John was a farmer, listed as a widow in the 1880 Census for Hutton, Coles, Il. Additional information provided by our family historian Robert Troxell. HISTORICAL HI-LITES. In 1814, the British burned the Capital and Executive Mansion in Washington, the "Star Spangled Banner" was sung for the first time, in Baltimore, and Adolphe Sax, inventor of the Saxophone, was born.