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James J. Claxton and first wife, Cynthia Ann Cleek.  Painting made early in their marriage. 
(Painting courtesy of Dorothy Fisher Sadler, great-granddaughter)







 

James J. Claxton and second wife, Everline "Evie" D. May.  Photos taken about 1896.
(Photos from Eugenia Campbell Claxton's Family Album)

























     

   James J. Claxton and most likely his third wife, Laura Lawrence.  Photos taken early 1900s.
(Photos from Eugenia Campbell Claxton's Family Album)

















 


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James J. Claxton & Everline "Evie" D. May with children from their marriage. Photo taken about 1896.
L-R standing:  Denny & Murry, L-R center:  Sallie, James J., Evie, & Samuel, L-R front: Harry & Carrie.
(Photo from Eugenia Campbell Claxton's Family Album)
















Right:  Mary Eugenia Campbell Claxton.  Photo taken soon after her marriage 25 Feb. 1892.
(Note a wedding ring on left hand).  Left:  Eugenia's sister, Helen Campbell.











Rufus Easton Campbell 1815 - 1878
Mary Eugenia Campbell Claxton's grandfather.
(Photo:  Courtesy of the Campbell Family Association)







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James Abram Claxton, son of James J. Claxton & Cynthia Cleek.
Wife, Mary Eugenia Campbell
holding their 1st child, James David Claxton.  Taken in 1893.
(Photo courtesy of Dorothy Fisher Sadler)













 

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Mary Eugenia Campbell Claxton in Milam Co, TX in 1905 with her children.
L-R:  Cynthia Ann, Ben Wesley, James David, Carrie Bell, and youngest, Lillie Mary Dasie.
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(Photo from Eugenia Campbell Claxton's Family Album)













            

James David Claxton was stationed at Fort Bowie, TX for training when WW I ended in 1918.
Ben Wesley Claxton was in Fisher Co, TX during the same period. ( Photos from family collection)

 

















Ben Wesley Claxton and Mamie Telula Lambert's wedding photo 2 Sep 1917, Roby, Fisher Co, TX.
(Photo from family collection)















 







       

Daughters of Ben Wesley Claxton and Mamie Telula Lambert.
Left:  Telula Ann Claxton, age 3, and Lois Lee Claxton, age 1.  Right: Both as teenagers.
(Photos from family collection)













 

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L-R:  Lois Lee Claxton Brittain, Oliver Hughes, Telula Ann Claxton Ensminger,
Carrie Belle Claxton Hughes  (Ben's sister), Ben Wesley Claxton.  Taken 1952.
(Photo from family collection)















 

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Eugenia Campbell Claxton's great-grandchildren.  L-R: back, Charles David Claxton,
Frances Jean Brittain.  L-R: front, Joy Ann Ensminger, William Bradley Brittain,
Ben Ed Ensminger, Sarah Jeanette Ensminger.  Taken 1952.  (Photo from famliy collection)

















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Eugenia Campbell Claxton and her children.  Taken in 1952 prior to her death in 1953. 
L-R: , Carrie Belle Claxton Hughes,  Cynthia Ann "Annie" Claxton Greenwood,
Ben Wesley Claxton, James David Claxton.  ( Photo from family collection)






Lois Claxton Brittain, Harold Brittain, children Frances
Brittain
and William Bradley Brittain.
San Diego, CA 1942 (Family photos)














Frances Brittain, Lois Claxton Brittain Ratliff, Bill Ratliff, and William Bradley Brittain.
On their farm in Kent Co., TX after Bill and Lois' marriage in  1951.  (Family photos)








Milton Brown Teague and Lois Claxton Brittain Ratliff Teague.
Harmony Community, Kent Co., TX, 1971.  (Photo, B. Brittain)























 

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L-R:  Mary Josephine "Josie" Claxton Fisher (dau. of James J. Claxton & Cynthia A. Cleek) holding William Murry Fisher,
William Arthur Fisher, Thomas C.P. Fisher (John Henry's father), Sarah Jane Wheeler Fisher (John Henry's mother),
Janie Gertrude Fisher, John Henry Fisher and James Thomas Fisher.  About 1901
(Photo courtesy of Dorothy Fisher Sadler)  





 

