Pexton, William

PEXTON, ABBOTT

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Date: 1/23/2013 at 08:00:14

The History of Poweshiek County, Iowa
Des Moines: Union Hist. Co., 1880.

PEXTON, WILLIAM—Grinnell Twp—pg 918. City marshal, Grinnell. Was born in Oneida county, New York, July 24, 1832, and there grew to manhood. After his education was completed he learned the harness-making trade, which he followed until the spring of 1853. Then obtained a situation as a deck-hand and fireman on a steamboat running from Albany to New York, and in the fall of 1853 he learned the trade of moulder, which he followed until the fall of 1857. In the spring of 1858 he came to Poweshiek county and settled in this city. In the spring of 1877 he was elected city marshal and held that office until 1878. In 1879 was re-elected, which position he is now filling. He was married in Hannibal, Missouri, May 8, 1878, to Mrs. Maria A. Abbott.