Lafayette
Axtell
Born in Barbourville, Deposit, Delaware, New York, United States
Ancestors 
Son of Moses Axtell
and Huldah J (Green) Axtell
Brother of
Abram Axtell, Samuel M. Axtell, Alonzo Elisha Axtell, Juliette Hulda Axtell, Rosetta Jane Axtell, Sabra L. Axtell, Sarah Eliza Axtell, Effie Delphine (Axtell) Sparhawk [half] and William Henry Axtell [half]
Husband of
Hester M (Hayes) Axtell
— married
8 Mar 1870 [location unknown]
Husband of
Hannah H. (Hall) Axtell
— married
6 Mar 1884 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
Ulysses Fayette Axtell, June D. Axtell, Clara May Axtell, Alonzo June Axtell and Sabra Effie Axtell
Died
at age 76
[location unknown]
Profile last modified
| Created 29 Dec 2010
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Biography
Note
- b. Nov. 1, 1842 at Barbourville, Delaware Co., N.Y., m. (1) Hester M.Hayes Mar. 8, 1870, she died in 1878, m. (2) Hannah H. Hall Mar. 6, 1884. He enlisted Aug. 15, 1862 in Co. A, 144th N.Y. He never missed a march or an engagement till Nov. 30, 1864 when he was wounded at Honey Hill, South Carolina by a bullet through the head, and was left on the field for dead. Comrades found life in him and took him to the hospital and he finally reached home. When Co. A. went to war a sword, sash and belt were presented to them by Hon. H. K. Wheeler, of Deposit, costing one thousand dollars, this to be awarded by vote of the company on their return from the war to the member who had merited it by bravery, general good conduct, or by any specially meritorious act or conduct. The company unanimously awarded it to LafayetteAxtell. After the war he slowly recovered his health and at length was able to open a grocery and dry goods store. He was town collector of Tompkins one year, Justice of the Peace at Deposit for many years. He died March 22,1919. [1]
Sources
- ↑ Axtell, Carson Augustus Axtell Genealogy (The Darwin Press, New Bedford,Massachusetts, 1945), p.105, 178-9
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Company A, 144th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment
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