Troxell, James Wilson

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Class of 1856
    Full name
    James Wilson Troxell
    Place of Birth
    Burial Place
    Birth Date Certainty
    Exact
    Death Date Certainty
    Exact
    Gender
    Male
    Race
    White
    Origins
    Slave State
    No. of Siblings
    3
    No. of Spouses
    1
    No. of Children
    7
    Family
    Joseph Troxell (father), Amy Haff Troxell (mother), Mary E. Zacharias (wife, 1866)
    Education
    Dickinson (Carlisle College)
    Occupation
    Farmer or Planter
    Educator
    Church or Religious Denomination
    Methodist
    Political Parties
    Democratic
    Government
    Local government

    James Wilson Troxell (Dickinson Alumni Record)

    Reference
    *Troxell, James Wilson - Born April 1, 1831, Frederick county, Md. ; p., Joseph and Amy Troxell ; prep., Dickinson grammar school; entered 1852; A. B., 1856 ; A. M., 1859 ; farmer ; principal of classical institute, Churchland, Va., 1856-60 ; principal of academy, Augusta, Ga., 1860-61 ; county surveyor, Frederick county, Md., two years ; school commissioner, eight years ; B. L. society ; married, December 11, 1866, Mary E. Zacharias of Frederick, Md. ; children, Mary A., Florida, Irene, Naomi, Marian, Elizabeth and Thomas W. Died February 2, 1904.
    George Leffingwell Reed, ed., Alumni Record: Dickinson College (Carlisle, PA: Dickinson College, 1905), 166.
    How to Cite This Page: "Troxell, James Wilson," House Divided: The Civil War Research Engine at Dickinson College, https://hd.housedivided.dickinson.edu/node/6743.