William James SAXON

1839 - 1884  (44 years)

• Name	William James SAXON
  Birth	28 Feb 1839	Troup County, Georgia, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	AFB5C9B24C1041EDA09D9082E2A95364FA74
  Death	23 Feb 1884	Alabama, USA   [1]
  Burial	Waverly Cemetery, Waverly, Lee County, Alabama, USA   [1]
  Notes	From findagrave.com, Sep 2015: William James Saxon was born to Henry Saxon and Ruth Acree Saxon in Ga. He grew up and married Caroline "Carrie" Laura Minter in Harris Co. Ga. on June 24, 1862. He was a school teacher in Loachapoka Ala. and later in Waverly, Ala. When Civil War came to Ala., he joined the Loachapoka Rifles (org. 1861). He was a 3nd Lt. in the fight, but was wounded and was honorably discharged and went back to Waverly, Alabama to teach again. He taught school until he died just 1 week shy of his 45 birthday. William was buried in the Waverly Cemetery, along with his parents, Henry and Ruth Saxon, and Williams wife, "Carrie", would follow him in death in 1926. Their children mentioned in the family history were: LULA JENNE JESSE (a son) WALTER CRAWFORD EMMA HENRY JOHN WILLIE LAURA SAXON b. 1872 and married Wm. Jefferson Waldrop - buried Canaan Cemetery,near Waverly, Ala.-Tallapoosa Co. (other kin in this cemetery: Paradise, Graves, Hester's, waldrop's) Family links: Parents: Henry Saxon (1816 - 1906) Ruth Acree Saxon (1818 - 1884)
  Person ID	I3401	America
  Last Modified	26 Jun 2019

  
  

  Family	Caroline Laura Minter,   b. 26 Nov 1841, Upson County, Georgia, USA d. 1926, Dadeville, Tallapoosa County, Alabama, USA (Age 84 years)
  Marriage	24 Jun 1862	Harris County, Georgia, USA   [2]
  Children	1. Crawford SAXON   2. Walt SAXON   3. Jannie SAXON   4. Emma Pearl "Shodie" SAXON,   b. 16 Jun 1874, Waverly, Lee County, Alabama, USA d. 29 Aug 1962, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, USA (Age 88 years)
  Family ID	F1472	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2015

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 28 Feb 1839 - Troup County, Georgia, USA Marriage - 24 Jun 1862 - Harris County, Georgia, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S66] findagrave.com, November 2014 and later. [S124] Georgia, Marriage Records From Select Counties, 1828-1978 at Ancestry.com, February 2015.