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Civil War Soldier.
Abraham and his wife moved to Tama, Iowa
John Saxton served in the war of 1812. He started an newspaper office in Huntington, then in 1814 went to Canton , Ohio, where he founded the present prominent paper, "The Repository". John rode back to Huntington in 1815 and there married Margaret Laird, taking her to Canton. Their first child, James Asbury Saxton became the father of Ida Saxton, wife of President William McKinley.
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