William A. Saxon
William was a son of James and Mary Whitcomb Saxon; his siblings were Benjamin Saxon, Alexander Saxon, James Robert Saxon, Lucy Saxon Woods, Charles W. Saxon, Robert F. Saxon, Oliver F. Saxon, John B. Saxon, and Mary Saxon. William's half siblings were Anthony Minor Saxon, Amanda C. Saxon, Jane Saxon, and Mary Alice Saxon. William A. Saxon married Mary A. A. Hannah in Rush Co., IN on Nov. 21, 1855. They adopted their daughter Minnie who married Robert E. L. Harrington in Lake Co., IN on Nov. 28, 1906.
"William Saxon, who served with the 16th Indiana Infantry, and who lived in Fayette County, and his wife adopted a Civil War orphan from the Soldiers and Sailors Children's Home at Knightstown. The orphan was a girl, whom the Saxons clothed, educated, and reared to womanhood. The former orphan girl married one of the Harrington millionaires of New York, but her husband died before he could receive his share of the estate, and she was cut out of her husband's share, but an allowance was set aside for her. Apparently she didn't forget the kindness of William Saxon, who entered the Marion Soldiers Home in 1892 and died there in 1899. In later years his adopted daughter, Mrs. Harrington, saved money out of her allowance and had Mr. Saxon's remains removed to the cemetery near Fairview, in Rush County and placed beside his wife. She visited old friends and was persuaded to stay at the home of A. G. Saxon. When she left after the visit she wanted to pay for her lodging, but the Saxons refused. The former orphan girl, however, dumped a 'fist full of money' in Mrs. Saxon's lap and left, but first asked if Mr. Saxon would like to have the old Bible. She sent it to him, and it contained the records of the family of James Saxon, an uncle of Mr. Saxon, born in 1791." Eastern Indiana Farmer 3-27-1962 p. 3.
1880 Union, Rush Co., IN Census (Saxon, William 58 IN farmer father GA mother VT, wife Mary 43 IN keeps house, parents b KY).
Fayette Co., IN Civil War Soldiers Commissioned And Enlisted Men by Regiment Connersville Library (Sixteenth Regiment One Year Service Company E Privates Saxon, William 1-23-61 Discharged 10-8-61 disability; One Hundred and Fourth Regiment Minute Men Co K Sergeants Saxon, William 7-10-63 Mustered out 7-18-63).
Mt. Pleasant Michigan 12-28-1939 letter from Wm. H. Saxon to A. G. Saxon, typed as written "... While I never knew any of them only Uncle William that died at the Soildiers home In Marion Ind. he used to get a furlough and come to our place Just 12 miles west of Marion at time and spend about two weaks with us and we allways enjoyed his company so much My father was living part of the time then. ...".
7-4-2010 Usgenweb Grant Co. link to Marion National Cemetery US Dept. of Veteran's Affairs Database: "Saxon, William d 11/08/1899 Pvt Co E 16th Ind Inf, 11 8 1899, Plot 1 722".
Originally buried in Marion National Cemetery, Marion, Grant Co., IN plot 1 722; re-interred in Fairview Cemetery, Fairview, Union Twp., Rush Co., IN. A picture of the Marion National Cemetery, Marion, Grant Co., IN government marker for William Saxon showed that it was inscribed "William Saxon PVT US Army Nov 8 1899". The burial location was noted as sec 1 row 5 plot 722.
William was a son of James and Mary Whitcomb Saxon; his siblings were Benjamin Saxon, Alexander Saxon, James Robert Saxon, Lucy Saxon Woods, Charles W. Saxon, Robert F. Saxon, Oliver F. Saxon, John B. Saxon, and Mary Saxon. William's half siblings were Anthony Minor Saxon, Amanda C. Saxon, Jane Saxon, and Mary Alice Saxon. William A. Saxon married Mary A. A. Hannah in Rush Co., IN on Nov. 21, 1855. They adopted their daughter Minnie who married Robert E. L. Harrington in Lake Co., IN on Nov. 28, 1906.
"William Saxon, who served with the 16th Indiana Infantry, and who lived in Fayette County, and his wife adopted a Civil War orphan from the Soldiers and Sailors Children's Home at Knightstown. The orphan was a girl, whom the Saxons clothed, educated, and reared to womanhood. The former orphan girl married one of the Harrington millionaires of New York, but her husband died before he could receive his share of the estate, and she was cut out of her husband's share, but an allowance was set aside for her. Apparently she didn't forget the kindness of William Saxon, who entered the Marion Soldiers Home in 1892 and died there in 1899. In later years his adopted daughter, Mrs. Harrington, saved money out of her allowance and had Mr. Saxon's remains removed to the cemetery near Fairview, in Rush County and placed beside his wife. She visited old friends and was persuaded to stay at the home of A. G. Saxon. When she left after the visit she wanted to pay for her lodging, but the Saxons refused. The former orphan girl, however, dumped a 'fist full of money' in Mrs. Saxon's lap and left, but first asked if Mr. Saxon would like to have the old Bible. She sent it to him, and it contained the records of the family of James Saxon, an uncle of Mr. Saxon, born in 1791." Eastern Indiana Farmer 3-27-1962 p. 3.
