When Louisa Elmeda Paxton was born on 18 August 1853, in Van Buren Township, Grant, Indiana, United States, her father, Jonas S Paxton, was 41 and her mother, Mary Young, was 36. She married Phillip Casper Kilander on 25 January 1873, in Grant, Indiana, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 9 daughters. She lived in Washington Township, Grant, Indiana, United States in 1900 and Wichita Falls, Wichita, Texas, United States in 1920. She died on 29 October 1923, in Van Buren, Van Buren Township, Grant, Indiana, United States, at the age of 70, and was buried in Huntington, Indiana, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1860: Wichita, Texas, United States
On February 1, 1861, Texas seceded from the United States. On March 2, 1861, they had joined with the Confederate States of America.
Yellowstone National Park was given the title of the first national park by the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant. It is also believed to be the first national park in the world.
English: habitational name from any of the places in Northumberland (Paston in Kirknewton) or Huntingdonshire (Paxton). The former probably derives from an Old English personal name Pælloc + Old English tūn ‘farmstead, estate’. The placename Paxton in Huntingdonshire is probably from Old English pearroc ‘enclosure, paddock’, or perhaps from an Old English personal name Pæcc + tūn.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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