Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1883-01-25
OBITUARY
;;caIh OF All ! pIscopai Divine.

IjFath Oh al l,scopal DlSine-
i,cy. j ". Claxton, d. d., died at his
ie-.,cL~e, "" AZ. West Orange street,
th.s cay, Ills morning, after a lingcrin. 4:
i!inc.s i,nm that dread disease. co..sump
i..n. Tie Ecv. C!aZlo2, though resident
e.. l-a,caatc. for less than two years, had
I.s.nr w&rnl personal friends, Oh whom the
..to.: announcement falls heavily; while
u&tSidn ul tie limits Of not cnly this
.ouIce ol deep and heartfelt
sy.:rs., fDr lie was widely known
clc,,acic a. an eminent Episcopal divine,
llAvirg l.; q. il. tie active ministry o! that
faith inI;. l.=riod OF t"anty-cisht Years.
Rev. J. -. Glaxton was born in Phila
de,;:hla, M;.rch Il, 1880, and was there
fDIe III t;l3 53I year vi his age, his early
nf. BEN. passed in that city. lie was
cJIuc:tcd at tic theological sern nary at
Alexandria, Va, receiving the degree
Of u. ID. from William and
Nary yoi.crr. Returning to the city of
lis iirth, he was baptized, ordained and
y2, ,,cllud his first Stimou from the pulpit
DTS, Andrews church, Eighth street,
above SY:uae, Philadelphia, in the Sab
bath school of which the tilst moral in
Structiurs Of his lie were impaired whie
Il mem5cr of rs iniaut department.
Shortly after this trial sermon, Rev.
Ciaxt"n WAS c1l!ei TO and accepted as
l!S fist charge the pastoiate OF the EplS
cUpal church ui ZlIesviile, o., from which
aGlcrward he sucaeeded Bishop Morris at
ST. David 4 church, Manayunk, Pa, and
later, Rev. Phillips Brooks, III the Church
Of the Advent, Fifth and Buttonwood
streets, Philadelphia. Here he ministered
ten years, this charge being relinquished
.1.,.. IL. .<,ft tI,f.A txr.
cate. Spring Garden street, where he
preached for five years. His next and
last charge transferred him to tho Far
West, to the pulpit of St. Marks
church, Cheyenne, Wyoming territory.
..!ier u residence OF only eighteen months,
the rarity of the ciimate-iiving at an al
,ituGe CT Lea1Iy 1000 feet-so impaired
lis physical strength and cycsight, that
&c WIS obliged t0 seek Il more cOngenial
at'n0Auile!c in the East, and be gave up
his Wrl-luyjd cIiiing, and came TO this
cI:r, November 81, 1881, where he resided
r4nil his t}c1ni,c. being confined, however:
10 lis bed 0H!., during the last few weeks
Of his lie. During l:., ministry Ec twice
visited Europe and also made tour OF
the lIUI.: La,ui. Rev. ClaxtOn leaves Oaly
Il Wiiu-uCc Miss Dailie, of Pittsburgh, 10
whom h. Va: married some four years 40
and an unclc Edmund Claxton, OF the
firm OF ClHxtOn, Ecmsen & Haf1letinger,
lhila, iai,!i:a, who will arrive here this
evening. II" ais a member Of Ciieyen,e
Lodge, NJ. /, +. and A. NJ, and shOitl!
after his u ir.;l in lancaster this lod G
scEt him = ham.::uIl.o certificate OF honor
ary lifc membership. lie WIS also honOred
by tie fraternity with a beautifully framed
and rnbn,.e,t testimonial from Mary's
Comm .n;alv, NJ. Sc, X. r., Il rhlAdel
phia, Il. ci hpr.I II, 1871. III con.;i.2'fiCT-
atiun o. - ciai divine services held Oh
Coca. Fri,!4,,. j.. tie Church o! Tic A'tVo
Gat". TA.: remains VIII ho taken to Phil
adclphi& iri iIttcrnent, services being held
in ~ Andrew 5 cilulcn, ca Il date not yet
fixed.
Daa.h u: Ua:jsmn Sawyer.
Erni.llaiu Sawyer die rather suddenly
Of hc:a,n@rrhage IS morning at his home,
NJ 2lt = >rth Christian ST. e9t, il the GlSt
car %! his &C. Hr. Sawyer was en- up
right, industrious man &; WIS FOR twenty
years nat employ Of The Bjtnec brothers,
and moro recently with John L. Schanm
lie always h4id the respect and confidence
of All who iiaew him. He leaves a wife
and several glown ~ children. He vas a
member rG Netampft tribo No. 2, |. o. H..
NJ. AID that organization will attend his
fu"orlI in body az Saturday afternoon
at o'clock. Iutvrlncnt at Woodward
hill