James Noxon (March 17, 1818 in Onondaga Hill,

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– January 6, 1881 in

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, Onondaga Co., NY) was an American lawyer and politician from

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Life

He was the son of Bartholomew Davis Noxon (1788–1869) and Sally Ann (Van Kleeck) Noxon (1793–1874). He attended

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from 1834 to 1836, and graduated from

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in 1838. Then he studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1841, and practiced law in Syracuse, joining his father's firm of Noxon, Leavenworth & Comstock. On September 6, 1842, he married Elizabeth Rebecca Cadwell (1820–1859), and they had four children. He was a member of the

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(22nd D.) from 1856 to 1859, sitting in the 79th, 80th, 81st and

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s. On October 2, 1860, me married Sarah Matilda Wright (1838–1922), and they had six children. He was a justice of the

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(5th D.) from 1876 until his death. He was buried at the Oakwood Cemetery in Syracuse.

Sources

''The New York Civil List''
compiled by Franklin Benjamin Hough, Stephen C. Hutchins and Edgar Albert Werner (1867; pg. 441f)
''Biographical Sketches of the State Officers and Members of the Legislature of the State of New York in 1859''
by William D. Murray (pg. 78ff)

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