Sarah Sutherland Boyd / Henry Nevett Saxton, Jr.

IRVIN SUTHERLAND SAXTON - One of the prominent young attorneys at the Knoxville bar is Irvin Sutherland Saxton, member of the law firm of Wright, Wright & Saxton. He was born in this city on the 7th of March, 1891, a son of HENRY NEVETT and SARAH SUTHERLAND (BOYD) SAXTON. On the paternal side he is descended from English ancestry, three or four generations of the family coming to this country together about 1873. The paternal grandfather, Henry Nevett Saxton, Sr., was born in England and was one of those who came to this country with his family in 1873. He first located in Minnesota, residing in that state until sometime after 1880, when he came to Tennessee. His death occurred in December, 1913. Henry Nevett Saxton, Jr., was born in London, England, in 1865, and was brought to this country by his parents. He is now living in Knoxville and is active in the conduct of a lumber business. His wife, SARAH SUTHERLAND (BOYD) SAXTON died in 1912. She was a native of Knoxville, and a daughter of SAMUEL BECKETT BOYD, whose birth occurred on the 3d of June, 1821. Mrs. Saxton was socially prominent and she was an active member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, being entitled to membership in that organization through an ancestor, Moses Brooks, who served under George Washington.

Source: Moore, John Trotwood and Austin P. Foster. Tennessee, The Volunteer State, 1769-1923, Vol. 4. Chicago: S. J. Clarke Publishing Co.,1923

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