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Erie County History
Also see [ Railway Officials in America 1906
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Paxson, Dr. Horace A., Hamburg, was born in the town of Eden, Erie county, N. Y., January 29, 1838, and educated
in the public schools. He studied dentistry with C. W. Morse, M. D., and began business on his own account in 1865.
August 28, 1862, he enlisted in Co. K, 116th N. Y. Vols., and was honorably discharged July 5, 1865. August 31,
1865, he married Mary A. Kester of his native town, and they have one daughter, Gracia A., who is a student in
Hamburg Academy. Dr. Paxson has practiced his profession in several places successfully and came to Hamburg, November
19, 1887. He is a member of the N. J. Swift Post No. 440, G. A. R., Department of New York. His father, George
Paxson, was born in Bucks county, Pa., in 1799 and came to this State when fifteen years old, locating in the town
of Eden. He married Abigail Brooks, and they had eleven children.
Source:
Our County and it's people
a descriptive work on Erie County, New York
Edited by: Trumen C. White
The Boston History Company, Publishes 1898
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