Worth Montgomery Saxon

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Personal and Family Information

Worth was born on 11 Jun 1899 in Morris County, Texas, the son of Troupe Elmore Saxon and Pearl Montgomery.

He died on 30 Apr 1975 in Lawrence, Kansas.

His wife was Frances Renner, who he married in 1925. The place has not been found. They had no known children.

Pedigree Chart (3 generations)


 

Worth Montgomery Saxon
(1899-1975)

  

Troupe Elmore Saxon
(1874-1952)

  

Walter Terry Saxon
(1836-1924)

  

Benjamin Wadsworth Saxon
(1798-1861)

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Mary Collingsworth Terry
(1812-<1875)

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Susan Burns Simmons
(1843-1918)

  

Holman Freeman Simmons
(1798-<1870)

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Sarah Eliza Hawkins Burns
(1800->1870)

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Pearl Montgomery
(1878-1902)

    
 		   
 		 
     
 		 
     
 		   
 		 
     
 		 

Events

EventDateDetailsSourceMultimediaNotes
Birth11 JUN 1899
Place: Morris County, Texas
Death30 APR 1975
Place: Lawrence, Kansas
Census4 JUN 1900
Place: Hamilton County, Texas
Age: 0 to 1
Address: dwelling 51 family 51 Saxon, Troupe E, head mw born May 1874, age 26, married 2 yrs, born Illinois, f Alabama, m Alabama, Merchant fur goods __ Pearl, wife wf born Oct 1878, age 21 married 2 yrs, mother of 2 , 2 living born Tenn, f&m Tenn __ Joseph T son, wm born Jan 1898, age 2 single born Tex, f Illinois, m Tenn __ Worth, son wm born June 1899, age 11/12 single born Tex f Illinois, m Tenn
Census5 JAN 1920
Place: Nowata County, Oklahoma
Address: City of Nowata, West Cherokee Street, House 210?m dwelling 67, family 51 ……. Saxon Trouple E , boarder mw age 45 single born Illinois, f Alabama, m Alabama, demonstrator of ammunition Saxon, Walter L, boarder mw age 22 single, born Texas, f Illinois, m Tennessee, Laborer, general
Burial1975
Place: Douglas County, Kansas
Address: Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery, Lawrence findagrave 10929531 links to wife, father and brother
Other EventFROM 13 OCT 1917 TO 17 MAY 1919
Type: Military Service
Address: Army, SSN 342071947

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Notes

Note 1

Worth Montgomery Saxon was my maternal grandfather. My understanding is that he was actually born in 1900, but lied about his birthday to enlist in WWI - not sure if that one’s true or not, though he definitely fought in Germany.

He followed his dad into the Texas oil fields and eventually became the general manager for Pure Oil Company, which was purchased in the 1950’s. He died in early April, 1975, in Lawrence, KS, where he is buried next to his wife, Frances Renner Saxon.

They had two children. Their daughter, Anne Martha Saxon Slater, was born in 1938 and died in 2006. She married John Frederick Slater (1936-1987); I am their oldest child, Martha Jeannette Slater b. 1969 and my sister, Marlis Eleanor Slater, was born in 1973. My daughters are Clarke Worth Waskowitz b. 1996 and Hannah Louise and Emily Pearl Waskowitz b. 2000. Marlis’s oldest son, Benjamin Diogenes Taboga, was born in 2001, and her son Luke Montgomery Taboga was born in 2003.

Worth and Frances also had a son, Joseph Terry Saxon, born in 1939, who passed in 2009. He married Jan Bertolin Saxon b. 1943-. Their daughter, Anne Janette Saxon was born in 1964. Jane Saxon Player was born in 1968; she and her husband Shain have two children. Alec Player was born in 1991, and Ashley Player was born in 1992.

Martha Slater 7/19/2020