Desc Samuel Saxon

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Desc S.S. Saxon

His name could be Sanford Samuel or Samuel Sanford since in every case where we find he has given his name, he has written "S.S. Saxon".

SANFORD SAMUEL SAXON, Baptist Minister, b. abt 1825 GA, d. abt 1873 Fayette Co.,TX
(1) m Unknown
children:
      1. James b. 1849
      2. William b. 1851
      3. Elizabeth b. 1854
           +Sam Smith, the ferry keeper in the article below.
      4. Robert b. 1857 (lived with Elizabeth & Sam for a time)

(2) m ^%Maranza Anna Adams in Butler Co., Ala. in 1860 (Samuel Saxon & Elijah Adams were working together on the railroad) d. abt 1873 Fayette Co., TX d/o Elijah Adams & Mary Lewis.
Children:
      5. Paratine (put with Stribling family) b. Aug 8, 1862, GA; d. Jun 11, 1946 Broken Arrow, Tulsa Co, OK
          + Wm Henry Jones b: Feb 16, 1862, s/o Ezekiel Jones & Sarah E. ? AL; d: April 1925, AL; buried Flatrock Cemetery, Evergreen, Conecuh Co., Ala
           (children listed on the JONES page)

      6. Edward A. Saxon b. 1865, d. 1875 TX

      7. *Samuel Lewis Saxon/Sexton (put with Hunt family, Williamson Co. TX) b. May 28, 1867 Ala. , d. Dec 24, 1941 of a brain hemmorage in Belton Bell Co., TX , m. Dec 24, 1891, Williamson Co TX
             + Lou Allie Kilgore (niece of Nancy Kilgore Collinsworth) b 1870.
                  1. Annie Arzela Sexton b. 1892   m. 1908
                      + Louis Rodney Smythe, b. Jan 1887 TX, (s/o Ceylon Culver Smythe & Effie Catherine Curby)
                         1 Minnie L. Smythe, b. abt 1900
                           2  Stella M. Smythe
                           3 Lottie Smythe
                           4 Larence Smythe (twin)
                           5 Ethel Smythe (twin)
                           6 Ceylon Rodney Smythe, b. 1915, d. Oct 22, 1999 McCullough Co, TX
                           7 Jewel Smythe
                           8 Violet Emma Smythe
                                 + Herbert Wilburn Marler
                                     1 Mary Anne Marler, b. 1940
                                     2 Carol Violet Marler, b. 1942
                                         + Leonard David Henderson
                           9 Rosedawn Smythe
                 2. John Wesley Sexton b. 1894 d. 1918
                     + Nellie J. Burnett, b. abt 1898
                          1 Henrietta Sexton, b. Jan 5,1918, LA; d. Oct 6, 1985 San Antonio, Bexar, TX.
                              + John Frank Gibson
                                    1 Mary Jeanette Gibson, 1943
                                    2 John Burgess Gibson, 1944
                                    3 Jacqulyn Kay Gibson, 1946
                 3. Jessie Cromwell Sexton b 1897 TX m. 1916
                      + Rebecca Madden b. 1897 TX
                           1 Alma Marie Sexton   b. 1917
                              + Robert Leroy Renfro
                                    1 Samuel Nathan Renfro b. Sept 15, 1942 Bell Co. TX
                                    2 Neoma Ruth Renfro b. Apr 21, 1944 Bell Co. TX
                                    3 Rebecca Ann Renfro b. Apr 9, 1945 Bell Co TX
                           2 Lorine Sexton b 1919
                              + Jesse Lee Cabaniss
                                     1 Jesse James Cabaniss b. Jan 15, 1941 Bell Co TX (Named after father's bro. James)
                           3 Samuel Newton Sexton b 1922
                               + Laura Evelyn Strange
                                      1 Sammye Evelyn Sexton b. Mar 4, 1943 Bell Co TX
                                      2 David Louis Sexton b. Sept 25, 1946 Bell Co .TX
                 4. Gracie Lou Sexton b. 1899 m 1915
                     + Robert Bell
                           1 Iva Bell b1916
                           2 Ima Bell b 1919
                           3 Ruby Bell b 1922
                           4 Robert Lee Bell b 1924
                           5 Wanda Lillian b 1926
                 5. Mary Emma  Sexton b. 1901 m 1917
                      + Eugene Peyton Smythe b. Feb. 1892 TX
                          1 Lesly Smythe b 1918
                          2 Beula Smythe b 1920
                          3 Callin Eugene Smythe b 1922
                          4 Euna Lona (Emma Leona?) Smythe b 1924
                          5 Wilbourn Culver Smythe b. June 5, 1928 Bell Co. TX
                          6 Barbara Jean Smythe b. May 9, 1931 Bell Co. TX
                              + Calvin Stonewall Bruton b 1931
                                    1 Calvin Rance Lee Bruton b Mar 30, 1947 Bell Co TX
                                    2 Mary Jean Bruton, b. Oct 20, 1948 Bell Co TX
                        ?+ Jack T Elkins
                  6. Beula Sexton b. 1903
                  7. Roxie Ettie Sexton b. 1905 m. 1921
                      + Joe Scharnberg
                           1 Lester Scharnberg
See: "Scharenberg" Year: 1920;Census Place: Justice Precinct 7, Bell, Texas; Roll: T625_1776; Page: 14A; Enumeration District: 29; Image: 487.

