Paxton, Alexander Sterrett, 1840-1914.

Paxton was a native of Rockbridge County, Virginia and an 1861 alumnus of Washington College (Lexington, Va.). He was an original member of the Liberty Hall Volunteers, the Washington College Company established for the Confederate Army during the Civil War. After the war, he served as a professor of rhetoric and oratory and headmaster at a number of schools in Alabama, Tennessee, and North Carolina. He married twice, first to Mamie Nall of Mobile Alabama, and later to Mary Frances Tapscott of Augusta County, Va.

From the description of Papers, 1858-1959 (bulk 1861-1865). (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 760300265