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Born 1834
From History of Allen County, Ohio : containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; hist (1885)
GEORGE M. BAXTER (deceased) was born December 3, 1834, in Lancaster, Fairfield County, Ohio: son of Samuel A. and Nancy M. (Mason) Baxter. Samuel A. Baxter, a matter and furrier by trade, came to Lancaster in an early day to take charge of a hat and fur store there, which he conducted for many years. While thus employed he took up the study of law, under the preceptorship of ex Gov. William Allen, and finished his studies at the Cincinnati Law School, subsequently becoming a prominent lawyer of Lima. Our subject, also a graduate of the Cincinnati Law School, was admitted to the bar. He was married in June, 1855, to Margaret C., daughter of William Chaney of Lima, and to this union were born four children (one now living): Fannie M., married to J. K. Brice. August 30, 1880, died July 12, 1882; Alfred C., secretary Lima Gaslight Company, was married January 7, 1885, to Carrie, daughter of B. C. Faurot, a banker and proprietor of the opera house; Medora and George. Capt. George M. Baxter raised the first company of Zouaves of Lima, and. in 1802, went into the held where he served until 1804, then resigned on account of the death of his mother, and returned to Lima. He died May 10. 1805.
As printed in History of Allen County, Ohio : containing a history of the county, its townships, towns, villages, schools, churches, industries, etc; portraits of early settlers and prominent men; biographies; hist (1885). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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