Samuel M. Axford | |
Order: | 11th |
Office: | Mayor of the City of Flint, Michigan |
Term Start: | 1868 |
Term End: | 1869 |
Predecessor: | Austin B. Witherbee |
Successor: | William S. Patrick |
Death Date: | 1873 |
Alma Mater: | University of Michigan |
Occupation: | doctor |
Profession: | Medical |
Samuel M. Axford (died 1873) was an American politician and doctor who was the 11th mayor of Flint, Michigan.[1]
Axford lived in his youth in Oakland County. He attended the University of Michigan for medical education. In 1858, he moved from Detroit to Flint.[2] He built Axford House as a joint residence and hospital.[3]
He was elected as the eleventh mayor of the Village of Flint in 1868 serving a single 1-year term.[1]
Axford died in 1873.[2]