Baxter, Davis Johnson {I521} (b. 7 Feb 1847, d. 2 Aug 1908)

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The following information is from the CENTENNIAL PROJECT, sponsored byThe Colorado Genealogical Society and prepared by Lois DuCharme

"DAVIS JOHNSON BAXTER brought his wife, Susan and baby daughter,Agnes, to Boulder County in 1872. He married Susan Smith at PleasantWells, Adams County, Indiana, 7 June 1869. His Obituary from theBerthoud Bulletin states that he farmed the land which became the site ofNiwot (left hand).
"Born in Van Wert County, Harrison Township, State of Ohio, 7February 1847, he was named for his maternal uncle. Davis was not theonly one of the nine children of Robert and Ama (Johnson) Baxter to cometo Colorado:--Joseph and Emma Baxter, also from Pleasant Wells, settledin Left Hand, Boulder County (1880 Census); Mrs. R. A. (Ama) Wright ofBerthoud; Mrs. Thomas (Rebecca) Cavey of Longmont; Mrs. Samuel (Emma)Gulick lived for a while at Hillsborough (1871-1903), ten miles southwestof Greeley; and Eliza Jane Baxter who died 1876.
"Davis was a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, havingenlisted in Co. C, 2nd Ohio Regiment of Heavy Artillery, on the 10th dayof February 1864 at Lima, Ohio, and was discharged as a corporal atNashville, Tennessee on 23 August 1865.
"He filed for Homestead Land in Section 30, 4N, 68W in Weld Countyand took up 150.5 acres in the NW1/4 on 13 April 1874. Here he spent therest of his life. He built a house in 1874, another in 1877.Improvements were valued at $700 according to Homestead papers dated 26February 1881. He dug a well, made corrals and a shelter for his cowsand put up fences. The first two years he farmed for someone else untilhe could dig ditches to carry water to his land. Then he set out 45apple trees, 50 grape vines, plowed up fifty acres and planted wheat,corn, oats and barley. Ama (Amy) Baxter took up 80 acres under theHomestead Act in 1877 - E1/2, SW1/4 or Section 30.
Relinquished 10 March 1881.
"The work must have been hard for a slender man only 5' 9".Red-headed with a beard, he had a lot of stamina to survive while otherssuccumbed. After the death of his wife in 1876, his Mother cared for thetwo children, Agnes and Samuel. Agnes died 1877, Ama died at age 62 in1882 and Samuel too in 1886. Their graves are beside Eliza Jane in theOld Burlington Cemetary [sic] on South Sunset, Longmont.
"Martha A. Tope, born 2 March 1847 in Carrollton, Ohio, was alsofrom Van Wert County, Ohio. She and Davis Baxter were married in BoulderCounty on 11 Aug at 1881. She brought with her Lula Baxter, age 13.
"Davis Baxter had both Quaker ancestry and Methodist Episcopalreligious persuasion. He was Superintendent of the United Brethern [sic]Sunday School for nine years and was a charter member of the ChristianChurch.
"He left this life at home, 2 August 1908, after suffering forsometime with cancer of the left ear and face. Martha survived until 9November 1938.
Children: Lula (Lulu) Myrtle, Myra Lena and Buelah (died 1886).
"Mary Baxter, older sister of Davis, married George Tope, George'ssister, Martha born 2 March 1841, near Carrollton, Carroll, Ohio, alsowas from Van Wert County. She became Davis Baxter's second wife."
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(Note: The reference in the first two paragraphs to Pleasant Wells shouldbe Pleasant Mills]

Source: (Birth)
Title: Certificate of Death, State of Colorado
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Page: File No. 7417

Source: (Individual)
Title: Colorado Centennial Project
Author: Lois DuCharme
Publication: Colorado Genealogical Society
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Page: pp. 1-2
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Text: ...named for an uncle, one of nine children.

