Born in Cooke County, Tennessee
Father: Aaron Baxter
Mother: Leaner Brown
Lige was captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi during the Civil War but was released in about a week and returned to Cooke County where he married Aron Bryant's daughter, Margaret. Lige and Margaret had three children born before they came to Texas. He probably came to Texas after hearing many stories while at Vicksburg. His brothers-in-law ( James Polk Duncan, Felix Grundy Lewis, and James Stuart)had already moved to Texas before him. Lige and Aron Bryant, his father in law, moved to Texas together.
Elijah first leased land in the Walnut Grove Community and it was here his fourth child was born in 1871. Elijah's wife died in August of 1872. Elijah then bought a farm and settled in the Franklin Community. In a couple of years, Elijah married another fine and dedicated wife, Eliza Jane Hunter, daughter of John and Comina Hunter who had moved to Collin County from Tennessee in the 1850's.
Born in Cooke County, Tennessee
Father: Aaron Baxter
Mother: Leaner Brown
Lige was captured at Vicksburg, Mississippi during the Civil War but was released in about a week and returned to Cooke County where he married Aron Bryant's daughter, Margaret. Lige and Margaret had three children born before they came to Texas. He probably came to Texas after hearing many stories while at Vicksburg. His brothers-in-law ( James Polk Duncan, Felix Grundy Lewis, and James Stuart)had already moved to Texas before him. Lige and Aron Bryant, his father in law, moved to Texas together.
Elijah first leased land in the Walnut Grove Community and it was here his fourth child was born in 1871. Elijah's wife died in August of 1872. Elijah then bought a farm and settled in the Franklin Community. In a couple of years, Elijah married another fine and dedicated wife, Eliza Jane Hunter, daughter of John and Comina Hunter who had moved to Collin County from Tennessee in the 1850's.
Inscription
Private (Pvt), Company I, 60th Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment (Crawford's), Confederate States Army (CSA). Husband of Eliza J. Baxter
Family Members
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George Washington Baxter
1865–1924
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James Lafayette Baxter
1867–1926
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Anna Bell Baxter Bryant
1868–1924
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William Jasper "Billy" Baxter
1871–1927
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Samuel Houston Baxter
1875–1940
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Maggie Jane Baxter Cowan
1876–1920
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Cominia Lee "Minia" Baxter Stephens
1878–1951
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Charles Baxter
1878–1959
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Ida Baxter Costello
1880–1928
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Elbert Elijah Baxter
1882–1971
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Amanda Lou Baxter Gilbert
1884–1968
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Mary Elizabeth Baxter Stine
1885–1962
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Leota Baxter Hill
1886–1961
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Irma Baxter Cooper
1888–1969
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