William Scott Paxton1912–
- Name
- William Scott Paxton
- Given names
- William Scott
- Surname
- Paxton
 Birth | June 16, 1912 33 30 |
 Historical Event | Polio Epidemic 1916 (Age 3 years)Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1 |
| Historical Event | World War I between 1917 and November 1918 (Age 4 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 5 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/ |
 Adoption | before 1920 (Age 7 years) Adoption: Adopted by both parents |
 Death of a paternal grandfather | Thomas Larkin Paxton 1920 (Age 7 years) |
 Census | January 4, 1920 (Age 7 years) |
| Historical Event | The Great Depression October 1929 (Age 17 years)Note: The Wall Street Crash sets off the Great Depression, the most severe worldwide economic depression in the 20th century - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression |
| Census | April 2, 1930 (Age 17 years) |
| Death of a father | Herschel Roscoe “Dick” Paxton July 28, 1941 (Age 29 years) |
| Death of a paternal grandmother | Barbara Jane Driskill September 11, 1942 (Age 30 years) |
| Historical Event | World War II between December 1941 and August 1945 (Age 29 years)Note: The United States enters World War II after the attack at Pearl Harbor, a global war that involved the vast majority of the world's nations and including all of the great powers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II |
| Historical Event | Korean War between 1950 and 1953 (Age 37 years)Note: The Korean War was a war between the Republic of Korea (South Korea), supported by the United Nations, and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea), at one time supported by the People's Republic of China and the Soviet Union - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean_War |
| Death of a mother | Maud M Coursey June 23, 1955 (Age 43 years) |
| Historical Event | Vietnam War between 1946 and 1975 (Age 33 years)Note: The Vietnam War was a long, costly armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies, known as the Viet Cong, against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. The divisive war, increasingly unpopular at home, ended with the withdrawal of U.S. forces in 1973 and the unification of Vietnam under Communist control two years later. More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict. - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War |
 Death | unknown |
| Family with adoptive parents |
| father |
Herschel Roscoe “Dick” Paxton Birth: April 2, 1879 18 22 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States Death: July 28, 1941 — Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
| mother |
Maud M Coursey Birth: April 20, 1882 — Kentucky, United States Death: June 23, 1955 — Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky, United States |
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Marriage: October 9, 1899 — Jefferson, Indiana, United States |
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William Scott Paxton Adoption: before 1920 40 37 Birth: June 16, 1912 33 30 — Washington, Kentucky, United States Death: |
| Adoption | We have a birth record listing Maud as his mother, but she was in Dyersburg Tn. in 1910 and I can’t find any records of her ever being in Washington Co.
1920 Census says son, all born in KY.
1930 Says Adpt. Son b. KY parents b. US
I can’t find anything other than the 1930 Census that implies he was adopted…
How could Maud be his mother if he was adopted?
A few Ancestry trees list him as the son of Will and Annie Haydon Harmon who were living in Washington Co. in 1910.. If true he had a sister Louise b. 7-22-1910 and died in 1914 at the Kentucky Children’s Home Society and had been there for 3m – 23 days.
His other sister Ethel b abt 1907 in KY is listed with parents in 1910… but in the 1920 Census she is listed in the Kentucky Children’s Home Society in Louisville, Jefferson Co. KY | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Census | 1920 United States - Census transcript - Herschel Roscoe “Dick” Paxton - Household
Main Street Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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| Census | 1930 United States - Census transcript - Herschel Roscoe “Dick” Paxton - Household
North Main Street Greenville, Muhlenberg, Kentucky
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