Person:Andrew Baxter (3)

!OBITUARY; Andrew Baxter at rest Andrew Baxter was born March 15, 1813 in Washington County, PA and died at the home of his son, Miles in Auburn, IN December 18, 1903 aged 90 years 9 months and 3 days.

 William Baxter and his wife, Sarah Rodgers Baxter, came from their house in Dungannon, county Tyrone, Ireland and in the year 1791 settled on a farm near what is now Monnongahela City in Washington County, Penn, where they reared a family of nine children, of which Andrew was the youngest and the survivor by several years. The deceased was first married in Wayne County, OH to Nancy Brown oldest daughter of Andrew and Ellen Richey Brown and in 1841 removed with his young wife and two children to the land theretofore entered from the government in section five in Franklin township, DeKalb County where he continued to live until October 1, 1901, when he went to live with his children in Auburn.
 There were born to this marriage nine children but four of whom are now living. His wife Nancy died in January 18, 1857 and in March 1858 he again married, this time to Elizabeth Brown the youngest sister of his first wife. To this union were born six sons, five of whom are still living.
  Andrew Baxter was of hardy, Scotch-Irish parentage, and of the nine brothers and sisters, excepting Daniel who died from an injury received by a violent fall and John who died many years since in this county, of typhoid fever, they all lived to be very old, the average age being more than 80 years.
 They were reared in the Presbeyterian church and faith, a family of farmers with industriuous and regular habits and had their reward in the enjoyment of vigorous health, happy dispositions and long life.
  While the deceased never united with any church, he always held the church in great reverence, and never countenanced any comment of conduct intended to bring reproach upon Christ or His cause. He has lived more than a score of years past the time alloted to man. He will be remembered and missed by many whom he has helped and cheered in their earlier struggles for a foothold from which to gain an education or livelihood.
  The remains were buried at Hamilton at one o'clock, Monday, December 21st where rest the bodies of his two wives, two children, his mother, two sisters and one brother.

!HISTORY; History of Dekalb County, IN; Chicago; Interstate Publishing; 1885 Andrew Baxter, section 5 Franklin township, was born in Washington County, PA, March 15, 1813. He is the youngest of a family of ten children. His father, William Baxter, married Sarah Rogers, in their native County Tyrone, Ireland and after the birth of two children, Daniel and Jennette, they emigrated to America in 1791 and settled in Washington County, PA where was born to them other children as follows: Sarah, William, James, Moses, Mary, a daughter who died in infancy, John and Andrew. The subject of this sketch, William Baxter died in 1832, after the marriage of all their children except Sarah, John and Andrew, and with them, their mother removed to Wayne County, OH in March, 1835. Here, John married Sarah Kelley, and Andrew, in the spring of 1838 married Nancy Brown, eldest child of Andrew Brown, of Scottish birth, whose wife Ellenor Richey, was a native of North Ireland. In June, 1841, John and Andrew, accompanied by their brother, James and Simon Fegley, came to DeKalb County, built rude cabins upon their land entered from the government in 1838; Andrew upon the farm where he still resides and John in Smithfield township, and in October, 1841, they moved with their families upon their farms, each with a wife and two small children, and their mother and sister Sarah, as members of the family of Andrew. Here, in the almost unbroken forest, with privations and ague almost constantly with them, they "cleared" their farms, took their quinine (when they could get it) and "raised" their families. Andrew and Nancy Baxter had born to them children as follows: Elvina, Ellen, William, a daughter who died in infancy, Andrew J., Mary J., John W., Nancy E. and James B. Nancy died January 18, 1858, leaving her husband and eight children above named surviving her. May 4, 1859, Andrew was again married this time to Elizabeth L. Brown, the youngest sister of Nancy, his former wife, and to them were born six sons - Orrin A., Charles O., Miles, Chauncey B., Cora L. and George D. Elizabeth L. died Jan 3, 1877, leaving her husband and the five last named sons surviving her. Andrew Baxter has held the important offices of Township Trustee and Assesor, each for several terms and with a credit to himself. Of his thirteen living children, Elvina Baughman is a widow, and is generally employed at keeping her father's house; Ellen, wife of David Carter, is living upon a farm in Nebraska, William is owner and manager of a good farm in Iowa, and others all live in DeKalb County. Andrew J. is practicing law in Butler, John W. in Auburn; Mary J., after teaching more that twenty-five terms of public school, has become the wife of Frank A. Brink, an attorney and teacher, and lives in Butler; Nancy E. is the wife of William Fee, and lives on a farm adjoining the old home in Franklin Township; James B. is the Deputy Clerk of DeKalb Circuit Court, and lives in Auburn, and the others still domicile under the paternal root-tree. Nine of the children of this family have taught in the public schools of the county, and three others are expecting to do so in the near future. Of the brothers and sisters of Andrew Baxter, all are now dead, except Moses, who lives in Smithfield township, where he reared a large family of children, all of whom taught in the public schools of the county. His sisters, Jane, daughter of William and his first wife (and half-sister of Andrew)and Jennette married two brothers, Joseph and William Scott respectively, and died leaving families in Southern and Western Ohio. Daniel, his brother died in Harrison County, IN and William but recently died in western PA, near the place of his birth. The family of James survive him in Van Buren County, MI. John died upon his farm in Smithfield township in 1853, leaving a large family of small children who have grown married and scattered, leaving only three who are still residents of DeKalb County, all are prosperous. Mary, a sister of Andrew married George J. Duncan and came to Smithfield township where they settled and reared a large and respectable family, nearly all of whom still live and prosper in DeKalb County.

!DEATH; DeKalb County, IN Index to Deaths. Andrew Baxter 90 12-8-1903

!CENSUS; 1850 Census of Indiana; 1850; U. S. Census of DeKalb County, IN;; Allen County, IN Public Library.

Andrew Baxter 36 PA Nancy 36 PA Elvina 10 OH Ellen 9 OH William 6 IN Andrew 4 IN Mary Jane 2 IN John 6/12 IN Sally 60 PA

!CENSUS; 1860 Census of Indiana; 1860; U. S. Census of DeKalb County, IN; Allen County, IN Public Library.

Andrew Baxter 47 PA farmer Elizabeth 29 OH Elvina 20 OH Ellen 18 OH William 17 IN Andrew 14 IN Mary J. 12 IN John 10 IN Nancy E. 8 IN James B. 5 IN Orrin A. 9/12 IN

!CENSUS; 1870 Census of Indiana; 1870; U. S. Census of DeKalb County, IN; Franklin township; Allen County, IN Public Library.

Andrew Baxter 56 PA farmer 5000 1320 Elizabeth 40 OH Mary J. 22 IN teaching school John W. 20 IN Emma 17 IN James B. 15 IN Charles 7 IN Miles 5 IN Chancy 4 IN Cora 2 IN Inda Brown 16 OH

!CENSUS; 1880 Soundex of Indiana; 1880; U. S. Census of Dekalb County, IN; Butler, Wilmington township; Allen County, IN Public Library.

Andrew Baxter 67 PA Ire Ire Jennie M. 32 school teacher Charles O. 18 Miles W. 15 Chancy 14 Cora Lee 12 George D. 8 Elvina Baughman 40 Blanche 6 granddaughter

!CENSUS; 1900 Census of Indiana; 1900; U. S. Census of DeKalb County, IN; Franklin township; Allen County, IN Public Library.

Charles B. Baxter 34 IN PA OH married 11 years Martha 26 IN OH MD ch 4 liv 4 Carl 10 Howard 8 Ralph 6 Wayne 1 Andrew R. 87 PA Ire Ire