Charles D. Paxton
[born on July 28, 1879 in Renrock, Ohio]
died on February 16, 1963]
Charles D Paxton was the third child of
James Harvey Paxton and he married Georgia Hammond
in 1903. Georgia Hammond was born on December 9, 1883, the daughter of John and Maggie Hammond. The Hammond's lived in the brick house that Vincent Dye built in 1835. She died in the influenza epidemic on March 4, 1930. They
owned Valley View Farm on Coopermill Road, southwest of Zanesville, Ohio -- a farm of about 160 acres which his son Don continues to operate.
Charles and Georgia on the front lawn of Valley View Farm
[Picture probably taken about 1915]
[I would bet that the dog's name was Rex. Grandpa had a thing about dogs named Rex and they were always working dogs. When I stayed on the farm during the summers I would often go along with Rex to round up the cows. Rex didn't seem to mind but Grandpa thought I was wasting Rex's time.]
Left to Right : Charles D. Paxton, Louis Paxton, Bernice Paxton, Georgia Paxton
They had five children:
- James Francis Paxton
[b. May 14, 1904 d.April 16, 1906]
- Bernice Delia Irene Paxton
[b. May 9, 1910 d. March, 1995]
[Married Perry Franklin Butler on June 16, 1940]
[b. June 29, 1911 d. ]
- Louis Roland Paxton
[b. January 29, 1914 d. ??]
[Married Mary Louise Culbertson on July 21, 1950]
[b. July 22, 1916]
- Virginia Pearl Paxton
[b. June 24, 1920 d. 1996]
[Married John Lyman Watters on July 26, 1946]
[b. October 23, 1912]
- Don Charles Paxton
[b. August 29, 1923]
[Married Helen Elizabeth Komaromy on September 6, 1952]
[b. April 13, 1927]
Left to Right : Charles D Paxton, Don Charles Paxton, Perry Franklin Butler, John Watters
Rosa Dye Paxton, Helen (Komaromy) Paxton, Bernice (Paxton) Butler, Virginia (Paxton) Watters
Judy Joann Butler, John Charles Butler
Taken in Renrock Ohio, ca 1950
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Bernice Delia Irene Paxton -- Generation 8