The deceased was not quite 36 years old. He leaves no family except a wife.
The funeral will take place at the house at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Rev, B. G. Shinn will preach the sermon. Interment in Oddfellows cemetery.
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Transcriber's Note: John B. was the son of John Saxon and Mary Mills; grandson of James and Asenith (Wixon) Saxon; great grandson of Shubal Wixon and John and Elizabeth (Evans) Saxon. Shubal Wixon and John Saxon were Blackford County pioneers and Rev. War Soldiers.
John B. buried in IOOF cemetery, Hartford City, Blackford Co., IN Plat 1, Lot 12, DOD 6/01/1898, age 35.
John B. married Sarah J. Balsley, December 15, 1884 (Blackford County Book C, pg. 393 by L. O. Edsom, JP)
The following is from Find A Grave contributor Kristin:
This obit was extracted from the Hartford City newspaper, 1898, Transcribed by P. Karol 4/12/2000
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JOHN SAXON DEAD
Might Have Been Worth Thousands but He Died Poor---Popular to the Last
John Saxon died at 8 o'clock this morning at the home of his mother in Washington township. He had been a hopeless invalid for several years, and the immediate cause of his death was dropsy. The arrangements for his funeral had not been completed at noon.
John Saxon was for a long time in the saloon business in this town and such was his popularity that he commanded a larger trade than has ever been equaled, before or since, in this county. He was free-handed and open-hearted and he gave still more lavishly than he received, else he could have saved thousands of dollars. He was eventually compelled to quit the business, after a meteoric career, and then his health failed him. For some time he has known that death was only a question of days. His reverses did not cause him to lose friends and his remains will be followed to the grave by a large number of sincere mourners.
The deceased was not quite 36 years old. He leaves no family except a wife.
The funeral will take place at the house at 3 o'clock tomorrow afternoon. Rev, B. G. Shinn will preach the sermon. Interment in Oddfellows cemetery.
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Transcriber's Note: John B. was the son of John Saxon and Mary Mills; grandson of James and Asenith (Wixon) Saxon; great grandson of Shubal Wixon and John and Elizabeth (Evans) Saxon. Shubal Wixon and John Saxon were Blackford County pioneers and Rev. War Soldiers.
John B. buried in IOOF cemetery, Hartford City, Blackford Co., IN Plat 1, Lot 12, DOD 6/01/1898, age 35.
John B. married Sarah J. Balsley, December 15, 1884 (Blackford County Book C, pg. 393 by L. O. Edsom, JP)
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his info along with Ida M Saxon's is on the side of the stone for John & Mary Saxon. Ida M would be a wife of John B's brother, McDowell
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