Biographical Sketch of Thomas P. Paxton, Lafayette County, Missouri

>From "History of Lafayette County, Mo., carefully written and compiled
from the most authentic official and private sources" St. Louis, Mo.
Historical Company, 1881.
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Thomas P. Paxton, grain and flour-dealer, P. O. Mayview.  The subject of
this sketch was born in Rockbridge county, Virginia, in 1850.  He is the
son of William and Sarah Paxton.  Was educated at Washington, Lee Univer-
sity.  Since his graduation he has been engaged in the drug business,
until within the last few years.  In 1873 he came to Missouri, and he
settled in Warrensburg, where he resided until the year 1880, when he
moved to Mayview, and engaged in the grain business.  He handles large
quantities of flour and grain, and is a man of business tact and integ-
rity, possessing the confidence of all who deal with him.  He was married
November 15, 1877, to Miss Lulu Kerdolph, of Lexington, Missouri, by whom
he has one child, Daisy.  Mr. Paxton is a member of the A. F. & A. M.

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