Brief Life History of William Jack
When William Jack Baxter was born on 15 September 1890, in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States, his father, John Robb Baxter Sr, was 39 and his mother, Janet Gardiner Jack, was 29. He married Sarah Isabel Strate on 22 November 1913, in Sanpete, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 son and 2 daughters. He lived in Spring City Election Precinct, Sanpete, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 26 July 1975, in Nephi, Juab, Utah, United States, at the age of 84, and was buried in Spring City, Sanpete, Utah, United States.
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- William Jack Baxter, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- William J Baxter, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1940"
- William Jack Baxter, "United States World War II Draft Registration Cards, 1942"
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World Events (8)
1896 · Plessy vs. Ferguson
A landmark decision of the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the constitutionality of racial segregation laws for public facilities if the segregated facilities were equal in quality. It's widely regarded as one of the worst decisions in U.S. Supreme Court history.
1896 · Utah Becomes a State
After three prior attempts to become a state, the United States Congress accepted Utah into the Union on one condition. This condition was that the new state rewrite their constitution to say that all forms of polygamy were banned. The territory agreed, and Utah became a state on January 4, 1896.
1913 · The Sixteenth Amendment
The Sixteenth Amendment allows Congress to collect an income tax without dividing it among the states based on population.
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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History of William Jack Baxter by Marie Baxter Strate
William Jack Baxter, our father, was born in Spring City, Sanpete County, Utah, September 15, 1890, in his parents' home which was one block from the center of town. He was the second son and child bo …
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