Judge Eli H Baxter Sr.

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Judge Eli H Baxter Sr.

Birth
Hancock County, Georgia, USA
Death
3 Jan 1865 (aged 66)
Cherokee County, Texas, USA
Burial
Houston, Harris County, Texas, USA Add to Map
Plot
Sect. E-1, Lot 2
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Eli H. Baxter married Julia Richardson Dec 21, 1819, in Hancock Co., Georgia.

April 16, 1865
DAILY CONSTITUTIONALIST
~excerpt~ The HONORABLE ELI H. BAXTER, died on his plantation in Cherokee county, Texas, on the 3rd day of January .He was a native of Hancock county, of which he continued, until his death to be a resident. He was educated under Dr. N. S.S. Beman, and at the State University, read law in the office of his brother-in-law, Oliver S. Skinner and about the time of attaining his majority married and began the practice in the village of Sparta...... After a residence of six years in the village, he retired to his country seat, Cornucopia, six miles distant, where he continued every afterward to reside.....
Contributor: Patricia (47479577) • [email protected]
Eli H. Baxter married Julia Richardson Dec 21, 1819, in Hancock Co., Georgia.

April 16, 1865
DAILY CONSTITUTIONALIST
~excerpt~ The HONORABLE ELI H. BAXTER, died on his plantation in Cherokee county, Texas, on the 3rd day of January .He was a native of Hancock county, of which he continued, until his death to be a resident. He was educated under Dr. N. S.S. Beman, and at the State University, read law in the office of his brother-in-law, Oliver S. Skinner and about the time of attaining his majority married and began the practice in the village of Sparta...... After a residence of six years in the village, he retired to his country seat, Cornucopia, six miles distant, where he continued every afterward to reside.....
Contributor: Patricia (47479577) • [email protected]

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He was a ture man combining honor, integrity, gentleness and charity. Dying as he lived, fearing God, and with full faith in Jesus Christ his Redeemer.