Marshall County KS Archives Biographies.....Traxler, Henry 1848 - 
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Author: Emma E. Forter (1917)

HENRY TRAXLER.

    Henry Traxler, one of the substantial men and high-class farmers and
stockmen of Cottage Hill township, Marshall county, was born in the state of New
York, on October 14, 1848, being the son of Adam and Sylvia (Roberts) Traxler,
who were natives of Pennsylvania and the state of New  York,  respectively.

    Adam Traxler was the son of Henry Traxler, a member of one of the old
families of Pennsylvania and was of German origin. When Adam was a lad his
father moved to the state of New York and there the boy was educated in the
public schools and grew to manhood on the home farm. It was there that he was
united in marriage to Sylvia Roberts, and some years later they established
their home on a farm in Richland county, Ohio, and there they died, the mother
in 1864 and the father in 1867. Mr. and Mrs. Traxler were excellent people and
highly regarded in the community in which they lived.

    At the time of the death of his father, Henry Traxler was nineteen years of
age and was one of a family of seven children, two of whom are now living. After
the death of his father he remained in Ohio for three years and then moved to
Muscatine county, Iowa, where he farmed for one year. During his residence in
that county he was married and in 1879 he and his wife came to Kansas, and
established their home in Norton county. They homesteaded a tract of land and
for a time lived in a dug-out or sod house. Here the little family experienced
many of the hardships of pioneer life on the plains. In 1882 they moved to Brown
county, where they lived for one year and in 1883 they came to Marshall county,
and for three years lived in Logan township, southwest of Marysville. They then
took up their residence in Herkimer township and purchased a good farm, and
there Mr. Traxler engaged in general farming until 1891, when he purchased a
farm in Waterville township, where the family lived for ten years. He purchased
his present farm in Cottage Hill township, and is now the owner of four hundred
acres of splendid land, all of which is under a high state of cultivation and
well improved. He has erected a beautiful ten-room, modern house, with hot
water- heat, bath, hardwood floors and every convenience possible. He has a
splendid barn with silo, for the housing of his stock and his grain. He is much
interested in his Red Polled cattle and Duroc-Jersey hogs. He is to a large
extent replacing his Duroc-Jerseys with Poland China hogs, and now has some fine
animals. His well-kept fields and pastures dotted here and there with the herds
of fine cattle and droves of hogs, present a pleasing sight. The buildings are
kept in a fine state of repair and the place is beautified with trees and
shrubbery and a fine young orchard.

    In 1870 Henry Traxler was united in marriage to Hannah E. Moore, who was
born in Ohio in November, 1850, and is the daughter of Alex and Mina (Corson)
Moore, both of whom were natives of Ohio, and who later settled in the state of
Iowa, where they established their home on a farm and there the father died, and
after his death the mother came to Kansas. To Henry and Hannah Traxler have been
born the follow-ing children: Edwin, who is a teacher, having graduated from the
normal school and is now working for a degree at Emporia; Herbert is at Kansas
City; one child that died in infancy; Clyde, who died at the age of five years,
and Maud, Robert, Ralph and Stanley, wTho are at home. Mr. and Mrs. Traxler are
active members of the Methodist Episcopal church and have long been prominent in
the social life of the community in which they live and where they are held in
high esteem and regard by all. Mr. and Mrs. Traxler are members of the Knights
and Ladies of Security and he is one of the influential men of the district.

     Since coming to Marshall county, Mr. and Mrs. Traxler have by their own
efforts and hard work, accomplished much that is worthy of note. They have one
of the ideal farms and beautiful homes of the county, where they take much
pleasure in the entertainment of their neighbors and their friends. Politically,
Mr. Traxler is a Republican and while he takes much interest in local affairs,
he has never been an office seeker.


Additional Comments:
Extracted from:

History of Marshall County, Kansas: its people, industries, and institutions
by
Emma E. Forter

Indianapolis, Ind.: B.F. Bowen & Co. (1917)



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