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Pvt Elijah "Lige" Baxter
10 Jun 1840 – 24 Sep 1900
| Birth | 10 Jun 1840 |
| Death | 24 Sep 1900 |
| Cemetery | Scott Cemetery McKinney , Collin County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Thomas "Tom" Stanley, Jr. on 27 Mar 2018 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6489825 |
Bio
Nickname; Lige 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.
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Private (Pvt), Company I, 60th Tennessee Mounted Infantry Regiment (Crawford's), Confederate States Army (CSA). Husband of Eliza J. Baxter
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- George Washington Baxter 1865–1924
- James Lafayette Baxter 1867–1926
- Anna Bell Baxter Bryant 1868–1924
- William Jasper "Billy" Baxter 1871–1927
- Samuel Houston Baxter 1875–1940
- Maggie Jane Baxter Cowan 1876–1920
- Charles Baxter 1878–1959
- Cominia Lee "Minia" Baxter Stephens 1878–1951
- Ida Baxter Costello 1880–1928
- Elbert Elijah Baxter 1882–1971
- Amanda Lou Baxter Gilbert 1884–1968
- Mary Elizabeth Baxter Stine 1885–1962
- Leota Baxter Hill 1886–1961
- Irma Baxter Cooper 1888–1969
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