Given Name: Davis Johnson

Death: 2 Aug 1908 Berthoud, Weld Co., Colorado

Burial: 4 Aug 1908 Greenlawn Cemetery, Berthoud, Weld Co., Colorado

Cause: Cancer of left ear extending over side of face.

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Given Name: Susan

Death: 8 Feb 1876 Weld Co., Colorado

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Given Name: Robert

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Given Name: Alma

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Given Name: Samuel

Death: 1866

Burial: Burlington Cemetery, Colorado

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According to the Centennial Project Lula, spent the first years of herlife in the household of her grandfather, Levi Tope, a well-to-do farmerin Willshire Township.

Given Name: Lula Myrtle

Death: 23 Dec 1910 Denver, Colorado

Cause: Cardiac Vilatation and Ureaemia

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Source: (Individual)
Title: Centennial Project
Author: Colorado Genealogical Society
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15-page type copy by Lois DuCharme
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Given Name: James W.

Occupation: Place: James had the farm which adjoined the Baxter homestead.

Death: 25 Apr 1894

Burial: Apr 1894 Berthoud, Weld Co., Colorado

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From Centennial Project, pp. 2-3: [Her] " second marriage was to JohnButtler Davis, 13 Nov. 1895 in Greeley, Weld. John was born inWildersville, Henderson, in West Tennessee, 29 Nov. 1871, the son of JohnA1exander, a Confederate soldier, and Margaret (Arrowood) Davis, fromNorth Carolina. Lula died in Denver, 23 Dec. 1910 of Cardiac Vilatationand Uremia. John was stricken with a heart attack while playing golf onthe afternoon of 12 Oct. 1945, he died that night of Coronary Occlusion.They were buried at Berthoud.
. . . Her second husband, John, came with his parents to Longmont in1877. The story is told that because of unsettled conditions in westTennessee, they
Came west with four sma1l children, their destination, Longmont. When"Alex" arrived at the Burlington Depot, he had but a couple dollars leftin his pocket. The man who had offered shelter and work never appeared.Finally, they were befriended by a farmer who loaded them into his wagonand took them to the Pella District, went of Longmont. (Pe1ladisappeared and was replaced by Hygiene.) The 1880 Census lists J. A.Davis next door to Will Montgomery who had a Homestead. John finishedthe eighth grade, then went to Greeley for a business course. After hismarriage to Lula, they lived on the Logie farm, which he laterpurchased. After Lula's death, John married Blanche E. Wright, 29 Nov.l9l1. They moved into town where he was Justice of the Peace and Trusteefor the Town of Berthoud from 1924 to 1944. He belonged to the Knights ofPythias and Berthoud Masonic Lodge No. 83. His favorite pastime was thegame of Pitch."

Given Name: John Buttler

Death: 12 Oct 1945 Colorado

Cause: Coronary Occlusion

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From Centennial Project, p. 3: Myra rode horseback to Whipple School, twomiles east of Berthoud, attended Old Berthoud School and graduated fromBerthoud High School.

Given Name: Myra Lena

Death: 13 Dec 1973 Berthoud, Colorado

Burial: Berthoud, Colorado

Cause: Stroke

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From Centennial Project, p. 3: . . . Harry was a business school graduateand worked at the Bank at Ault and in lumber yards in Weld County. He wasthe owner of the H. K. Kline & Co. General Store in Mead. Belonged toFirst Christian Church.

Given Name: Harry K.

