Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Paxson, Charles S.
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Solebury Township


   CHARLES S. PAXSON farmer, P.O. Carversville, was born in 
Solebury township, March 8, 1836, and is a son of Howard and 
Mary (Small) Paxson, the latter a daughter of Jonah Small, 
of Philadelphia. His paternal grandfather was Elias Paxson, 
who married Catherine Rice.  Elias was a son of Abraham and 
Elizabeth (Brown) Paxson, and Abraham a son of Thomas and 
Sarah (Harvey) Paxson.  Thomas was a son of Henry and Ann 
(Plumly) Paxson, and Henry a son of James and Jane Paxson, 
who came from Bycot house, Oxfordshire, England, in 1682 and 
settled in Bucks county.  Howard Paxson was a farmer, and 
had a family of nine children:  Charles, Emeline (Mrs. 
William H. Walter), Watson F., Joseph A., Eugene, Wilson S., 
Elliott, Catherine (Mrs. J. R. Paxson), and Oscar.  [See 
"The Paxson Family," in Buckingham township, for a detailed 
history of the family.]  Charles S. Paxson was reared in 
Solebury, and was married March 12, 1863, to Sarah B., 
daughter of Isaiah and Esther (Good) Michener, of Solebury.  
They are the parents of one child, J. Howard, born September 
2, 1868.  Mr. Paxson is a member of the Society of Friends.  
Politically he is a republican.