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| John Claxton with sons James, Isaac, David, and John Jr. |
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Possibles for two other
sons include Jonathon H., Wesley, Jeremiah,
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Much of this information
comes from "The Bedford County TN Family History Book", "The
Wright County MO Family History Book", |
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Charles Lee Lewis's
"Philander P. Claxton: Crusader for Public Education", and a collection of Claxton Family
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John Claxton b:
1770-1775; d: 1836-1840 in Bedford or Giles County, TN; He had children born in VA, TN and probably
NC; John appears on the 1812 and 1836 Tax lists in Bedford Co., TN as well as
the 1830 Census; it is thought that he
was the Johnthon Clackston who was a sergeant in Capt. Dempsey's Co., Col.
Newton Cannon's Regiment of the War of 1812.
Also, from a statement made Dec. 12, 1831 by David Claxton while in
the Tennessee State Prison in Nashville, TN, David said he was born in Wilson
Co., TN, raised in Smith and Bedford Counties, TN, and that he had six
brothers, one sister, and his mother and father still living in Bedford Co.,
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James Claxton b:
September 18, 1798 in VA; d: October 6, 1871 buried in Durbin Cem, Wright
Co., MO; According to the present day
Claxton researchers as published in the "Bedford Co., TN Family History
Book" his father is John Claxton (b:1770/1775); at this time there seems to be no
documentation to prove that he is the son of James and Sarah Hilliams Claxton
and Grandson of William and Mary Ann Anderson Claxton. James volunteered at Fayetteville, Lincoln
County, TN in January of 1818 as a private in the Capt. James Byrn's company
of the 1st Tennessee Volunteers commanded by Col. R. H. Dyer in the Seminole
Indian War. James accepted bounty land
of 80 acres in 1851 and moved to Greene Co. MO by 1855. By 1860 they were in Wright Co., MO. James
was in Bedford Co., TN by 1812 as that was when his father 1st appeared
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m: Temperance
Ratcliff (Rackley) Claxton on April 26, 1819 in Bedford Co., TN; b: June 12,
1804 in NC; d: Nov. 26, 1877 Wright Co., MO;
Her father is thought to be Joshua Ratcliff(Rackley) who lived near
them. All their children were born in
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Richard Claxton b: 1820
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Henderson Claxton b:
July 23, 1822; d: Sept. 24, 1892; buried Durbin Cem, MO; |
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m: Susan M. Harrison in
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m2: Nancy J. Martin
Wallace b: 1847; d: 1917; They had 7 children; |
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Elizabeth Claxton b:
June 22, 1825; d: Oct. 8, 1887; buried in Sanders Cem, Bedford Co., TN; moved
to MO with James and Temperance but returned to Bedford Co., TN shortly
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m: Stephen Sanders in
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James Anderson Claxton
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m: Eliza Jane
Harrison in 1848; b: Feb. 2, 1829; d: Dec. 1, 1909; dau. Of Edward Cannon and
Eliza Jane McClane Harrison of Bedford Co., TN; They had 11 children; |
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William Harve Claxton b:
abt 1829; d: Nov. 14, 1903; buried Claxton Cem, MO; |
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m: Nancy Locke; They had
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m2: Martha Corilla Locke
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Joshua Calvin Claxton
b: Apr. 12, 1831; d: June 4, 1909; did not move to MO with family; buried in
Jones Cemetery at Poplin Crossroads in Bedford Co., TN; |
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m: Ann Elizabeth
Jones Aug. 16, 1854; b: Sept. 16, 1836 in Bedford Co., TN; d: Sept.10, 1890
of pneumonia; dau. Of Dr. William Berry Jones MD of the Poplin's Cross Roads
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Temperance Mahala
Claxton b: May 4, 1855; d: June 8, 1945; |
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m: Pleasant M. Maxwell
on Jan. 4, 1877; b: Oct. 9, 1851; d: Oct. 6, 1881; |
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Amanda Tennessee Claxton
b: Oct. 29, 1856; d: Nov. 30, 1930; |
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m: Jacob
"Jake" Parsons Crowell on Sept. 7, 1876; b: 1851; d: June 1909; |
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Elizabeth Allen
"Allie" Claxton b: abt.1857; d: 1863 at the age of 5, caught German
measles and whooping cough from the soldiers. |
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Dr. Philander
Priestly Claxton b: Sept. 28, 1862 in Bedford Co., TN; d: 1957 in Knoxville,
TN at the home of his daughter, Claire; attended schools in U.S. and Germany;
U.S. Commissioner of Education 1911-1922; |
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m: Varina Staunton
Moore on Dec. 2, 1885 in Goldsboro, NC; b: Jan. 5, 1857; d: Sept. 12, 1891;
dau. Of Dr. William and Emily Webb Moore of Goldsboro, NC; |
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Claire Claxton b: Sept.