                  8. Glen Luther Sexton b. 1908 m. 1933
                      + Margaret Donohoo
                  9. Hiram Sanford Sexton b. 1911
[Eugene P. Smythe - Year: 1900; Census Place: Justice Precinct 8, Williamson, Texas; Roll: T623 1680; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 138. ]

     8. Marietta Saxon (put with Cook family, Bastrop Co. TX) b. March 1868 m. Feb 9, 1893
         + Wm Henry Duty, (s/o Joseph Duty, **Louisa Turner), b. Apr 17, 1850 Travis Co, TX, d. May 2, 1915, Killeen, Bell Co., TX ( Wm H Duty's bro., Milton T. Duty, is buried in the Webberville Ebenezer Baptist Church / Duty Cemetery, Bastrop/Travis County, Texas )
                  1. Hildred Milton Duty  b. Oct. 1893, Webberville, Travis Co., TX d. Oct 31, 1942, Burnet, Burnet Co., TX m. Oct 1917, Belton, Bell Co., TX
                       + Pearle Inez Madden, b. 1895, Gindale, Bell Co.TX, d. Feb 6, 1986 Belton, Bell, TX
                          1. Marietta LaVerne Duty, b.Jul 21, 1918 Collin Co TX
                          2. Hildred Milton DutyJr, b. Feb. 23, 1920, Bell Co TX, d. Jan 16, 2006, Paducah, Cottle Co TX ( buried Garden of Memories Cemetery)
                               + Gladys Marie McCloud, b. 1920 , d. May 6, 1989  Travis Co. TX
                                     1 Anita M. Duty, b. Oct 25, 1956 Lubbock Co., TX m. Jun 9, 1979 Travis Co., TX
                                        + Joe Earl Glass- Paige TX
                                                 Living Female, 1981, Lubbock Co., TX
                                                 Living Male, 1983, Lubbock Co.,TX
                                                 Living Male, 1995,  Travis Co., TX
                          3. Della Lavinia Duty, b. 1923
                               + Catas Adell Bridges, d. Aug 2, 1990 Bell Co TX
                                      1 Larry Wayne Bridges, b. May 10, 1946, Bell Co., TX
                                      2 Betty Eileen Bridges, b. Feb. 11, 1949, Lubbock Co., TX
                          4. Zola Pearl Duty, b. 1928
                               + William Chester Stae
                                      1 Cherie Janice Stae, b. Nov 15, 1949, Bell Co TX
                          5. Forest Wayne Duty, b. Feb 11, 1930 Cottle Co TX
1930; Census Place: Precinct 3, Cottle, Texas; Roll: 2311; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 6; Image: 1122.0.

