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Vonnie Kolbenschlag sends additional information on Capt. Robert Paxton

By Vonnie Kolbenschlag
Here's a few additions to the story.

Too bad CM wasn't around in 1815, because the War of 1812 officially ended with the signing of the Treaty of Ghent on December 24, 1814. I'd say they got a late start. Measles and mumps caused a lot of deaths in the War of 1812 and also in the Civil War.

Jane Casey was known as Jennie, maybe because her mom was a Janealso. She married Paxton in 1803 and by the time he went to war ( that was officially over ) they had 6 children. This is mentioned in Col. Wm. Casey's will (1816) as he is more generous to Jennie, a widow, than to her sisters. In 1824 she married Solomon Baker from Gradyville. He was a skillful gunsmith.

One of the daughters of Jennie and Robert Paxton married Dan Trabue, Jr. -Vonnie Kolbenschlag
Comments re article 49272 JIM History The death of Captain Robert Paxton 1815




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