Mary Josephine "Josie" Claxton Fisher, dau. of James J. Claxton & Cynthia A. Cleek.
Husband, John Henry Fisher & their 1st son James Thomas Fisher (Photo courtesy of Dorothy Fisher Sadler)





 

A painting of Mary Josephine "Josie" Claxton Fisher & two children,
James Thomas Fisher (left) & Janie Gertrude Fisher (right). 
About 1899.  (Painting courtesy of Dorothy Fisher Sadler)



















 

























 

Front:  James Thomas Fisher & wife, Agnes Ophelia Reed Fisher. 
Back:  Janie Gertrude Fisher Pack & husband, Ollie D. Pack.
(Photo courtesy of Dorothy Fisher Sadler)

















 

William Murry Fisher, son of Josie Claxton & John Henry Fisher.
Wife, Frances Irene Philpott.
(Photo courtesy of Dorothy Fisher Sadler)



















 



Ernest Caldwell Fisher,
son of Josie Claxton & John Henry Fisher. 
Wife, Annie Bell Vantrease.
(Photo courtesy of Dorothy Fisher Sadler)





















 

John Henry Fisher and 2nd wife, Matilda Dickens
(photo courtesy of Dorothy Fisher Sadler)

















 

 

 



Ida Elizabeth Claxton Trollinger
, dau. of James J. Claxton and Cynthia A. Cleek.
( Photo courtesy of Denny Hokit, great-grandson)













 

Ida Elizabeth Claxton & Everette S. Trollinger's children.  L-R:  Dennie Hoyle,
Iva May, Andrew James "A.J."  Taken 1905-1906  (Photo courtesy of Denny Hokit)



















 

Iva May Trollinger Ballard, 1st child of Ida Claxton & Everette Trollinger.  Husband, Samuel L. Ballard.
Shortly after their marriage, 1914-1915.  (Photo courtesy of Denny Hokit)

















 

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L-R back:  Odessa Jewel Trollinger Edwards, Cecil Clyde Trollinger. 
Front:  Iva May Trollinger Ballard, Ida Elizabeth Claxton Trollinger, the mother. 
(Photo courtesy of Denny Hokit)

















 

 

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Dennie Hoyle Trollinger Family:  L-R:  Dennie Hoyle Trollinger, Norma Jean Trollinger Hokit,
Tola Mae Watkins Trollinger (Dennie's wife), Jimmy Dale Trollinger,
Willa Louise Trollinger Peel, Velta Mae Trollinger Murrell, Jackie Lee Trollinger,
(kneeling) Lloyd Lavern Trollinger, William Louis Trollinger.

( Photo courtesy of Denny Hokit)













                                         

Sallie May Claxton Yoes' children, dau. of James J. Claxton & Evie May.  L-R:  Evie Elizabeth Yoes,
Johnnie Leland Yoes, & Beatrice Carrie Yoes.  (Photos courtesy of Cletta Grissom Helmick)


















Marvin Lee "Buck" Claxton ( son of Murry Claxton) and wife Lois Velma Arnold.












A drawing of Carrie Emma Claxton & a photo of Samuel Emmett O'Neal.
(Courtesy of Cletta Grissom Helmick)











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Carrie Claxton and Emmett O'Neal's three children.  Left front, James "Jim" O'Neal, Left center, Bertha Elizabeth O'Neal,
top, Herman Thomas "Tom" O'Neal.  Other three children unknown. 
Photo taken just before or after the death of their mother, Carrie in 1909.  (Photo  courtesy of Cletta Grissom Helmick)











Carrie Claxton and Emmett O'Neal's three children.  L-R:  Herman Thomas "Tom" O'Neal, Bertha Elizabeth O'Neal Grissom,
& James "Jim" Madison O'Neal. Taken in 1959.  (Photo courtesy of Cletta Grissom Helmick)












Samuel Emmett O'Neal and 3rd wife Nellie Mayfield. 1940s (Photo courtesy of Cletta Grissom Helmick)









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O'Neal's home place near Shelbyville, Bedford Co, TN.  Sitting on left is Thomas "Tom" O'Neal who married Margaret "Maggie" Claxton. 
Sitting on right is Samuel Emmett O'Neal who married Carrie Emma Claxton.  (Photo courtesy of Mary O'Neal Hudson)