Rites For Douglas Baxter Will Be Held Friday — Stephen A. Douglas Baxter died Tuesday evening at 5:30 p.m. after an illness of one year. He was born in Shelby county in [1861], son of George and Elizabeth Jones Baxter and spent his entire life in Shelby county as a farmer. He married Harriet Idella Quigley [September 11, 1887], who preceded him in death 11 years ago. Nine children survive. They are Miss Ima Baxter, Chicago; Mrs. C. E. Olehy, Taylorville; Mrs. A. D. Butts, Joliet, Ill.; Mrs. W. H. Fisher, Sullivan; Mrs. Verna Dolan, Springfield; Mrs. E. J. Leonard, Decatur, Ill.; T. Edward Baxter, Chicago; Earl H. Baxter, Coast Auxiliary stationed on the west coast and Mrs. J. C. Anthony, Chicago. He is also survived by 18 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Minnie Olmstead, South Bend, Ind., and one brother, Thomas Baxter, El Dorado Springs, Mo. In his early life he united with the Church of Christ at Liberty church. Shelbyville Daily Union, June 8, 1944, page 1, column 3.
Rites For Douglas Baxter Will Be Held Friday — Stephen A. Douglas Baxter died Tuesday evening at 5:30 p.m. after an illness of one year. He was born in Shelby county in [1861], son of George and Elizabeth Jones Baxter and spent his entire life in Shelby county as a farmer. He married Harriet Idella Quigley [September 11, 1887], who preceded him in death 11 years ago. Nine children survive. They are Miss Ima Baxter, Chicago; Mrs. C. E. Olehy, Taylorville; Mrs. A. D. Butts, Joliet, Ill.; Mrs. W. H. Fisher, Sullivan; Mrs. Verna Dolan, Springfield; Mrs. E. J. Leonard, Decatur, Ill.; T. Edward Baxter, Chicago; Earl H. Baxter, Coast Auxiliary stationed on the west coast and Mrs. J. C. Anthony, Chicago. He is also survived by 18 grandchildren and 9 great-grandchildren, one sister, Mrs. Minnie Olmstead, South Bend, Ind., and one brother, Thomas Baxter, El Dorado Springs, Mo. In his early life he united with the Church of Christ at Liberty church. Shelbyville Daily Union, June 8, 1944, page 1, column 3.
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