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John A. Paxton

Democratic

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
09-03-1851	Democratic	AD-15	0	Win

Website:	www.findagrave.com/memorial/203622566/john-alexander-paxton

Candidate Biography:

John Alexander Paxton
Born: June 4, 1819 in Rockbridge Co., Virginia
Married: Hannah H. McClellen (m. 1854)
Children: Charles and Blitz
Died: May 18, 1888 on the Atlantic Ocean (bound for Liverpool, England)