                          ( 6. James Robert Duty, b Aug 7, 1936, Bell Co TX
                         Della Laverne Duty m Aug 22, 1992 Bell Co TX
                           + Robert Elmer McDaniel-Belton, Bell Co. TX
                                 Robert Edward McDaniel, b. Jan 1, 1949, Bell Co. TX)

               2. Henry Grady Duty, b: Nov. 16, 1895, d. Aug. 8, 1981 Bell Co TX
                    + Sarah Ann Bonner d. May 28, 1994 Bell Co TX
                           1 Dennis Gordon Duty, Oct 3, 1934 Bell Co. TX  d. Feb 19, 1985 Bell Co TX
              3. Bonnybel Duty  b. May 1898
              4. Annie Louisa Duty b. 1900, Bastrop TX, d. 1966, m. Apr 3, 1917
             5. Jesse Milam Duty  b. Jan. 1, 1903 Bastrop Co., TX d. Mar. 10, 1973 Belton, Bell Co., TX
                   + Mary Josephine Sanders d. Jan 11, 1988 Bell Co TX
                           1 Beldon Brent Duty, b. Feb 13, 1938 Bell Co. TX
                           2 Roddie Kent Duty, b Apr 5, 1949 Bell Co. TX
              6. Bulah E. Duty b. 1908
1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 7, Bell, Texas; Roll: T624_1530; Page:10A;Enumeration District:24;Image:1033

       9. ***Emma Jane Saxon, (put with Bastian family who lived at 1006 Chestnut, the home built by Edward Bastian, Bastrop Co. TX) b. Oct. 7, 1870 Garland, Butler Co., Ala, d. Jun. 11, 1947, Corpus Christi, Nueces Co TX, m. 1890 Bastrop Co TX
                     + ⁺Junius Fletcher "Punch" Nash, b. Feb 22, 1855 Lexington, Burleson Co TX, d. Sept 15, 1931 Corpus Christi, Nueces Co. TX, s/o Prof. John M. Nash, b. Dec 4, 1826 SC, d. ?  & Sarah "Sallie" D. Smith, b. ? d. Jan 21, 1900
                           1 Claudia Marietta Nash b. Jan 18, 1891 Bastrop TX d. Jan 14, 1985 Corpus Christi, Nueces Co, TX
                          2 Myrtle Ethel Nash b.1899 (⁺⁺in living qrts of the Bastrop Jail) Bastrop, Bastrop Co TX
                               + Alvin Cothern
                                     1. Gloria Jane Elizabeth Cothern b. Jan 4, 1930
                           3 ^‡Horace Luckett Nash b. 1905
                               + Johnnie Lucille Burdette
                                      1. Rose Yvonne Nash b. Jun 14, 1927 Kleberg Co TX
                                      2. Martha Louise Nash b. Oct 7, 1928
                                      3. Horace Luckett Nash Jr. b. Sept 5, 1930
                            4 Betty Nash
                                 + Cox
     10. ****Everett Saxon b. 1872 d. 1873

Emma Jane Saxon, lived with the Bastian Family

FROM THE BASTROP (TX) ADVERTISER
Abstracts published online at
http://searches.rootsweb.com/usgenweb/archives/tx/bastrop/newspapers/advert75.txt

09 October 1875
DIED - - - Edward D. SAXON on the 11th inst. He became entangled in the shaft at Mr. BARBEE's Steam Mill. Relatives unknown. SAXON has been living with W. H. COULSON, Sr. at Mcdade. SAXON said his parents settled in Fayette County [TX] 2 or 3 years ago, both dying in the same year they came to Texas. Said his father was a Baptist minister. There were many children, all scattered about after the parents' deaths. One is a sister of SAXON living with Mr. BASTIAN of Bastrop.

