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John Rowen Claxon[1]

Male 1849 - 1906  (56 years)


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  • Name John Rowen Claxon 
    Born 31 Dec 1849  , , Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    AFN HWLQ-54 
    _UID 67F2893E6A192C4689C336701CE08EDC6D94 
    Died 9 Nov 1906  , , Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Harrods Crk Cem., Brownsboro, Oldham, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 

    • Middle name from Owen Co deed records (Deed book X, p 278). "History of Woodford County," p. 343, refers to John Rowan Claxon "of Pewee Valley." Pewee Valley is in SW Oldham Co about 10 miles E of Louisville.

      Adjacent to his and his wife's graves in Harrods Creek Cemetery are the graves of John Calhoun Claxon Sr (1885-1959), Ethel Davis Claxon (1888-1929), and Priscilla Penna Claxon (1901-1955) ("KY Cemeteries").

      PROBATE Jefferson Co KY probate index has estate of CLAXON, John R., administrator Wm. R. CLAXON, book 95, p. 238 (film 1490859)

      CENSUS
      1880 Owen Co KY, Dallasburg Dist, SD4, ED147, sht 12, line 1, age 30, farmer, with wife and son. Mother-in-law E. M. Bates, age 61 born KY, and a C. A. Claxon, age 26, is living with him.
      1900 Jefferson Co KY, dist 1, ED 146(?), Sht 5, line 46, age 50, with 2nd wife and children.

      NEWSPAPER (The Carrollton Democrat, Carrollton, Ky)
      4 Jun 1881: "Rowan" Claxon of Owen Co sold some hogs in Carrollton.

      !BIRTH: Hallie Claxon Bible; 1860,1870, 1880 census Owen Co KY (Dallasburg Pct); gravestone ("KY Cemeteries").
      !PARENTS: 1860,1870, 1880 census Owen Co KY (Dallasburg Pct).
      !MARRIAGE: 1st, "History of Woodford County," page 343, date estimated. 2nd: Hallie Claxon Bible.
      !DEATH: Hallie Claxon Bible; Gravestone ("KY Cemeteries").
      !BURIAL: Gravestone ("KY Cemeteries").
    Person ID I11859  7B William Bassett of Cross Plains, Indiana
    Last Modified 30 Apr 2018 

    Father William Claxon,   b. 12 Apr 1817, , , Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 20 Nov 1872, Merrill-Simpson Cemetery,Moxley,Owen, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 55 years) 
    Mother America J. GULLION,   b. 22 Apr 1825, , , Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Dec 1871, Merrill-Simpson Cemetery,Moxley,Owen, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 46 years) 
    Married 3 Jan 1849  , Carroll, Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F619  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Anna Bates,   b. 21 Oct 1856, , , Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 14 Apr 1892, , , Kentucky, United States Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 35 years) 
    Married Abt 1879 
    Children 
     1. Galt Bates Claxon,   b. 12 May 1880, Owen Co, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 May 1953, Birmingham, AL Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 73 years)
     2. William R. Claxon,   b. 24 Nov 1881, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Dec 1977  (Age 96 years)
     3. Maude Rowan Claxon,   b. 25 Jan 1884, KY Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. John Calhoun Claxon,   b. 4 Nov 1885, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1959  (Age 73 years)
     5. Hallie Brown Claxon,   b. 17 Jan 1888, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1977  (Age 89 years)
     6. Lizzie Evans Claxon,   b. 17 Jun 1889, KY Find all individuals with events at this location
     7. Nellie Curtis Claxon,   b. 30 Mar 1892, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 9 Oct 1964  (Age 72 years)
     8. James Roy Claxon,   b. 30 Mar 1892, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Aug 1892  (Age 0 years)
    Family ID F5473  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Maggie M. Haydon,   b. 20 Jan 1872, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Dec 1930  (Age 58 years) 
    Married 8 Apr 1897 
    Children 
     1. Marguerite Fizer Claxon,   b. 26 Jan 1898, KY Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Sep 1925  (Age 27 years)
     2. Lawrence Edward Claxon,   b. 29 Jan 1899, KY Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Anna Catherine Claxon,   b. 21 Aug 1900,   d. 14 Apr 1981, Jefferson Co., KY Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     4. Eva May Claxon
    Family ID F5474  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S73] Ancestral File (R), The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, (Copyright (c) 1987, June 1998, data as of 5 January 1998).