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Christina Irvine Baxter
15 Mar 1851 – 8 Dec 1929
| Birth | 15 Mar 1851 |
| Death | 8 Dec 1929 |
| Cemetery | Elmwood Cemetery Saint Paul , Howard County , Nebraska , USA |
| Added by | LF on 23 Aug 2006 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/13541402 |
Bio
St. Paul Phonograph Newspaper, Wednesday, 11 Dec 1929 Mrs. James Baxter Passes Away at Advanced Age Was Resident of Howard County for Great Many Years; of St. Paul the Past Fifteen Years Dies After a Short Illness Christina, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Irvine, was born near Kelso, Scotland, on the 15th day of March, in the year of 1852 [sic](a), and departed from this life at her home in this city at 5:15 Sunday morning, December 8th, 1929, after an illness of 12 days, having reached the age of 77 years, 8 months and 23 days. The end came quietly, while all her family were gathered about her bedside. She died as she had lived in a quiet and unassuming manner. In the spring of 1873 she, with her brother, William, came to this country, and on the 26th day of December in 1873, she was joined in marriage to James Baxter in the city of Grand Island, Nebraska. for a number of years they lived on a homestead near Oak Creek, where they shared in the hardships and privations of pioneer life. Here their children were born, and their family reared. About 1906 they left the farm and took up their residence in the village of Farwell, and here in 1912 M. Baxter died, and a few years later Mrs. Baxter became a resident of this city. She leaves to mourn her going, three sons and three daughters, who, according to their ages, are: Mrs. Janet harvey, Farwell, Nebraska; Mrs. Jane Dodd of Morin, Alberta, Canada; Thomas, Archibald, Albert, and Ethel, all of St. Paul. Three children preceded her to the heavenly home: Bessie, a son who died in infancy, and James Jr., who died in 1912. In addition she leaves thirty-three grandchildren and thirteen great grandchildren, and an only brother, the last of the family, James Irvine of this city. Mrs. Baxter was deeply religious. At the age of 15 years she became a member of the Presbyterian church, and has sustained that membership throughout her life. In her own quiet way she knew what it was to have fellowship with her God. She was of a quiet and industrious nature, deeply interested in her home, and wholeheartedly devoted to her family, being above all else A GOOD MOTHER, a fact attested by the tender and loving care bestowed upon her all through her illness by those who mourn her departure. The following lines were among her favorites and are expressive of her sentiments: “The family is like a book: The children are the leaves, The parents are the covers, That protective beauty gives. At first the pages of the book Are blank, and purely fair, But time soon writeth memories And painteth pictures there. Love is the little golden clasp, That bindeth up the trust, Oh, break it not, lest all the leaves Scatter, and be lost.” Funeral services were held in the Presbyterian church on Tuesday afternoon with Rev. L. W. Westphal in charge. The large crowd present attested the esteem and love which was held for this fine woman. And also were the many beautiful flowers a mark of esteem. Interment was in the Vanscott Scottish cemetery. [(b)This is incorrect; Christina is interred with her husband, James, in the Elmwood Cemetery, St. Paul, Nebraska.] The Phonograph desires to extend condolence and sympathy to the bereaved children in their hour of sorrow. Especially do we wish to extend sympathy to Miss Ethel Baxter, the daughter, who has resided with her mother and cared for her so tenderly and carefully during these many years. She will miss her most of all. ***There are two errors in the above text: (a) She was born in 1849; for some odd reason, the US Census mis-records her birth year as both 1851 and 1852. (b) The obit says she was buried in the Scottish Cemetery; her parents and brothers are, but Christine is here, in Elmwood, with her husband and children.
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Siblings
- George Irvine 1843–1917
- William Irvine 1846–1917
- James Irvine Jr 1846–1933
- Henry Irvine 1850–1926
- John Irvine 1853–1918
- Archibald "Archie" Irvine 1856–1906
Children
- Jennett Janet Baxter Harvey 1871–1962 FaG
- Thomas Baxter 1876–1876 FaG
- Bessie Baxter 1877–1879 FaG
- Thomas Baxter 1879–1934 FaG
- James A. Baxter 1881–1918 FaG
- Archibald William "Arch" Baxter 1883–1973 FaG
- Albert H. Baxter 1885–1966 FaG
- Mary Ethel Baxter 1891–1965 FaG
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