Brief Life History of John Barnes
When John Barnes Baxter was born on 22 October 1888, in Wellsville, Cache, Utah, United States, his father, Robert Love Baxter Jr, was 39 and his mother, Mary Ellen Wilson Barnes, was 32. He married Norma Josephine Olsen on 21 December 1922, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons. He lived in Mount Sterling, Cache, Utah, United States in 1900 and Hyrum Election Precinct, Cache, Utah, United States in 1940. He died on 6 April 1960, in Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States, at the age of 71, and was buried in Hyrum City Cemetery, Hyrum, Cache, Utah, United States.
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- John B. Baxter, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church Census Records (Worldwide), 1914-1960"
- John Barnes Baxter, "United States, GenealogyBank Obituaries, Births, and Marriages 1980-2014"
- John Barnes Baxter, "Utah, County Marriages, 1887-1937"
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1890 · The Sherman Antitrust Act
This Act tried to prevent the raising of prices by restricting trade. The purpose of the Act was to preserve a competitive marketplace to protect consumers from abuse.
1891 · Angel Island Serves as Quarantine Station
Angel Island served as a quarantine station for those diagnosed with bubonic plague beginning in 1891. A quarantine station was built on the island which was funded by the federal government at the cost of $98,000. The disease spread to port cities around the world, including the San Francisco Bay Area, during the third bubonic plague pandemic, which lasted through 1909.
1907 · Not for profit elections
The first act prohibiting monetary contributions to political campaigns by major corporations.
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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