When Fanny Baxter was christened on 9 August 1829, in Market Overton, Rutland, England, United Kingdom, her father, Thomas Baxter, was 47 and her mother, Ann Leeson, was 42. She married John Joseph West on 17 May 1854, in Market Overton, Rutland, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Ohio, United States in 1870 and Staunton Township, Miami, Ohio, United States in 1900. She died on 11 August 1915, in Staunton, Miami, Ohio, United States, at the age of 86, and was buried in Raper Chapel Cemetery, Staunton Township, Miami, Ohio, United States.