19, 1886 in Wilson, NC; lived in Knoxville, TN and attended UT. |
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m: Dale Redmond Mayo
on April 9, 1913 in Washington D.C.; b: Dec. 27, 1886 in Knoxville, TN; d:
March 3, 1934; |
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Varina Claxton b:
Feb. 20, 1915 in Knoxville, TN; Attended Salem College and UT; |
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m: Dr. Harry Jenkins
on Feb. 19, 1938 in Knoxville, TN; b: Jan. 3, 1938 in Cookeville, TN;
Attended Vanderbilt University; Lt Col. U.S. Army Medical Corps 1944-1946,
Commanding Officer of 182 Medical Station Hospital, Italy; |
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Carol Claxton Jenkins b:
Nov. 24, 1938 in Knoxville, TN; |
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Daniel Redmond Mayo
b: Aug. 5, 1917 in Knoxville, TN; Attended UT; Sgt. Signal Corps, U.S. Army
1944-1946, England, France, Belgium(Battle of the Bulge), Germany,
Philippines and Japan (Army of Occupation); |
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Porter Claxton Mayo
b: Apr. 23, 1919 in Knoxville, TN; Lieut. U.S. Army 1941-1945 with 7 months
in France; |
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m: Josephine
Carmichael on Sept. 29, 1941 in Knoxville, TN; b: March 10, 1921 in
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Porter Claxton Mayo, Jr.
b: Nov. 23, 1942 in Knoxville, TN; |
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Josephine Dale Mayo b:
Aug. 13, 1946 in Knoxville, TN; |
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m2: Anne Elizabeth
Porter on Sept. 26, 1894; b: May 29, 1862 in Tarboro, NC; d: Feb. 14, 1904;
she had children by Porter: Joseph John Porter and Cynthia Patience Jeffreys
Porter both born in Tarboro, NC; |
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Helen Claxton b: Dec.
4, 1895 in Greensboro, NC; Attended College for Women in Greensboro, NC; |
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m: John Curtis Walker
on Jan. 1, 1921 in Washington, DC; b: March 3, 1895 in Washington, DC; d:
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Curtis Walker b: Oct. 20,
1921 in Chevy Chase, MD; |
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Claxton Walker b:
July 1924 in Chevy Chase, MD; U.S. Marine Corps, WW II, 1943-1945 Iwo Jima
and other invasions in the Pacific; |
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m: Margaret Jacquelyn
Northup on Aug. 15, 1947; |
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John C. Walker b:
Oct. 4, 1927 in Chevy Chase, MD; Duke University Class of 1948 |
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Calvin Porter Claxton
b: April 23, 1898 in Greensboro, NC; Central Officer Training Schoo in Gordon
, GA, WW I in 1918; BS in Ag at UT; Involved heavily in various areas of
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m: Laura Evelyn Mabry on
March 17, 1934 in Nashville, TN; |
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Anne Elizabeth Claxton |
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Robert Edward Claxton d:
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Philander Priestly Jr. |
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Mary Hannah Payne Claxton |
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James Jonas Claxton b:
Nov. 22, 1867; d: Dec. 31, 1932; |
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m: Emma Cleveland
Shearin on Dec. 25, 1891; b: Oct. 23, 1869; d: May 23, 1919; |
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Minerva Jane Claxton b:
April 19, 1870; |
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m: Robert Allen Locke on
Feb. 18, 1891; b: Oct. 6, 1866; |
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Melvina Jones Claxton b:
June 21, 1872 |
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m: Thomas Russell on
Sept. 5, 1886; b: June 13, 1970; d: March 1, 1944; |
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Ophelia Adeline Claxton b:
May 20, 1875; |
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m: Henry Preston Clark
on July 28, 1892; b: April 5, 1870; d: Nov. 21, 1932; |
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Alice Cassandra Claxton
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m: Samuel W. Crowell on
Mar. 23, 1893; b: Oct. 9, 1872; |
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m2: Mary E. "Aunt
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John Wesley Claxton b:
Dec. 12, 1832; d: Apr. 4, 1924 buried in Claxton Cem, MO; |
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m: Samantha A. Summer b:
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Noah "Dick"
Claxton b: May 1835; d: 1915 buried at Hartville Cem, MO |
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m: Lucinda Palmer b:
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m2: Ophelia M. Russell
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George Coleman
"Mike" Claxton b: Jan. 1, 1840; d: Oct. 24, 1903 Claxton Church of
Christ Cem, Wright Co., MO; bachelor; |
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Emily Adeline Claxton b:
Jun. 18, 1845; d: Nov. 4, 1925 buried Durbin Cem, MO; They had 6 children; |
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m: Henry Austin Scott in
1868; b: 1840; d: 1928 buried Durbin Cem, MO; grandparents from Bedford Co.,
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Margaret C. Claxton b:
Jan 23, 1848; d: April 14, 1880 buried Durbin Cem, MO; |
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m: Samuel L. Russell b:
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Issac Claxton b: abt
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Jonothan Claxton b: 1836;
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James J. Claxton b: 1839;
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William C. Claxton b:
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S. Emaline Claxton b:
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Nancy Caroline Eoff in
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John Kimbro Claxton b:
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Cannon L. Claxton b:
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Jonathon Claxton (nothing known about this Claxton and his
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Jeremiah Claxton see: |
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