Background
Saxe, John Godfrey was born on June 2, 1816 in Highgate, Franklin County, Vermont, United States. Son of Peter and Elizabeth (Jewett) Saxe.
Saxe, John Godfrey was born on June 2, 1816 in Highgate, Franklin County, Vermont, United States. Son of Peter and Elizabeth (Jewett) Saxe.
Graduate Middletown College, 1839. Honorary Doctor of Laws, Middlebury College, 1866.
Admitted to Vermont bar, 1843. Superintendent common schools Chittenden County (Vermont), 1847-1848. States attorney Chittenden County, 1850-1851.
Owner, editor weekly newspaper Burlington (Vermont) Sentinel, 1850-1856.
Author: Progress: A Satirical Poem, 1846. Humorous and Satirical Poems, 1850.
Leisure-Day Rhymes, 1875. Contributor humorous poems to Knickerbocker magazine.
Works collected in Selections from the Poems of John Godfrey Saxe, published 1905.
Married Sophia Newell Sollace, September 9, 1841, 6 children including Charles.