Grundy County IL Archives Biographies.....Paxton, James 1819 - 
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Author: History Grundy County 1882

James Paxton, farmer, P. O. Mazon, is a son of Samuel and Sarah Paxton, was 
born in Guernsey County, Ohio, December 3, 1819, and came to Illinois in the 
spring of 1848, having married, September 28, 1843, Miss Phoebe A. Keepers, 
daughter of Joseph and Hannah (Jordan) Keepers. They settled in Mazon 
Township, Grundy County, and bought eighty acres of land, which Mr. Paxton, at 
once improved. To this he added from time to time, and now owns 400 acres - 
240 in Section 32 of Mazon Township and 160 acres in Section 5 of Goodfarm 
Township. This land is worth $60 per acre. Mr. and Mrs. Paxton have a family 
of eleven children - Sarah B., born June 13, 1844, died August 4, 1846; Joseph 
K., August 18, 1846; Hannah M., born February 26, 1849, died August 18, 1851; 
Samuel J., born September 9, 1851; Harriet L., born February 23, 1854, married 
November 23, 1875, to James M. Warnock, of Ohio - he died December 16, 1877; 
Philena J., born July 13, 1856, died August 20, 1859; Phoebe E., born February 
7, 1859, married November 27, 1879, to Nathan Klinefelter; James E., born 
February 7, 1859; William E., born July 23, 1861; George M., born October 13, 
1866; and Mary E., born October 13, 1866. Mr. and Mrs. Paxton and daughter 
Harried L. are members of the Church of God, of Goodfarm Township. Their 
residence is situated three and three-quarter miles southwest of Mazon.

Additional Comments:
Source: History of Grundy County, Illinois. (1882) Chicago: O.L. Baskin & Co. 
Historical Publishers.

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