Ancestry of
Ed Helms

TV and Movie Actor

Alexander McNutt Paxton

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• • 3rd Great-grandfather of Ed Helms — 6th Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 52 
  • Father:
  • Elisha Hays Paxton 
  • Mother:
  • Margaret McNutt   
  • Birth Date:
  • 17 Mar 1814 
  • Birth Location:
  • Virginia 
  • Christening Date:
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  • Christening Location:
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  • Death Date:
  • 18 Jun 1886 
  • Death Location:
  • Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
  • Cedar Hill Cemetery, Vicksburg, Warren, Mississippi 
  • Spouse Name:
  • Mary Louisa Ellis
  • Marriage Date:
  • 10 Jul 1837 
  • Marriage Location:
  • Fredericksburg, Virginia 
  • Child:

  William Gallatin Paxton (Ahnentafel No:26 )

  • Notes: 

  • Alexander Paxton appears in the 1880 census, but his initials (W.G.) are incorrectly given as those of his son William Gallatin Paxton.

• Sources for Alexander McNutt Paxton

  • ¹ Federal Census, MS, Warren County, 1850, Vicksburg, Image 60 of 63.
  • ² Federal Census, MS, Warren County, 1860, Vicksburg, p. 11, Image 11 of 82.
  • ³ Federal Census, MS, Warren County, 1870, Vicksburg Ward 3, p. 14, Image 14 of 16.
  • ⁴ Federal Census, MS, Warren County, 1880, Vicksburg, E.D. 70, p. 28, Image 28 of 44.
  • ⁵ Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 08/25/2015).
  • ⁶ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, SAR #88821, Application for Frank Roberts Paxton.
  • ⁷ Virginia, Marriages, 1740-1850, Marriage record for A. M. Paxton and Mary G. Ellis.
  • ⁸ 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), 269-271.

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