 Birth | May 1860 |
 Historical Event | American Civil War between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 11 months)Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War |
| Historical Event | The Alaska Purchase 1867 (Age 6 years)Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic 1867 (Age 6 years)Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306 |
| Historical Event | Transcontinental Railroad completed 1869 (Age 8 years)Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad |
 Marriage | Barbara Jane Driskill — View this family March 26, 1878 (Age 17 years) |
| Historical Event | Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878 1878 (Age 17 years)Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever |
 Birth of a son#1 | Herschel Roscoe “Dick” Paxton April 2, 1879 (Age 18 years) |
 Census | June 23, 1880 (Age 20 years) |
| Birth of a son #2 | Harry Estell Paxton October 30, 1885 (Age 25 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #3 | Mayme Nell Paxton December 15, 1887 (Age 27 years) |
| Birth of a daughter #4 | Maybelle Ann Paxton February 11, 1891 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | Spanish-American War between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 37 years)Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War |
| Marriage of a child | Herschel Roscoe “Dick” Paxton — Maud M Coursey — View this family October 9, 1899 (Age 39 years) |
| Census | June 5, 1900 (Age 40 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Verna Elmore Ford — Mayme Nell Paxton — View this family calculated 1905 (Age 44 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #1 | Opal Beatrice Ford November 15, 1906 (Age 46 years) |
| Marriage of a child | Harry Estell Paxton — Laura Jane Laswell — View this family calculated 1906 (Age 45 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #2 | Lloyd Osborne Paxton May 6, 1907 (Age 47 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #3 | Thomas Gaines “Tom” Ford April 15, 1910 (Age 49 years) |
| Census | May 4, 1910 (Age 50 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #4 | Christine S Paxton November 26, 1911 (Age 51 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #5 | William Scott Paxton June 16, 1912 (Age 52 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #6 | Abner Herschel “Jimmy” Mohon Jr. November 11, 1915 (Age 55 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #7 | Anna Laura Paxton August 3, 1916 (Age 56 years) |
| Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 55 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Birth of a granddaughter #8 | Barbara Luella Ford January 21, 1918 (Age 57 years) |
| Birth of a granddaughter #9 | Jane Earle “Janie” Mohon March 3, 1918 (Age 57 years) |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 56 years)Note: The United States enters 'The Great War' where more than nine million combatants were killed- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I |
| Historical Event | Spanish Influenza Epidemic 1918 (Age 57 years)Note: Spanish Influenza killed over 500,000 people in the United States, and somewhere between 20 and 40 million in what has been cited as the most devastating epidemic in history - http://virus.stanford.edu/uda/ |
| Birth of a granddaughter #10 | Laura Vandelia Mohon September 16, 1919 (Age 59 years) |
| Adoption of a grandson | William Scott Paxton before 1920 (Age 59 years) Adoption: Adopted by both parents |
| Census | January 12, 1920 (Age 59 years) |
| Birth of a grandson #11 | Hildred Estill Paxton July 19, 1920 (Age 60 years) |
 Death | 1920 (Age 59 years) |
 Burial | Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: Evergreen Cemetery |