Xerxes Addison Willard (c. 1820–1882) was an American dairyman, lawyer, and newspaper editor who wrote under the name X.
[1][2] ″He was one of the first to study carefully the principles underlying the production of milk and the manufacture of butter and cheese,” wrote H. H. Wing in the Cyclopedia of American Horticulture.
Despite his travels, Willard was firmly anchored in his home town of Little Falls (city), New York.
During that time, in 1866, he toured notable European dairying areas as a special commissioner of the American Dairymen′s Association.
He served during the Revolution and a history of Herkimer County says he was personally acquainted with George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and Aaron Burr, among others.
In 1798, Wharry became a justice of the peace and was also appointed as one of the judges of the Court of Common Pleas in Herkimer County.
She died February 11, 1843, and is buried in the Wharry family plot in Eaton′s Bush Cemetery, Eatonville, N.Y.[10] N. S. Willard and his wife Mary had five children: Charlotte, Nathan Sylvester Willard Jr., Xerxes Addison, Mary S., and Gulielma Belknap.