Person:John Baxter (52)

!CENSUS; 1880 Census of Indiana; 1880; U. S. Censusof DeKalb County, IN; Butker, Wilmington township; Allen County, IN Public Library.

John Baxter 38 IN PA PA cqrpenter Emily 28 W. Ernest 7 Clark R. 2

!HISTORY; History of DeKalb County, IN; chicago; Interstate Publishing; 1885 John H. Baxter, contractor and builder, Butler, IN, was born in Smithfield township, Deklab County, a son of John Baxter and brother of C. K. Baxter, of Waterloo. He was reared and educated in his native township, and when eighteen years of age began working at the carpenter's trade, which he has followed with the exception of one year, from the spring of 1876 to the spring of 1877, when he was Marshall of Butler. He located in Butler in 1872, and is now engaged in building. He does a paying business by building houses for himself, which he either rents or sells. He sold his farm in December, 1883, and now owns six houses and lots in Butler. He was married April 10, 1872 to Emily J. Whetsel, a daughter of henry Whetsel, an early settler of Wilmington township. But one of their three children is living - Worthy Ernest. Clark R. and Howard L. are deceased. Mr. Baxter is a generous, whole-souled man; his home is the synonym for hospitality. No worthy object is ever rejected when presented to him for assistance, and the needy always find in him a friend. He is an upright, honorable business man, always true to his word, and has never given and man cause to go to law against him.