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


   HOWARD H. PAXSON retired, P.O. New Hope, was born in 
Solebury township, September 20, 1810, being a son of Asher 
and Martha (Harding) Paxson.   His grandfather was Mahlon 
Paxson, a descendant of James and Jane Paxson, who came from 
the parish of Slow, Oxfordshire, England, and settled in 
Bucks county in 1682.  His maternal grandfather was Jonathan 
Harding.   Howard H. Paxson was reared in Solebury township, 
where most of his life has been spent in farming.  He was a 
natural mechanic, and was also engaged in various business 
enterprises.  He was twice married, first to Elizabeth, 
daughter of John H. and Elizabeth (Pownal) Ely, of Solebury, 
by whom he had two children, Alfred and M. Elizabeth.  His 
second wife was Mary P., daughter of Mark and Rachel 
(Hambleton) Ely, of Solebury.  By the second marriage he has 
one child, Mary Anna, who is married to Harvey Warner, and 
has one child, Howard.