John McKinnon Baxter

3 June 1859–17 July 1936 (Age 77)
Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States

The Life Summary of John McKinnon

When John McKinnon Baxter was born on 3 June 1859, in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah, United States, his father, Robert Wright Baxter, was 40 and his mother, Jane McKinnon, was 39. He married Agnes Smith in 1878, in Randolph, Rich, Utah, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. He lived in Woodruff, Rich, Utah, United States in 1910 and Almy, Uinta, Wyoming, United States in 1930. He died on 17 July 1936, in Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States, at the age of 77, and was buried in Evanston City Cemetery, Evanston, Uinta, Wyoming, United States.

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Family Time Line

John McKinnon Baxter
1859–1936
Agnes Smith
1858–1943
Marriage: 1878
Jeanette Pauline Neilson
1898–1936

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    1878Randolph, Rich, Utah, United States
    • Children

    (1)

    Parents and Siblings

    Siblings

    (2)

    World Events (8)

    1863
    Age 4
    Abraham Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation, declaring slaves in Confederate states to be free.
    1868
    Age 9
    Historical Boundaries - 1868: Summit, Utah Territory, United States 1868: Wyoming Territory, United States 1869: Uinta, Wyoming Territory, United States 1890: Unita, Wyoming, United States
    1881 · The Assassination of James Garfield
    Age 22
    Garfield was shot twice by Charles J. Guitea at Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. on July 2, 1881. After eleven weeks of intensive and other care Garfield died in Elberon, New Jersey, the second of four presidents to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln.

    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.

    Possible Related Names

    Kempster
    Baker

    Sources (20)

    • John M Baxter, "United States Census, 1910"
    • John M Baxter, "United States Census, 1930"
    • Legacy NFS Source: John McKinnon Baxter - Individual or family possessions: birth-name: John McKinnon Baxter

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