Representative Loveridge Samuel Axtell View All Years
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Loveridge Samuel Axtell
Pottawattamie County
Born November 24, 1832, at Sheakleyville, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. He had the advantage of a good common-school education, and also attended Allegheny College, teaching during the winters. In 1854 he was chosen, in connection with Dr. Owens, of Conneautville, Pennsylvania, as agent for a colony of about 200 families in Western Pennsylvania, who proposed removing to Kansas, and as such agent he made an extensive tour through Kansas in the fall of that year. He was one of the judges of election appointed by Governor Reader at the first general election ever held in Kansas. During 1855, Mr. Axtell taught school at Lee's (post office), now Lee's Summit, in Jackson County, Missouri. In September of that year he married Sarah Halloway, of New Vernon, Pennsylvania. In July, 1856, they removed to Council Bluffs, Iowa. Here Mr. Axtell was employed about a year at carpenter work, a trade he had partially acquired during his minority. On April 24, 1857, his wife died. Mr. Axtell commenced teaching the public school, the only one, in Council Bluffs. On April 17, 1862, Mr. Axtell married Frances Sarah Wade, daughter of Henry and Mary (Carter) Wade. He taught at the high school, and was also Superintendent of schools for the county. Politically Mr. Axtell has from early manhood, especially since his Kansas experience, acted with the Republican Party. He represented this county in the Legislature of 1873-'74, and was very appropriately made Chairman of the Committee on Schools.
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