. Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Chautauqua County, New York. applied himself totiie study of law at Fredonia in order to fullyfit himself for a business career as well as for apiofessional life. He was admitted to the Chau-tauqua county bar and did a large amount ofreal estate and other business during his au early day in the liistoiy of Chicago hehad strong faitii in the future development ofthat then mere town. He invested largely inChicago Ieal estate, which advanced rapidly invalue, as he had anticipated, and yielded him awonderful increase of juofit on his
. Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Chautauqua County, New York. applied himself totiie study of law at Fredonia in order to fullyfit himself for a business career as well as for apiofessional life. He was admitted to the Chau-tauqua county bar and did a large amount ofreal estate and other business during his au early day in the liistoiy of Chicago hehad strong faitii in the future development ofthat then mere town. He invested largely inChicago Ieal estate, which advanced rapidly invalue, as he had anticipated, and yielded him awonderful increase of juofit on his purchased western lands which became val-uable and had various other profitable Inisinessinterests in this county and in the western States,besides forty acres of laud within seven miles ofthe heart of the city of Chicago. He accumu-lated a fortune of large proportions by his un-ceasing activity, unwearied energy and successfulinvestments. While cool, calculating and con-servative, while heeding carefully boom and lullin business, yet he was fiir-seeing and able to. OF ClIAUTAfiilA CUlWTr. 185 predict tlie future successful results of variousinvestments in wliich many substantial businessDien were afraid to become interested. In polit-ical matters he supported the Rcpul)lican nearly half a century of active and suc-cessful business life he died on ^March 4, 1884,when in the sixty-sixtli year of his age. Hisremains were entombed with appropriate cere-monies in Foiest Hill cemetery. Ou January 2, 1855, Isaac Saxton marriedLouisa W. Pier, of this county. Their unionwas blessed with four children, of whom oneson still lives: Isaac Henry, who is married andresides in Chicago when not engaged on his horseranch of nearly four thousand acres in the Stateof Kansas. At the time of her marriage Mrs. Saxton wasteaching in the city of Xew York. She residesat Fredonia, where she has a beautiful andpleasant home. Mrs. Saxton is a daughter ofDaniel Pier, who was boru at Cooperstow
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