Troxell, James Wilson

Life Span
to
Dickinson Connection
Class of 1856
Full name
James Wilson Troxell
Place of Birth
Frederick County, MD
Burial Place
Emmitsburg, MD
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.
Dickinson College
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