Orimel Saxton, son of David and Susanna (Spafford) Saxton, was born in Brighton, Ont., in 1828. He engaged as salesman in a store for several years, then took up farming, which he has followed since. He married, May 18, 1858, Emily A., daughter of Elijah B. Ingaisbe, of Alabama, and their children were Gertrude Aramintha, Jennette Eliza, Horatio G., who married Ida M. West in 1886, and has one son, Arthur A., born 1889, Lijetta Irene, Mary Addie, who married, January 6, 1889, Loren Reed, William S., Burhanna, Orimel W., Inez Grace, and Emma Rebecca. Mr. Saxton located in Alabama in the spring of 1883, and engaged in farming on the E. B. Ingaisbe farm, where he died March 25, 1889. Mrs. Saxton and family reside on the homestead near Smithville.

FROM: Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890