Absalom Baxter Biography Hancock County, WV ********************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ********************************************************************** Submitted by Dale Patterson Copied from " History of the Panhandle, being Historical Collections of the Counties of Ohio, Brooke, Marshall and Hancock, West Virginia". Compiled and Written by: J.H. Newton, G.G. Nichols, and A.G. Sprankle Published by: J.A. Caldwell, 1879, Wheeling, W. VA. Biographical Sketches of Hancock County: Absalom Baxter: was born in Brooke County, West Virginia, March 16, 1833. He was brought to now Poe District in 1836. He followed farming as his vocation. He married Honor Bambrick, daughter of Thomas Bambrick, deceased, November 2, 1859. They settled on the farm where they are now living, located one mile southwest of Fairview. Their union resulted in five children, Julia, Lawrence, Rachel, Annie and Ruth, all of which are living.