Biography of Andrew Baxter, pages 606 / 607 / 608.  History of De Kalb 
County, Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885.

Andrew Baxter, section 5, Franklin Township, was born in Washington County, 
Pa., March 15, 1813.  He is the youngest of a family of ten children.  His 
father, William Baxter, married Sarah Rogers in their native County Tyrone, 
Ireland, and after the birth of two children, Daniel and Jennette, they 
emigrated to America in 1791 and settled in Washington County, Pa., where 
was born to them other children as follows: Sarah, William, James, Moses, 
Mary, a daughter who died in infancy, John and Andrew.  The subject of this 
sketch, William Baxter, died in January, 1832, after the marriage of all 
their children, except Sarah, John and Andrew, and with them, their mother 
removed to Wayne County, Ohio, in March, 1835.  Here John married Sarah 
Kelley, and Andrew, in the spring of 1838, married Nancy Brown, eldest 
child of Andrew Brown, of Scottish birth; whose wife, Ellenor Richey, was 
a native of North Ireland.  In June, 1841, John and Andrew, accompanied by 
their brother, James, and Simon Fegley, came to De Kalb County, built rude 
cabins upon their land entered from the Government in 1838; Andrew upon 
the farm where he still resides, and John in Smithfield Township, and in 
October, 1841, they moved with their families upon their farms, each with 
a wife and two small children, and their mother and sister Sarah, as 
members of the family with Andrew.  Here, in the almost unbroken forest, 
with privations and ague almost constantly with them, they “cleared” their 
farms, took their quinine (when they could get it) and “raised” their 
families.  Andrew and Nancy Baxter had born to them children as follows: 
Elvina, Ellen, William, a daughter who died in infancy, Andrew J., Mary J., 
John W., Nancy E. and James B.  Nancy died January 18, 1858, leaving her 
husband and the eight children above named surviving her.  May 4, 1859, 
Andrew was again married this time to Elizabeth L. Brown, the youngest 
sister of Nancy, his former wife, and to them were born six sons---Orrin 
A., Charles O, Miles, Chauncy B., Cora L. and George D.  Elizabeth L. died 
Jan. 3, 1877, leaving her husband and the five last named sons surviving 
her.  Andrew Baxter has held the important offices of Township Trustee and 
Assessor, each for several terms and with credit to himself.  Of his 
thirteen living children, Elvina Baughman is a widow, and is generally 
employed at keeping her father’s house; Ellen, wife of David Carter, is 
living upon a farm in Nebraska; William is owner and manager of a good 
farm in Iowa, and the others all live in De Kalb County.  Andrew J. is 
practicing law in Butler; John W. in Auburn; Mary J., after teaching more 
than twenty-five terms of public school, has become the wife of Frank A. 
Brink, an attorney and teacher, and lives in Butler; Nancy E. is the wife 
of William Fee, and lives on a farm adjoining the old home in Franklin 
Township; James B. is the Deputy Clerk of De Kalb Circuit Court, and lives 
in Auburn, and the others still domicile under the paternal root-tree.  
Nine of the children of this family have taught in the public schools of 
the county, and three others are expecting to do so in the near future.  
Of the brothers and sisters of Andrew Baxter, all are now dead, except 
Moses, who lives in Smithfield Township where he reared a large family of 
children, all of whom hve taught in the public schools of the county.  His 
sisters, Jane, daughter of William and his first wife (and half-sister of 
Andrew) and Jennette married two brothers, Joseph and William Scott 
respectively, and died, leaving families in Southern and Western Ohio.  
Daniel, his brother, died in Harrison County, Ind., and William but 
recently died in Western Pennsylvania, near the place of his birth.  The 
family of James, survive him in Van Buren County, Mich.  John died upon 
his farm in Smithfield Township in 1853, leaving a large family of small 
children who have grown, married and scattered, leaving only three who are 
still residents of De Kalb County; all are prosperous.  Mary, a sister to 
Andrew, married George J. Duncan and came to Smithfield Township where 
they settled and reared a large and respectable family, nearly all of whom 
still live and prosper in De Kalb County.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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