Ancestry of
Bill Paxton
TV and Movie Actor
-
- 2nd Great-grandfather of Bill Paxton — 5th Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 16
- Father:
- Elisha Hays Paxton
- Mother:
- Margaret McNutt
- Birth Date:
- 4 Mar 1828
- Birth Location:
- Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 3 May 1863
- Death Location:
- Battle of Chancellorsville, Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania, Virginia
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Stonewall Jackson Memorial Cemetery, Lexington, Rockbridge, Virginia
- Spouse Name:
- Elizabeth Hannah White
- Marriage Date:
- 2 Nov 1854
- Marriage Location:
- Child:
John Gallatin Paxton (Ahnentafel No:8 )
- Notes:
Confederate States Army
General Elisha Paxton was the commander of the famed Stonewall Brigade when he was killed at the Battle of Chancellorsville.
Elisha Franklin Paxton
View famous kin of Elisha Franklin Paxton
Scroll down to see sources.
Sources for Elisha Franklin Paxton
- 1 Daughters of the American Revolution Magazine, Vol. 48, January-June, 1916, New York: The National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, 440.
- 2 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/26/2015).
- 3 U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR #100882, Application for Richard Gentry Paxton.
- 4 Gentry, Richard, The Gentry Family in America, 1676 to 1909: Including Notes on the Following Families Related to the Gentrys . . ., New York: The Grafton Press (1909), 170.
- 5 Paxton, William McClung, The Paxtons: Their Origin in Scotland and Their Migrations Through England and Ireland, to the Colony of . . ., Platte City, Missouri: Landmark Print (1903), 273-276.
- 6 Wikipedia, "Battle of Chancellorsville", (accessed 05/26/2015).
- 7 Wikipedia, "Elisha F. Paxton", (accessed 05/26/2015).
Bill Paxton photo by Gage Skidmore (CC BY 2.0)