Nobles County MN Archives Biographies.....Saxon, John 1845 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mn/mnfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com October 24, 2006, 11:29 pm Author: Arthur P. Rose (1908) JOHN SAXON, a retired farmer of Worthington, is one of the pioneer settlers of the county. He was born in Sweden November 18, 1845, the son of John and Christine Saxon. The family came to America in 1852 and located at Moline, Ill. Two years later they moved to Fulton, Ill., and there the next year both parents died. Our subject continued to live in Fulton until 1864, when he moved to Winona, Minn. He entered the union army in February, 1864, and served until the close of the war, most of his service being in North Carolina. Near Winona he lived practically all the time from the close of the war until his arrival in Nobles county early in 1872, working on a farm. From St. James he came to Worthington by stage, and on February 7, 1872, filed a homestead claim to the southwest quarter of section 30, Indian Lake township. He came with his brother, Charles Saxon, Jerry Haines and a Mr. Perkins. All four took claims, but the two last named abandoned them and soon moved away. On his Indian Lake homestead Mr. Saxon lived, engaged in farming, until May, 1907, when he rented the farm to his nephew, Wallace Saxon, and moved to Worthington, since which time he has lived a life of retirement. During the year 1908 he erected a home in the city. Mr. Saxon was married August 13, 1880, to Miss Martha Johnson in Worthington. She, also, is a native of Sweden. She came to the United States with her father, Louis Johnson, in the fall of 1878. Her father took a homestead claim on section 20, Indian Lake township, and still resides there with his wife. Both are 84 years of age. To Mr. and Mrs. Saxon have been born five children: Unda (Mrs. Andrew Christianson), of Denver, Colorado; George, of Worthington; Violet, Ethel and Earl. For several years Mr. Saxon served as director of the school district in which he lived in Indian Lake township and was road overseer for a number of years. For three years Mr. Saxon was postmaster of the Saxon postoffice, situated on his farm. It was discontinued upon the advent of rural free delivery. Additional Comments: Extracted from: AN ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF NOBLES COUNTY MINNESOTA BY ARTHUR P. ROSE NORTHERN HISTORY PUBLISHING COMPANY WORTHINGTON, MINNESOTA PUBLISHERS 1908 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mn/nobles/bios/saxon186gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/mnfiles/ File size: 2.8 Kb