Ida-Tama County IA Archives Biographies.....Baxter, Hector 1834 - 
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Author: Lewis Publishing Co. (1893)

HECTOR BAXTER, a farmer of Maple township, Ida county, was born in Argyleshire,
Scotland, June 16, 1834, a son of John and Mary (McNeil) Baxter, natives also of
that country, where they lived and died. They were members of prominent Scottish
families, and were Presbyterians in their religious views.

   Hector Baxter, our subject, was reared and educated in his native country,
where he learned and followed the trade of shoemaker many years. In 1877 he left
his native land for the United States, and, after landing in New York, purchased
and improved 160 acres of wild land in Tama county, Iowa. He sold this land in
1881, and bought 320 acres in Ida county, all of which is now improved, with a
good, two-story, eight-roomed house, 28x30 feet, a barn, 30x36 feet, and a line
grove and orchard. Mr. Baxter is here extensively engaged in farming and
stock-raising, making a speciality of shorthorn cattle.

   He was married at the age of twenty-five years to Miss Margaret, a daughter
of John and Helen (Cockburn) Stuart, who were born, lived and died in Scotland.
Mr. and Mrs. Baxter have had seven children, viz.: Nellie, wife of Dr. F. B.
Warnock, a leading physician of Battle Creek; John and James, at home; William,
in Nebraska; Mary, a successful teacher of Los Angeles, California; Hector M.
and Stuart. Politically, Mr. Baxter affiliates with the Democratic party, and is
one of the solid and progressive men of Maple township. Both he and his wife are
members of the Presbyterian Church.


Additional Comments:
Extracted From:

BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF 
Crawford, Ida and Sac Counties, Iowa.

Containing Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States, with
accompanying Biographies; a Condensed History of Iowa, with Portraits and
Biographies of the Governors of the State; Engravings of Prominent Citizens of
the Counties, wth [sic] Personal Histories of many of the Early Settlers and
Leading Families.

"Biography is the only true history."—Emerson.

CHICAGO: THE LEWIS PUBLISHING COMPANY.
1893.


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