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Birth:          19 Feb 1826 Slatersville, R.I.
Death:          26 Jan 1908 

Notes
email from Dick Bolt (in buxton.doc)
1860 in Holden, Worcester Co., Mass. farmer
1870 in Worcester, Mass.
1880 in Worcester, Mass.

business entrepreneur in Worcester, Mass.
owned E. Buxton & Son (Dealer in iron and steel)
attended Worcester Academy, became qualifiesd as a teacher in 1847. Taught for a 
while, then started some businesses, such as a cotton mill in Holden, Mass. Then 
went into iron and steel business. Built an independent fourtne.
from the www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb:

Edward Buxton, son of David and Philadelphia (Darling) Buxton, was born in 
Slatersville, R. I., February 19, 1826.  He went to Worcester Academy, there 
remaining long enough to be qualified as a teacher, and won a document that read:  
'To whom it may concern!  This certifies that Mr. Edward Buxton possesses suitable 
qualifications both moral and intellectual for an instructor in our common schools.  Eli 
Thayer, Worcester Academy, Aug. 12, 1847.'  After a period spent in teaching, he 
tried a number of business ventures with varying success.  One of these was a small 
cotton mill in Holden, Mass., which for a time was quite profitable.  Failure was caused 
by hard times and limited capital.  When forty years old he became established in a 
new line, contracting with the Washburn, Moen Company to supply them with one 
particular kind of scrap iron for their rolling mill at Worcester, Mass.  As the agent of 
these interests, he traveled widely to secure materials for their mills.  He acquired 
numerous business interests and real estate holdings, and became a man of 
independent fortune.  He married, May 1, 1848, Julia C. Coburn, who died in 1900.  
They had four children:  1.  G. Edward, mentioned below.  2.  Azro L. D., married ---- 
Smyth, and has four children, Walter, Philip, Edward and William.  3.  Augustine A., a 
graduate of Amherst (A. B.) and Columbia (L.L. B.)  universities, is an attorney of 
Kansas City, where he married Nora Lewis, and has one son, Lewis.  4. Clara J., 
married Professor Robert Fulton, of Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio. 

also see write up in Beatrice Buxton's vol 2 Buxton Genealogy

Parents
BUXTON David (1775 - 1861)
DARLING Philadelphia (ABT 1783 - )

Siblings
BUXTON Eliza (EST 1805 - )
BUXTON Clarissa (EST 1807 - )
BUXTON Plina (EST 1809 - )
BUXTON James (EST 1813 - )
BUXTON Sally Anne (EST 1815 - 26 Sep 1883)
BUXTON Ester (EST 1816 - )
BUXTON William (Oct 1818 - )
BUXTON Emily (1821 - 1 May 1893)
BUXTON George (1823 - )
BUXTON Edward B. (19 Feb 1826 - 26 Jan 1908)
BUXTON Lewis David (1834 - )

Marriage To COBURN Julia C. (13 Oct 1828 - 23 Feb 1900)
    m. 1 May 1848 

Notes


Children by COBURN Julia C. 13 Oct 1828 - 23 Feb 1900
BUXTON Gonzalo Edward (18 Feb 1849 - 25 Jan 1927)
BUXTON Azro Lorenzo David (4 Feb 1852 - 30 May 1927)
BUXTON Augustine Americus (24 Jul 1856 - 18 Feb 1938)
BUXTON Clarinda Julia (1859 - EST 1935)

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