Fayette County PA Archives Obituaries.....Axton, Capt. Moffitt June 11, 1926 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Lynn Beatty klbeatty@npgcable.com March 25, 2007, 9:31 am Morning Herald (Fayette Co., Pa.) A clipping from Morning Herald states that Captain Moffitt Axton aged 61 yrs died in the Brownsville General Hospital Friday June 11, 1926 following an operation for appendicitis, was a river man & a life long resident of West Brownsville, where for many years he & his father, Andrew K. Axton were engaged in boat building. He is survived by a son Earl F. Axton of Fairchance Pa & four sisters: Mrs Elizabeth Z. Wells of Dayton, O, Mrs Helen Britten of Washington, Pa, Mrs Margaret Crawford of West Brownsville, Pa & Miss Effie Axton of West Brownsville, Pa. Funeral services Sunday afternoon 13th inst. Additional Comments: Extracted from Josiah V. Thompson Journals, Vol. 16 This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/pafiles/ File size: 1.2 Kb