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THAXTON, PARHAM, farmer, Sec. 31, P.O. Carrollton, Mr. Thaxton first saw the light of day Jan. 8, 1826, on a spot of ground on the land he now occupies, and which is now used as a cornfield, and off of it grew corn, which took the blue ribbon at the Greene County Fair this year; so much for association. Mr. Thaxton was the seventh child of Larkin and Catherine Thaxton, the former a native of Virginia and the latter of Scotland. The subject of this sketch had but few educational advantages, for while in his minority there was not, he relates a regularly organized district in the county, and what education he did get was by walking several miles to the rude structures incident to those pioneer days. Mr. Thaxton learned the trade of an operative mason, and worked at it for a number of years in Virden and various other localities. In Jan. 27, 1858, he concluded that he had lived a bachelor sufficiently long, and solicited the hand of Anna Drum, and as a result of the alliance have had four children: Florence, born Dec. 26, 1859; Luella, born March 7, 1861; Jennette, born July 5, 1868; Clifford born Nov. 25, 1869. Mr. Thaxton is a man whose honesty and integrity are unquestioned; has held office of Coroner and Township Trustee to the satisfaction of the people.