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Saturday, December 18, 1819   John Paxton

John Paxton was born in England.  He emigrated to America with his parents at age 11.  They settled in Detroit Michigan, where his father Peter was a sailor on the Great Lakes.  For a time around 1850 John was a brewer.  It is unknown whether he worked in someone else's brewery or had his own stand.  he died in 1890.

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John W. Paxton of Detroit, Michigan, USA

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