Marvin Andrew Baxter

Male21 October 1845–7 March 1893

Brief Life History of Marvin Andrew

When Marvin Andrew Baxter was born on 21 October 1845, in Ionia, Ionia, Michigan, United States, his father, Hiram Baxter, was 31 and his mother, Sarah Collins, was 22. He had at least 2 sons with Caroline S. Gibler. He lived in Ionia Township, Ionia, Michigan, United States in 1870. He died on 7 March 1893, in Ionia, Ionia, Michigan, United States, at the age of 47, and was buried in Highland Park Cemetery, Ionia, Ionia, Michigan, United States.

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Family Time Line

Marvin Andrew Baxter
1845–1893
Caroline S. Gibler
1845–
Emerson Baxter
1873–
Arthur Ardie Baxter
1874–1960

Sources (12)

  • Marion Baxter in household of Hiram Baxter, "United States Census, 1870"
  • Marvin H Baxter, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Marvin Baxter in entry for Arthur A. Baxter and Bertha Riker, "Michigan Marriages, 1868-1925"

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World Events (8)

1846

Age 1

U.S. acquires vast tracts of Mexican territory in wake of Mexican War including California and New Mexico.

1847 · Moving the State Capital

Age 2

The capital of Michigan was moved from Detroit to Lansing on March 17, 1847. The capital was moved to be further away from Canada, to encourage settlement and boost economy toward the inner regions of the state, and to make to capital more accessible to everyone statewide.

1863

Age 18

Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.

Name Meaning

English: occupational name from Middle English baxter ‘baker’ (from Old English bæcestre ‘baker’, earlier ‘female baker’, the feminine equivalent of bæcere). Compare Baker .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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