Background
Paxton, John Gallatin was born on September 17, 1859 in Lexington, Virginia, United States. Son of Elisha Franklin and Elizabeth Hannah (White) Paxton.
Paxton, John Gallatin was born on September 17, 1859 in Lexington, Virginia, United States. Son of Elisha Franklin and Elizabeth Hannah (White) Paxton.
Father was brigadier general C.S.A. and was killed in command Stonewall Brigade, at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863. Virginia Military Institute. Bachelor of Laws, Washington and Lee University, 1880.
Richard Harrison and Mary (Wyatt) Gentry, of Columbia, Missouri, 1885 (died 1903). Married second, Anne Dandridge, daughter William F. and Anna Aylett (Anderson) Junkin, of Lexington, Virginia, 1906.
Began practice at Independence, Missouri, 1880.
Vice president First National Bank, Independence.
Married Mary Neill, daughter Married second, Anne Dandridge, daughter