Ancestry of
Bill Paxton

TV and Movie Actor

Frank Paxton

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• • Grandfather of Bill Paxton — 3rd Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 4 
  • Father:
  • John Gallatin Paxton 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Neill Gentry   
  • Birth Date:
  • 10 Jun 1887 
  • Birth Location:
  • Independence, Jackson, Missouri 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 16 May 1951 
  • Death Location:
  • Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Forest Hill Cemetery, Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Marjorie R. Lane
  • Marriage Date:
  • 29 Sep 1917 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Glencoe, Cook, Illinois 
  • Child:

  John Lane Paxton (Ahnentafel No:2 )

  • Notes: 

  • President of Frank Paxton Lumber Company

• Sources for Frank Paxton

  • ¹ Cook County, Illinois, U.S., Marriages Index, 1871-1920, Marriage record for Frank Paxton and Marjorie R. Lane.
  • ² Federal Census, KS, Johnson County, 1940, Mission, E.D. 46-11A, Sheet 32A, Image 63 of 82.
  • ³ Federal Census, MO, Jackson County, 1930, Kansas City, E.D. 48-99, Sheet 13B, Image 23 of 26.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, MO, Jackson County, 1900, Independence Ward 01, E.D. 5, Sheet 9B, Image 18 of 37.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 05/26/2015).
  • ⁶ The Sedalia Democrat (Sedalia, Missouri), 17 MAY 1951, p. 7, Obituary for Frank Paxton.
  • ⁷ U.S., World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918, Draft registration for Frank Paxton.
  • ⁸ 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), 171.
  • ⁹ 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), 277.

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