Person:John Croxton (4)

GEN. JOHN T. CROXTON, deceased; lawyer and soldier; P. O. Paris. Among
the citizens of Bourbon County who are worthy of an honorable mention, is
the above named gentleman, who was born near Paris in 1829; son of Henry
and Ann K. (Redmon) Croxton; Henry was a native of Virginia, and upon his
migration to this State, located at Houston Dale, on the farm now owned by
James Hall; his son, John T., was educated at Yale College, graduating with
honors in 1857; afterward began the study of law under James Robinson;
after his license was granted he went South, where he engaged in teaching
in Mississippi for a short time, when he returned to Paris, and in 1859
began the practice of his profession; upon the outbreak of the war he
raised a regiment of men, known as the 4th Kentucky Infantry, which he
commanded; he continued in service until the close of the war, serving with
distinction, and rose from one rank to another until he was brevetted
Major-General. After the close of the war he went South and was made
Provincial Governor. He afterward engaged in the culture of cotton; upon
his return to Bourbon County he engaged in the practice of his profession
and carried on farming; he practiced in the Federal Courts, and was a
successful lawyer; the confinement of his office and his close application
to his profession conduced to impair his health, and in order to
recuperate, he accepted the position as Minister to Bolivia, and removed
his family there in 1872, and died the following year. He was a staunch
Republican, and stood firmly by its principles, and was one of the pillars
of the party in Kentucky, and worthy of any honor within the gift of the
Republican Commonwealth, he being possessed of all the qualifications that
pertain to a truly first-class gentleman, and a member of the Masonic
fraternity of high order. In April 1860, he married Carrie R. Rogers,
daughter of Nathaniel and Nancy (Moran) Rogers. Mrs. Croxton resides on
her farm near Paris; by Mr. Croxton she has two children: Henry Rogers and
Annie Barres Denguerra.

Caroline A. Rogers, born July, 1833, was a woman of wonderful gentleness and dignity of character. She married, April, 1860, John T. Croxton (son of Henry and Ann (Redman) Croxton), who was graduated with honor from Yale College in 1857; studied law under Governor James Robinson, and began the practice of his profession in Paris, Kentucky, in 1859; was commissioned by President Lincoln Lieutenant Colonel of the Fourth Kentucky, United States Army; served with distinction throughout the Civil War, and rose from one rank to another until he was brevetted Major General; was appointed by President Grant, in 1872, Minister to Bolivia, dying there in 1873