1880 Union, Rush Co., IN Census (Saxon, William 58 IN farmer father GA mother VT, wife Mary 43 IN keeps house, parents b KY).
Fayette Co., IN Civil War Soldiers Commissioned And Enlisted Men by Regiment Connersville Library (Sixteenth Regiment One Year Service Company E Privates Saxon, William 1-23-61 Discharged 10-8-61 disability; One Hundred and Fourth Regiment Minute Men Co K Sergeants Saxon, William 7-10-63 Mustered out 7-18-63).
Mt. Pleasant Michigan 12-28-1939 letter from Wm. H. Saxon to A. G. Saxon, typed as written "... While I never knew any of them only Uncle William that died at the Soildiers home In Marion Ind. he used to get a furlough and come to our place Just 12 miles west of Marion at time and spend about two weaks with us and we allways enjoyed his company so much My father was living part of the time then. ...".
7-4-2010 Usgenweb Grant Co. link to Marion National Cemetery US Dept. of Veteran's Affairs Database: "Saxon, William d 11/08/1899 Pvt Co E 16th Ind Inf, 11 8 1899, Plot 1 722".
Originally buried in Marion National Cemetery, Marion, Grant Co., IN plot 1 722; re-interred in Fairview Cemetery, Fairview, Union Twp., Rush Co., IN. A picture of the Marion National Cemetery, Marion, Grant Co., IN government marker for William Saxon showed that it was inscribed "William Saxon PVT US Army Nov 8 1899". The burial location was noted as sec 1 row 5 plot 722.
William A. Saxon
William was a son of James and Mary Whitcomb Saxon; his siblings were Benjamin Saxon, Alexander Saxon, James Robert Saxon, Lucy Saxon Woods, Charles W. Saxon, Robert F. Saxon, Oliver F. Saxon, John B. Saxon, and Mary Saxon. William's half siblings were Anthony Minor Saxon, Amanda C. Saxon, Jane Saxon, and Mary Alice Saxon. William A. Saxon married Mary A. A. Hannah in Rush Co., IN on Nov. 21, 1855. They adopted their daughter Minnie who married Robert E. L. Harrington in Lake Co., IN on Nov. 28, 1906.
"William Saxon, who served with the 16th Indiana Infantry, and who lived in Fayette County, and his wife adopted a Civil War orphan from the Soldiers and Sailors Children's Home at Knightstown. The orphan was a girl, whom the Saxons clothed, educated, and reared to womanhood. The former orphan girl married one of the Harrington millionaires of New York, but her husband died before he could receive his share of the estate, and she was cut out of her husband's share, but an allowance was set aside for her. Apparently she didn't forget the kindness of William Saxon, who entered the Marion Soldiers Home in 1892 and died there in 1899. In later years his adopted daughter, Mrs. Harrington, saved money out of her allowance and had Mr. Saxon's remains removed to the cemetery near Fairview, in Rush County and placed beside his wife. She visited old friends and was persuaded to stay at the home of A. G. Saxon. When she left after the visit she wanted to pay for her lodging, but the Saxons refused. The former orphan girl, however, dumped a 'fist full of money' in Mrs. Saxon's lap and left, but first asked if Mr. Saxon would like to have the old Bible. She sent it to him, and it contained the records of the family of James Saxon, an uncle of Mr. Saxon, born in 1791." Eastern Indiana Farmer 3-27-1962 p. 3.
1880 Union, Rush Co., IN Census (Saxon, William 58 IN farmer father GA mother VT, wife Mary 43 IN keeps house, parents b KY).
Fayette Co., IN Civil War Soldiers Commissioned And Enlisted Men by Regiment Connersville Library (Sixteenth Regiment One Year Service Company E Privates Saxon, William 1-23-61 Discharged 10-8-61 disability; One Hundred and Fourth Regiment Minute Men Co K Sergeants Saxon, William 7-10-63 Mustered out 7-18-63).