30 October 1875
N. THOMAS of Winchester, Fayette County, reports on the family of Edward D. SAXON who died recently. The Rev. Sanford SAXON, Baptist minister, came to this vicinity three years ago and settled on Maj. J. C. STRIBLING's farm in CUNNINGHAM's Prairie in Fayette County [TX]. This man and wife died the same year, leaving 8 children. The oldest, a girl of 17 or 18, married Sam SMITH who keeps "Jonis' Ferry" three miles from here. Robert, the eldest boy, is at the ferry. Paratina is with Major STRIBLING. Samuel is with Mr. Wesley HUNT in Williamson County. Margetta is with Mrs. COOK at Rutersville in this county. The little girl Emer is in your place [i.e., with Mr. BASTIAN of Bastrop]. The youngest is deceased. This family came from Florence, a small place in Alabama.

^% CSA Pension App # 46961:
Adams, Laura Mansfield, Hardin Co. TX for Adams, Lewis Gratis (Maranza Adams Saxon's brother. Lewis & Laura are buried in the Hardin Cemetery, Hardin Co. TX, just a short way out of Kountze, the county seat.)

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*Samuel Lewis was the only offspring to spell his surname "Sexton" instead of "Saxon".

**Louisa Turner was born Feb 8, 1812, Upper Cuivre, St. Charles District, Missouri Territory, and died May 31, 1896 in Homested near Webberville, TX and is buried in the J.J. Manor Hil Cemetery. She married Joseph Duty Jan 16, 1829, s/o Solomon Duty and Susanna(h) Witmore (d/o Joseph Whitmire, b. 1720 & Margaret Jones. ) Joseph was born 6 Mar 1801 in Sumner Co., Tennessee, and died 11 Sep 1855 in Texas.

***Emma Saxon had taken a stagecoach to a town, more than likely it was in Bastrop County. As she was getting off the stagecoach, a gust of wind raised the hem of her dress enough to show her ankle. She was so embarrassed that she promptly fainted. Junius Fletcher "Punch" Nash was the stagecoach driver, probably sitting "shotgun". ( See Business Directory Compiled from the Bastrop Advertiser 1854 - 1879 "NASH, J. F. ("Punch") -- stage coach driver, Bastrop to McDade [12 Apr]" ) He later became a Deputy Sheriff (see 1910 Census Bastrop Co. TX) and by the 1930 Census, was listed as "Warden" in the Kleberg County Jail.

****An interesting story surrounds the death of baby Everett. It was one evening, just before dark, and shortly after the death of their parents that Paratine saw her mother walking down the path towards the place where they were staying. I don't think the children had been parcelled out yet because Paratine was holding little Everett. She saw that her mother's hands were out-stretched and Paratine understood that Maranza wanted the baby. Paratine shouted, "No! No! You can't have the baby!" and her mother vanished. Later that night little Everett passed away in his sleep.

⁺Junius "Punch" Nash had the measles, April 12, 1879 (see: Abstracts from Bastrop Advertiser - Bastrop County TX )

⁺⁺Reported by Gloria Cothern, grand-daughter of Emma Jane Saxon-Bastian & Marshall Punch Nash. See comment dated "8/19/2006"

^‡Named for Dr. H. P. Luckett

Sources:
Census Records, Marriage Records, SSDI, Texas Death Records, Bible Records, Family History.
Ancestry.com. Texas Marriage Collection, 1814-1909 and 1966-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.

S. L. Sexton: 1910; Census Place: Justice Precinct 1, Bell, Texas; Roll: T624_1530; Page: 4A; Enumeration District: 1; Image: 9

Louis R. Smythe: 1910 Census Travis County TX 7 J-PCT Series: T624 Roll: 1594 Page: 281

Jesse Sexton: Year: 1930; Census Place: Precinct 1, Bell, Texas; Roll: 2290; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 5; Image: 705.0.

Texas Death Records, Rootsweb.com

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