James Hutchinson
Hannah Jefferis
Letitia Miner "Lettie" Hutchinson
(1823-1910)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. Oliver Hazard Perry Paxson

Letitia Miner "Lettie" Hutchinson 1 3 4

  • Born: 4 Nov 1823, West Chester, Chester, PA 3 4 5
  • Marriage (1): Oliver Hazard Perry Paxson on 14 Jan 1841 in Parkesburg, Chester, PA 1 2
  • Died: 23 Apr 1910, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA at age 86 3 4 5 6 7
  • Buried: 26 Apr 1910, New Holland, Lancaster, PA 3 4 5 7

   FamilySearch ID: 2DXT-LT6.

  Noted events in her life were:

1. Census in 1850 in Columbia, Lancaster, PA. 8 The 1850 census recorded Oliver Paxton, railroad engineer, 29, living with wife Lettia M., 27; Cecilia, 8; Clara, 6; Josephine, 4; and Adda, 1. Everyone was born in Pennsylvania. His real estate was valued at $1100.

2. Cause of Death: senile pneumonia, old age, 23 Apr 1910, Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 3

3. Residence: 624 N 37th St., Philadelphia, PA on 23 Apr 1910 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 6

4. Obituary: Philadelphia Inquirer, obituary of Letitia M. Paxson on 25 Apr 1910 in Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA. 7 PAXSON. On April 23, 1910, LETITIA M. wife of the late Oliver H. Paxson, aged 86 years. The relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral services, on Monday evening, at 8 o'clock, at the residence of her son, George W. Paxson, 624 N 37th st. Services and interment at the New Holland Lutheran Church, on Tuesday morning, at 9.45 o'clock.


Letitia married Oliver Hazard Perry Paxson, son of Jonathan Paxson and Catharine Beecher, on 14 Jan 1841 in Parkesburg, Chester, PA.1 2 (Oliver Hazard Perry Paxson was born on 5 Dec 1816 in Atglen, Chester, PA,9 died on 29 Sep 1889 in New Holland, Lancaster, PA 9 10 and was buried on 2 Oct 1889 in New Holland: Trinity Lutheran Church, Lancaster, PA 9.)

Sources

1 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, County Marriages, 1885 - 1950, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q285-KXNK Oliver H Paxson and Letitia M Hutchinson, 14 Jan 1841.

2 Ancestry.com, U.S., Presbyterian Church Records, 1701-1970, Oliver Paxton m. 14 Jan 1841 Lilitia Hutchison in Parkesburg PA.

3 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania, U.S., Death Certificates, 1906-1968 (Original data: Pennsylvania (State). Death certificates. Records of the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Record Group 11. Pennsylvania Historical and Museum Commission, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.), Certificate 44799. Lettia M. Paxson. Father James Hutchinson. Mother Hannah Jeffreys.

4 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178098654.

5 Ancestry.com, Pennsylvania and New Jersey, Church and Town Records, 1669-2013, https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/2451/images/42154_331451-01600?pId=2108071458 Doctor's Certificate for death of Letitia Paxon, 25 Apr 1910 Philadelphia PA.

6 FamilySearch.org, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia City Death Certificates, 1803-1915 (From originals housed at the Philadelphia City Archives. "Death Records."), https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JD5J-76P index as Settia Minor Paxson, 23 Apr 1910; citing cn 11274, Philadelphia City Archives and Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia; FHL microfilm 1,405,137.

7 Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA), 25 Apr 1910, page 5. Obituary of Letitia Paxson.

8 1850 United States Census, Oliver Paxton Columbia PA.

9 Find A Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/178098486.

10 Harrisburg Daily Independent (Harrisburg, Dauphin, Pennsylvania.), 1 Oct 1889, page 4. Death of a Veteran Engineer.


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