Axson, Samuel Edward, approximately 1836-1884

Presbyterian clergyman, of Rome, Ga. Father of Ellen Axson Wilson, first wife of President Woodrow Wilson.

From the description of Samuel Edward Axson sermons, 1857-1880. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 77723627

The Reverend Samuel Edward Axson (1836-1884) was the son of Reverend Isaac Stockton Keith Axson (1813-1891), pastor of the Independent Presbyterian Church. Samuel Axson was the pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Rome, Georgia.

From the description of Samuel Edward Axson sermons and photograph, 1866-1879. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 38477559

Biographical Note

Samuel Edward Axson (circa 1836-1884) was pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Rome, Georgia, 1866-1883, and the father of Ellen Louis Axson Wilson, first wife of Woodrow Wilson. who met during that period. Educated at Oglethorpe University and Columbia Theological Seminary, Axson was licensed by the Presbytery of Charleston and served as city missionary in Augusta, Georgia, pastor of the Beech Island Presbyterian Church in Aiken County, South Carolina, 1859-1861, and at McPhersonville and Madison, South Carolina, before his final tenure at Rome. He was as a chaplain, 1862-1864, to a South Carolina regiment of the Confederate army during the Civil War, and married Margaret Jane Hoyt in 1858.

From the guide to the Samuel Edward Axson Sermons, 1857-1880, (Manuscript Division Library of Congress)