ISAAC LINCOLN AUXIER
1866-1953
I. L. "Link" Auxier
Funeral services will be held Thursday, April 2, at 2:00 p. m. at the
First Methodist Church for I. L. "Link" Auxier, who passed away at
11:55 p. m., March 30, at the home of his daughter, Mrs. P. T.
Holbrook, on Fourth Street.
Mr. Auxier, who was 86 years old at the time of his death, was widley
known, and was a member of a prominent Johnson County family. He had
been ill for the past four years, but his death came unexpectedly to
his family and friends.
Born at East Point on November 19, 1866, a son of George W. and Ann
Prater Auxier, he had resided in the county his entire life and was a
retired farmer and clerk. He had served the county as deputy sheriff,
and as magistrate of Destrict No. 1. He also had worked as a clerk in
the offices of the county judge, county clerk, and sheriff for many
years. He was a member of the Methodist Church.
He was married 66 years ago to Gemimia Wheeler who survives him.
Other survivors include four daughters, Mrs. Holbrook, Mrs. A. G. T.
Dorton, Lexington,,, Ky., Mrs G. H. Williams, Indianapolis, Indiana,
Miss Madge Auxier, Louisville, Ky., and two sons, Dr. George Auxier,
Washington, D. C. and Earl M. Auxier, Manila, Ky.; also 14 grand-
children and 22 great grand-children.
He also leaves one sister, Mrs Martha Vaughn of this city, and two
brothers, M. M. Auxier of Barada, Nebraska, and G. G. Auxier of
Manila.
Funeral services will be held by Reverand W. M. Pettas.
Internment will be made in the Auxier Cemetery at Manila under the
direction of the Paintsville Funeral Home.
Paintsville Herald
Wednesday
April 01, 1953
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Isaac Lincoln Auxier, son of George W. and Ann Prater Auxier, was
born November 19, 1866. He died March 31, 1953.
The whole of his long and useful life was spent in Johnson County
among the good people and the eternal hills of Eastern Kentucky,
which he dearly loved. His early childhood was spent in the vicinity
of Harmon's Station at East Point, Ky., which his pioneer ancestors
helped to establish shortly after the American Revolution, In his
early career he served four years under his father as Deputy Sheriff
of Johnson County. For over twenty five years there after he engaged
in farming near Fish Trap, Ky. and assisted the late John C. C. Mayo
and others in the development of the vast mineral resources of the
Big Sandy country. In 1922, at the age of 56, he moved to
Paintsville, Ky. where he practiced law, served as the Police Chief
and was Deputy County Clerk. From the latter position he retired at
the age of 75 because of ill health.
He was a man who believed in God, and who lived by the great
teachings of Christ. In his early youth he was converted and joined
the Methodist Church a Cannon's Chapel. He remained throughout his
life a devoted and consecrated member of his church. Throughout his
life he was an avid reader, and as a Consequence he held broad
interests and informed views on the problems and issues of the time.
He believed in education as a means of individual and civic
betterment and he added and encouraged, in every way within his
means, the education of his own children. He was above all, a most
kindly and honest man. All these attributes combined to make his
consul and advice sought by young and old alike.
On November 27, 1886, Mr. Auxier was married to Jemima Catherine
Wheeler and to this union were born seven children: Fred, who died in
infancy; Mrs. Gertrude Holbrook of Paintsville, Ky., Earl Martin of
Manila, Ky., Mrs. Anna Dorton of Lexington, Ky., Mrs. Ora Williams of
Indianapolis, In., Miss Madge Auxier of Louisville and George W. of
Washington D.C.
In addition to his wife and children he is survived by 14
grandchildren and 22 great- grandchildren. Surviving also is one
sister, Mrs. Martha Vaughn of Paintsville, Ky., and two brothers,
Millard Mayo Auxier of Los Angeles, Ca., and George Garfield Auxier
of Manila, Ky.
To all these, his own flesh and blood, and to all his fellow mean he
leaves behind not worldly riches, but influence and example for good
that will live on and on.
The Paintsville Herald
April 8, 1953
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THE AUXIER CEMETERY AT MANILA MAY HAVE BEEN MOVED TO THE
J.C.M.P. CEMETERY AT SOME TIME.
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