
Zachariah "Zack"
Taylor Claxton and wife, Nancy Caroline Eoff. A copy of a drawing
done early 1900s.
Shared with me by Dr. Freeman Claxton who visited
family members about 1995 in Arkansas.


Zachariah "Zack
Claxton & Nancy Caroline Eoff. Taken in Mill Creek, Newton Co,
AR. About 1900
(Photo: Courtesy of
Tammy Conley)

Zachariah "Zack"
Claxton & Nancy Caroline Eoff in their later years. Most likely
taken in Adair Co., OK
in early 1920s. (Photo: Courtesy of Tammy
Conley)
FAMILY OF ZACHARIAH "ZACK" CLAXTON & NANCY CAROLINE EOFF
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Standing Left:
Charity Ann Claxton Knight, right: Lydia Ann Claxton Anderson,
daughters of John H. Claxton, Sr.
Sitting: Nancy Caroline Eoff
Claxton holding Clarasie Caroline Knight, Charity's daughter;
about
1919-1920. Note: Standing on the right was originally identified
as Henryetta "Ettie" Overturf Claxton,
but "Ettie"
died in 1911 prior to Clarasie's birth in 1918. (Photo: Courtesy of
Tammy Conley)

John H.
Claxton, Sr., son of Zack Claxton & Nancy Caroline Eoff. Taken
about 1905.
(Photo:
Courtesy of Tammy Conley)

John H. Claxton, Sr.
& his children. Standing left: Charity Ann, right: Lydia Ann,
sitting right to left: Ora, Nora,
Clarence, John holding most likely
a grandchild, and Flora. (Photo: Courtesy of Tammy Conley)

John H. Claxton,
Sr. & daughter, Charity Ann Claxton Knight.
(Photo: Courtesy of Tammy Conley)

Charity Ann "Carrie"
Claxton Knight, husband, Emry Merrit Knight, daughter, Clarsie
Caroline, &
son, Lenaird Merritt. About 1922-1923. (Photo:
Courtesy of Tammy Conley)

Emry Merrit Knight, husband of Charity Ann "Carrie"
Claxton. 1920
(Photo: Courtesy of Tammy Conley)

Clarsie Caroline Knight Poor & husband, Elmer Foist Poor, Sr.
(Photo: courtesy of Tammy Conley)

Deborah "Debra"
Ethel Sutton, wife of Ranzy V. Claxton, eighth child of Zack Claxton
&
Nancy Caroline Eoff. 1953. ( Photo: Courtesy of Patricia
Carter, a student in Butler, Bates Co, MO)

Charley Adams and Eller Claxton taken in Newton Co, AR in the
1920s.
(Photo: Courtesy of Ellen Adams Baldwin, granddaughter)

Charley
Adams and Eller Claxton Adams in Newton Co, AR later in life 1940s.
(Photo:
Courtesy of Ellen Adams Baldwin, granddaughter)
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Charley & Eller
Claxton Adams daughters. L-R: Cynthia Adams, Ethel Adams, Stella
Adams, Dellar Adams, &
Nancy Adams. (Photo: Courtesy of Ellen
Adams Baldwin)
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Roscoe & Roxie
Jones Adams' daughters. L-R: Brenda Adams Williams, June Adams
Leitner, Gale Azevedo,
Glenna Adams Thorsland, Barbara Adams
Feathers, Shirley Adams, Ellen Adams Baldwin.
(Photo: Courtesy of
Audrey Ann Stuffebeam)