Biographies:   Harvey AXFORD, Eau Claire, Eau Claire Co., WI 

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Harvey Axford, deceased, who attained to a position of local prominence as a 
professional bookkeeper and accountant, was a native of Oxford, Mich.  He 
came to Eau Claire in 1869 and there spent the balance of his life.  He was 
an honorable member of the Masonic fraternity and attained to the degree of 
Knight Templar.  He was careful, conscientious and thoroughly up-to-date in 
his methods, with a wide scope of practical as well as theoretical knowledge.  
He was a man of pleasing personality, and wherever known was esteemed for his 
thorough, manly qualities of mind and heart.

On January 27, 1869, at Portage City, Wis., he married Miss Nettie A. 
Stockbridge.  Mrs. Axford was for fourteen years matron of the Eau Claire 
Children's Home, resigning the position in 1912.  She is possessed of rare 
mental attainments and prominent in social circles, and is a member of the 
Old Settlers' Association of Eau Claire.  Her father, Henry L. Stockbridge, 
was born in Syracuse, N. Y., and was by occupation a contractor and builder.  
He married Delia Morgan, of Binghamton, N. Y., and to them two children were 
born, viz: Nettie J. and John H.  Both Mr. and Mrs. Stockbridge are now 
deceased.  His death occurred in November, 1873; his widow surviving until 
February 11, 1900.  John H. Stockbridge died October 22, 1904, leaving a 
widow and two children, viz: Ida B. and Clarence L., who are still residents 
of Eau Claire.

--Taken from "The History of Eau Claire County, 1914, Past & Present",
page 641.