Re: Philander Priestly Claxton 1862-1957
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In reply to:
Philander Priestly Claxton 1862-1957
Rodney Green 3/21/01
Rod -- I have some limited data on relatives of P P CLAXTON in the event your other contacts don't have a full account.
Joshua's parents were James Anderston CLAXTON bn ca 1798 in VA and Temperance RATCLIFF bn ca 1804 in NC.
Their dau, Elizabeth (22 JUN 1825)-(08 OCT 1897) md Stephen S SANDERS (01 JUL 1825)-(19 JUN 1910) - at least 7 children
Their son, Joshua Calvin (1831-1909)md#1 Anne E JONES on 16 AGU 1854. Anna (16 SEP1836)-(16 SEP 1890) d/o Wm Berry JONES and Mahala W SIKES - at least 7 children
Katherine Virginia (mid 1840s to ca 6) md Jonas Sikes JONES, bro of Anna (JONES) CLAXTON - at least 4 children
Children of Joshua C and Anna E (JONES) CLAXTON
1. Temperance Mahala - (1854-1945) md 04 JAN 1877 Pleasant Miller MAXWELL (1851-188_) s/o Newton Cannon MAXWELL and Nancy Jane STEM
2. Philander Preistly (1862-1957)
3. Jonas S (bn ca 1867)
4. Minerva J (bn ca 1869) md Rbt A LOCKE - min 2 ch
5. Melvina (bn ca 1872) md Thos Allen RUSSELL - 3 ch
6. Ophelia (bn ca 1874)
I have not gathered a great deal on CLAXTON, but can providea bit more on Elizabeth and Stephen SANDERS family, Tempy and Pleas MAXWELL's family, and some descendants of Melvina and Thos RUSSELL. -- Jack