Port Rowan
Isaac Saxton, until a few
years ago, an old and highly esteemed resident of Port Rowan, died
at the home of his daughter, Mrs. McCord in Port Burwell, 4 Feb
1921, at the age of 80 years.
Deceased was a son of the
late John H. Saxton, and was born in Bayham Township. He came here
with his parents when a young lad and lived here through many
prosperous years surrounded by genial friends and associates.
By his first wife, Miss
Campell, he had a daughter, Edith, at whose home he died. Years
subsequent, he married Miss Rachel Davis, a daughter of the late
John Davis of this village. One son, C. L. Saxton, jeweller, of this
village, followed this union, which was severed a few years later by
the death of the mother.
For the past few years Mr.
Saxton had made his home with his daughter, Mrs. McCord at Port
Burwell, to whose kind care can be attributed much that brightened
his declining years.
He was exceptionally active
for one of his age and upon his visits here to his son he was
greeted heartily by both young and old who had learned to honor and
respect him.
The remains were brought
here on Saturday and interred in Bayview Cemetery beside loved ones
who passed away before. The Rev. J. Marshall of the Baptist Church
at Port Burwell, officiated.
