Lucy Buxton

16 November 1877–24 April 1956 (Age 78)
Louisiana, United States

The Life Summary of Lucy

When Lucy Buxton was born on 16 November 1877, in Louisiana, United States, her father, William Harrison Buxton, was 35 and her mother, Sarah Evelyn Howard, was 23. She had at least 2 sons and 5 daughters with William F Honeycutt. She lived in Ward Five, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States for about 20 years and Orange, Orange, Texas, United States in 1940. She died on 24 April 1956, in Louisiana, United States, at the age of 78, and was buried in Starks, Calcasieu, Louisiana, United States.

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Family Time Line

William F Honeycutt
1875–1925
Lucy Buxton
1877–1956
Dessie H. Honeycutt
1901–1978
Althea Honeycutt
1903–1981
Samuel Honeycutt
1906–1987
Nellie Honeycutt
1908–2005
Susie E. Honeycutt
1911–1994
Caggie Inez Honeycutt
1913–2000
Wilson Lynn Honeycutt
1915–1984

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World Events (8)

1881 · Construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway
Age 4
Grenville M. Dodge oversaw the construction of the Fort Worth & Denver Railway. Work began at Hodge Junction, and eventually extended to the New Mexico border by 1888. Service began on April 1, 1888, with trains travelling between Fort Worth and Denver.
1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
Age 4
Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.
1898 · War with the Spanish
Age 21
After the explosion of the USS Maine in the Havana Harbor in Cuba, the United States engaged the Spanish in war. The war was fought on two fronts, one in Cuba, which helped gain their independence, and in the Philippines, which helped the US gain another territory for a time.

Name Meaning

(1997: 3017;2007: 6112; 2010: 7925)English:habitational name from Buxton in Derbyshire, which in Middle English was called Buchestanes, Bucstones (i.e. ‘bowing stones’, from Middle English b(o)ugen, Old English būgan ‘to bow’ + stanes ‘stones’). It is probably named for logan stones in the vicinity. (Logan stones are boulders so poised that they rock at a touch.)

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

Possible Related Names

Buck

Sources (8)

  • Lucy Buxton in household of William H Buxton, "United States Census, 1880"
  • Lucy Honeycutt in entry for Willie Buxton and Dessie Honeycutt, "Louisiana, Parish Marriages, 1837-1957"
  • Lucy Honeycutt, "Texas Deaths, 1890-1976"

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