Gordon Bliss Saxton

Other Events:

• Occupation: Troy, New York; Merchant
• Religion: Presbyterian

Notes:

...and one of Troy's most respected citizens.

Occupation:
He was a merchant of Troy, first engaged in dry goods and millinery, later with his son, Solomon Burt Saxton, in the flour and grain trade.

Religion:
He was a member of the Presbyterian church

Gordon married Philena Fletcher Severance in 1825. Philena (daughter of B. Severance and B. Joslyn) was born on 26 Apr 1800; died on 03 Aug 1851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

When a young man he came to Troy and engaged in business and later became a member of the firm of Saxton & Thompson, with large flouring mills at Lockport. This business is still continued in the family name of Thompson by George Thompson. Mr. Saxton later disposed of his interest in Lockport and devoted himself exclusively to the wholesale flour business in Troy. He was interested in many of the manufacturing enterprises of Troy, and was officially connected with the banks of the city. He was a successful business man and highly regarded as a citizen. He was an accomplished musician, and for forty years was a member and organist of the First Presbyterian Church of Troy, taking high rank as a performer on the pipe organ.

Solomon married M.E. Thompson [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: D.F. Thompson. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events:

• Resided: Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
• Resided: Amityville, Long Island, New York
• Occupation: Landscape painter

Notes:

Occupation:
he is a landscape painter of fame

John married H.T. Rowe [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]