Thomas Jefferson Laxton (1863 - 1952)

Born 29 Jan 1863 in Caldwell County, North Carolina

Ancestors

Son of Allen Laxton and Mary H (Powell) Laxton

Descendants

Died 26 Dec 1952 at age 89 in Caldwell County, North Carolina

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Biography

Thomas was born in 1863, the eighth child of Allen and Mary Laxton. He married Laura Henrietta Shuford on April 22, 1888 in Caldwell County. They were farmers with ten daughters and no sons. When asked why they had so many children, his granddaughter replied, "To work the farm." She said that they ALL worked on the farm - in this family, the girls didn't stay in the house and sew! Some or all of them, though, did "tatting" which is a form of lacemaking. Kate's granddaughter has her tatting supplies and examples of her work.

Thomas attended Kings Creek Baptist Church. He was very tall and thin and wore a huge mustache under his generous nose, as seen in the photo. According to his granddaughter, he had an apple tree on which he had grafted 12 varieties of apples so that they would have fresh fruit all season.

Thomas Jefferson Laxton died in 1952 and is buried at the Kings Creek Baptist Church Cemetery in Lenoir, Caldwell County, NC.

Sources

• First hand knowledge of Adams-10232 recorded in 2007 by McCraw-22.

• 1870 United States Federal Census: Kings Creek, Caldwell County, North Carolina, Page 9, Dwelling 74, Family 83, Lines 23-30.

• 1880 United States Federal Census: Kings Creek, Caldwell County, North Carolina, ED 55, SD 4, Page 11, Dwelling 96, Family 101, Lines 29-34.

• "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLS6-G8F : accessed 16 June 2018), Thomas J Laxton, Kings Creek, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 56, sheet 12B, family 218, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1101; FHL microfilm 1,375,114.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSTY-697 : accessed 16 June 2018), Thomas J Laxton, King's Creek Township, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 24, sheet 11A, family 197, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,186.

• "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X3SS-TJK : accessed 16 June 2018), Thomas J Laxton, Kings Creek, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 6, sheet 7B, line 87, family 133, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 1678; FHL microfilm 2,341,412.

• "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KW9P-WT3 : accessed 16 June 2018), Thomas J Laxton, Kings Creek Township, Caldwell, North Carolina, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 14-6, sheet 3A, line 15, family 39, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 2883.

• "North Carolina Deaths, 1931-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FPCS-1MB : 17 July 2017), Thomas J. Laxton, 26 Dec 1952; citing Kings Creek, Caldwell, North Carolina, cn28950, State Department of Archives and History, Raleigh; FHL microfilm 1,926,912.

• Paternal relationship is confirmed with a 23andMe test match between McCraw-22 and Keller-5537, 4th cousins, twice removed. Predicted relationship from 23andMe: "3rd to distant Cousin based on 0.29% DNA shared across 21 segments."
• Paternal relationship is confirmed with a 23andMe test match between McCraw-22 and Frazier-3373, 3rd cousins. Predicted relationship from 23andMe: "3rd Cousin based on 1.01% DNA shared across 21 segments."
• Maternal relationship is confirmed with a 23andMe test match between McCraw-22 and Frazier-3373, 3rd cousins. Predicted relationship from 23andMe: "3rd Cousin based on 1.01% DNA shared across 21 segments."