Death: 1918 Berthoud, Colorado

Burial: Berthouod, Colorado

Cause: Influenza

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Given Name: Beulah

Death: 1 Jun 1888 Berthoud, Colorado

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Source: (Individual)
Title: Descendants of John Jost Wagner
Author: Lois Hall Snouffer
Publication: December 1999
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Page: p. 6

Given Name: Judy

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Source: (Birth)
Title: Census, 1870, Van Wert, Van Wert County, Ohio
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Source: (Death)
Title: Grave stone
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Page: Wren Cemetery, Willshire Twp., Van Wert Co., Ohio

Source: (Burial)
Title: Personal visit by author
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Source: (Individual)
Title: History of Van Wert County, Ohio and Representative Citizens
Author: Edited and compiled by Thaddeus S. Gilliland
Publication: (Richmond & Arnold, Illinois, 1906)
Note: NS19403
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Page: p. 545

Given Name: Mary Margaret

Death: 9 Aug 1916 Huntertown, Allen Co., Indiana

Burial: 11 Aug 1916 Wren Cemetery, Willshire Twp., Van Wert Co., Ohio

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2 PLAC Mexican War, Adjutant to Ohio Governor

Source: (Birth)
Title: Bible of Thomas R. Kear, 1812
Publication: (Boston: W. Greenough, printer)
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Source: (Burial)
Title: Cemetery Inscriptions, Woodland Cemetery, Van Wert County, Ohio
Author: Van Wert Co., Ohio, Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society
Publication: 1986
Call number: GEN929.5 VAN Vol.V
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Page: p. 133

Source: (Individual)
Title: Bible of Thomas R. Kear, 1812
Publication: (Boston: W. Greenough, printer)
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Page: Flyleaf

Given Name: Thomas Reed

Occupation: Place: Millwright

Death: 11 May 1864 Van Wert, Van Wert Co., Ohio

Burial: May 1864 Woodland Cemetery, Van Wert Co., Ohio

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Source: (Burial)
Title: Cemetery Inscriptions, Woodland Cemetery, Van Wert County, Ohio
Author: Van Wert Co., Ohio, Chapter, Ohio Genealogical Society
Publication: 1986
Call number: GEN929.5 VAN Vol.V
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Page: p.133

Given Name: Catherine

Death: 1 Nov 1895 Van Wert, Van Wert Co., Ohio

Burial: 3 Nov 1895 Woodland Cemtery, Van Wert Co., Ohio

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Source: (Birth)
Title: Birth Records, Probate Court, Paulding County, Ohio
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Page: Vol. 4, p. 228

Given Name: Leona Alice

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Source: (Birth)
Title: Birth Records, Probate Court, Paulding County, Ohio
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Page: Vol. 4, p. 250

Source: (Death)
Title: Social Security Death Index
Author: www.ancestry.com
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Given Name: Helen

Event: Type: SSN
Place: 308-07-3492 in Indiana

Death: 15 Dec 1991 Columbia City, Whitley Co., Indiana

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Obituary, Dayton Daily News, 1/3/86
KEAR, Jackie K., age 39 of Dayton, passed away suddenly Sunday. She wasan employee at Advertising Aids for 14 years. Surviving are her mother,Edith E. Kear of Huber Heights; sisters, Joyce Bair Dayton, Sue Frederickof Huber
Heights; brother, Robert Krug of Kingsport, Tenn.; 3 nieces and 4nephews; 1 great-niece and 2 great-nephews. Member of FOE No. 2641LadiesAuxiliary. Funeral services will be conducted 10 A.M. Monday (today)concurrent with her father's service, (Ralph E. Kear, who passed away onJanuary 2, 1986), at the Marker & Heller Funeral Home, 5844 Old TroyPike, Huber Heights, Clarence
H. Rosenberger, minister. Interment Forest Hills Memorial Gardens.Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of your choice.

Source: (Death)
Title: Ohio Deaths, 1970-88
Author: Index to Annual Deaths, 1970-88. Columbus, OH: Ohio Department of Health. State Vital Statist
ics Unit, 19xx-.
Publication: Ancestry.com
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Page: Vol. 26334, Certificate 005363

Given Name: Jacqueline Kay

Death: 5 Jan 1985 Huber Heights, Montgomery Co., Ohio

Burial: 6 Jan 1985 Forest Hills Memorial Gardens, Montgomery Co, Ohio

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Given Name: Ada I.

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Given Name: Velma

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