Mt. Pleasant Michigan 12-28-1939 letter from Wm. H. Saxon to A. G. Saxon, typed as written "... While I never knew any of them only Uncle William that died at the Soildiers home In Marion Ind. he used to get a furlough and come to our place Just 12 miles west of Marion at time and spend about two weaks with us and we allways enjoyed his company so much My father was living part of the time then. ...".
7-4-2010 Usgenweb Grant Co. link to Marion National Cemetery US Dept. of Veteran's Affairs Database: "Saxon, William d 11/08/1899 Pvt Co E 16th Ind Inf, 11 8 1899, Plot 1 722".
Originally buried in Marion National Cemetery, Marion, Grant Co., IN plot 1 722; re-interred in Fairview Cemetery, Fairview, Union Twp., Rush Co., IN. A picture of the Marion National Cemetery, Marion, Grant Co., IN government marker for William Saxon showed that it was inscribed "William Saxon PVT US Army Nov 8 1899". The burial location was noted as sec 1 row 5 plot 722.
William was a son of James and Mary Whitcomb Saxon; his siblings were Benjamin Saxon, Alexander Saxon, James Robert Saxon, Lucy Saxon Woods, Charles W. Saxon, Robert F. Saxon, Oliver F. Saxon, John B. Saxon, and Mary Saxon. William's half siblings were Anthony Minor Saxon, Amanda C. Saxon, Jane Saxon, and Mary Alice Saxon. William A. Saxon married Mary A. A. Hannah in Rush Co., IN on Nov. 21, 1855. They adopted their daughter Minnie who married Robert E. L. Harrington in Lake Co., IN on Nov. 28, 1906.
"William Saxon, who served with the 16th Indiana Infantry, and who lived in Fayette County, and his wife adopted a Civil War orphan from the Soldiers and Sailors Children's Home at Knightstown. The orphan was a girl, whom the Saxons clothed, educated, and reared to womanhood. The former orphan girl married one of the Harrington millionaires of New York, but her husband died before he could receive his share of the estate, and she was cut out of her husband's share, but an allowance was set aside for her. Apparently she didn't forget the kindness of William Saxon, who entered the Marion Soldiers Home in 1892 and died there in 1899. In later years his adopted daughter, Mrs. Harrington, saved money out of her allowance and had Mr. Saxon's remains removed to the cemetery near Fairview, in Rush County and placed beside his wife. She visited old friends and was persuaded to stay at the home of A. G. Saxon. When she left after the visit she wanted to pay for her lodging, but the Saxons refused. The former orphan girl, however, dumped a 'fist full of money' in Mrs. Saxon's lap and left, but first asked if Mr. Saxon would like to have the old Bible. She sent it to him, and it contained the records of the family of James Saxon, an uncle of Mr. Saxon, born in 1791." Eastern Indiana Farmer 3-27-1962 p. 3.
1880 Union, Rush Co., IN Census (Saxon, William 58 IN farmer father GA mother VT, wife Mary 43 IN keeps house, parents b KY).
Fayette Co., IN Civil War Soldiers Commissioned And Enlisted Men by Regiment Connersville Library (Sixteenth Regiment One Year Service Company E Privates Saxon, William 1-23-61 Discharged 10-8-61 disability; One Hundred and Fourth Regiment Minute Men Co K Sergeants Saxon, William 7-10-63 Mustered out 7-18-63).
Mt. Pleasant Michigan 12-28-1939 letter from Wm. H. Saxon to A. G. Saxon, typed as written "... While I never knew any of them only Uncle William that died at the Soildiers home In Marion Ind. he used to get a furlough and come to our place Just 12 miles west of Marion at time and spend about two weaks with us and we allways enjoyed his company so much My father was living part of the time then. ...".
7-4-2010 Usgenweb Grant Co. link to Marion National Cemetery US Dept. of Veteran's Affairs Database: "Saxon, William d 11/08/1899 Pvt Co E 16th Ind Inf, 11 8 1899, Plot 1 722".
Originally buried in Marion National Cemetery, Marion, Grant Co., IN plot 1 722; re-interred in Fairview Cemetery, Fairview, Union Twp., Rush Co., IN. A picture of the Marion National Cemetery, Marion, Grant Co., IN government marker for William Saxon showed that it was inscribed "William Saxon PVT US Army Nov 8 1899". The burial location was noted as sec 1 row 5 plot 722.
Inscription
Shared markers: top of large circular stone "William Saxon born Sept. 4, 1821"/front of circular stone "Mary A. A. Wife of Wm Saxon Died Mar. 13, 1885 59 Yrs of her age"/base "SAXON"; rectangular stone "SAXON Mary A. A. 1826-1885 William 1822-1899".
Gravesite Details
Circular stone on ground 8-23-2008; almost illegible.
Family Members
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