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ALBERT
S. PAXSON
ALBERT
S. PAXSON, a farmer
of Southampton township, was born March 5, 1854, in Salem
county, New Jersey. His paternal grandparents, Charles and
Grace (MICHENER) PAXSON, were the parents of the
following children: Annie; Sarah; John; Merritt, who
married a Miss KNIGHT, and their children were
Sarah, Charles, Merritt, Mary, Susan, Hannah, Amanda, Aaron,
John H. and Phineas.
Phineas Paxson, youngest son of Charles and Grace PAXSON,
married Rebecca TOMLINSON, and they had six children, as
follows: Emily A., who was born April 12, 1851, and was married
October 8, 1873, to A. Taylor PRAUL, by whom she had one
son, Clarence T., born December 31, 1876; Albert S., John, who
married Sarah WHITE; Augustus; Ella; and Caroline.
Albert S. PAXSON, eldest son of Phineas and Rebecca
PAXSON spent a portion of his younger years in Middletown
and afterwards in Southampton, Pennsylvania. He acquired his
education in the public schools and at the Friends school at
Langhorne, and decided upon farming as a life work. He has
since given his attention to agricultural pursuits and in 1878
he purchased the farm upon which he now resides, comprising
ninety acres. Previous to this time he farmed for his father
upon the old homestead, and since starting upon an independent
business career he has met with a fair measure of prosperity.
On the 30th of December, 1875, Albert S. PAXSON
married Miss Josephine BITTING, daughter of John R. and
Hannah (BARTINE) BITTING. Her father was born
January 29, 1826, and now resides at Doylestown. His daughter
Josephine was born August 27, 1852. There were six children
born of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs. PAXSON; John Phineas,
who died three days after birth; William Albert, who was born
September 18, 1878, and wedded Mary TAYLOR, a daughter of
Benjamin TAYLOR. Mary Emily, who was born May 6, 1881,
and is the wife of Norman HIBBS; George Parker, born
October 30, 1883; Wesley Bitting, born February 11, 1886; and
Samuel Tomlinson, who was born December 26, 1886, and died in
early childhood.
Text taken from page 693 to 694 of:
Davis, William W. H., A.M., History of Bucks County,
Pennsylvania [New York-Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company,
1905] Volume III
Transcribed May 2007 by Joan Lollis as part of
the Bucks Co., Pa., Early Family Project,
www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks/bucksindex.html
Published May 2007 on the Bucks County, Pa., USGenWeb pages at
www.rootsweb.com/~pabucks/
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