• Magdalene Cunningham was born in 1764 in Rowan County, North Carolina.

Deaths

• Margaret Garrett died in 1881 in Fannin County, Georgia.
• Ora (Shields) Kendrick died in 1947.
• Edna Josephine Butler died in 2000 in Dalton, Georgia.

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• Joseph McEntyre Lytle was born in 1821 in Burke County, North Carolina.
• Louisa M. (Smith) Johnson was born in 1877 in Georgia.

Deaths

• William Patton died in 1742 in Marlborough, Pennsylvania.
• Mahala (Lawson) Kendrick died in 1890 in Murray County, Georgia (my 3rd great-grandmother).

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• Ann (Hubbard) Barstow was born in 1605 in Plymouth County, Massachusetts (currently believed to be my 10th great-grandmother).
• Elizabeth Burgin was born in 1817 in Burke County, North Carolina.
• Reuben Phillip Johnson was born in 1853 in Georgia (my great-great grandfather).
• Lizzie (West) Kendrick was born in 1886 in Murray County, Georgia (my great-grandmother).

Deaths

• John Burgin died in 1753 in Shrewsbury Parish, Maryland (my 7th great-grandfather).
• Madison Alexander Ellis died in 1862, while serving in the Confederate Army.
• Elijah Ellis died in 1863 in Georgia.
• David Sietz died in 1869 in Hickory, North Carolina.

Marriages

• Sarah Burch and Alfred Thomas Whitener were married in 1843 in Gilmer County, Georgia.

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• Phillip Burgin was in 1698 in Shrewsbury Parish, Maryland.
• John Debord was born in 1730.
• William Clark Mackie was born in 1798.
• Joseph Lytle Burgin was born in 1846 in Crooked Creek, North Carolina.

Deaths

• Ida Rosa (Kendrick) Headrick died in 1948 in Murray County, Georgia.
• James B. Hemphill died in 2003 in Dalton, Georgia.

Marriages

• Eva Catherine Dellinger and Johann Michael Rudisill were married in 1753 in York County, Pennsylvania.

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• Lydia (Richards) Atchley was born in 1762 in Loudoun County, Virginia (currently believed to be my 6th-great-grandmother).
• Margaret Rebecca (Hemphill) Young was born in 1840 in Burke County, North Carolina.
• Nancy Elizabeth Ellis was born in 1862 in Murray County, Georgia.

Deaths

• Sally (Rudd) Hood died in 1828.
• Miles Marion Scott died in 1889.
• James Leach McEntire died in 1920 in Murray County, Georgia.
• Maria Fadoshia (Roberts) McBrayer died in 1958.

Marriages

• Ludwig Albright and Anna Maria Keller were married in 1751 in Berks County, Pennsylvania (my 7th great-grandparents).
• James Young Hemphill and Rhoda Jane McEntire were married in 1859 in Murray County, Georgia (my great-great-grandfather and his first wife).
• Cora Lee Fouts and Francis Taylor Kendrick were married in 1902 in Murray County, Georgia (my great-grandfather and his first wife).

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• Margaret (Bushart) Barringer was born in 1742 in Newton, North Carolina.
• Rhoda (Cunningham) Alexander was born in 1763 in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania (my 4th-great-grandmother).
• John Wesley Ellis was born in 1847.
• Robert Daniel Mathis was born in 1852.
• Columbus P. Hemphill was born in 1857.
• Cora Lee (Fouts) Kendrick was born in 1881 in Murray County, Georgia.
• Mollie Victoria (Childers) Roberts was born in 1909 in Murray County, Georgia.

Deaths

• Maggie Hemphill died in 1864 (she was only three weeks old – her mother, Rhoda, died in childbirth on July 22.  I know that there was a typhoid epidemic in McDowell County during the summer of 1864; I wonder if it influenced the deaths of Maggie and Rhoda?).
• Mary R. Hemphill died in 1864 in McDowell County, North Carolina – of typhoid.
• Clarissa Jane (Lytle) Morris died in 1869 in Montford Cove, North Carolina.
• Elmer Rufus Roberts died in 1970 in Murray County, Georgia.

Marriages

• Anna Blandina Dellinger and Johann Michael Endres were married in 1715.

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• John Walling was born in 1750.
• Archibald McEntire Hemphill was born in 1818.
• Bertha Neoma (Whitener) Horner was born in 1907.

Deaths

• Addie W. (Marshell) Forrester died in 1924.

Marriages

• John Headrick and Ida Rosa Kendrick were married in 1890.
• Lillian Irene Ridley and Earnest Edward Roberts were married in 1906.

Military

• William Adolphus Whitener re-enlisted in the Army and proceeded to serve in the Phillipine Insurrection.

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Barbara was born February 1854, possibly in Murray County, Georgia.  She married Francis Marion Kendrick on April 16, 1871 in Murray County.  They lived in the Alaculsa Valley, in the upper northeast corner of Murray County for the rest of their lives.  Barbara and F. M. had eleven children.  Barbara died March 5, 1939 in Crandall, Georgia and is buried at Calvary Cemetery.

Barbara’s parents were named as Dave Baxter and Polly Lowery on her death certificate.  I found a marriage certificate for an Andrew B. Baxter and a Mary Lowery in Murray County and I found notes from another researcher stating that Andy Baxter, who married one of two Lowery sisters – Betsy and Pollie – had a daughter named Barbara who married a Hallie Kendrick.  I’ve heard that Francis Marion Kendrick was known as “Hodie.”  I’m working on the hypothesis that these are the same people.  The same researcher noted that Andy had a daughter named Sarah Caroline, who married Alphonse Chable, and a son named Dave.

I recently found an online tree that named a James David Baxter as the son of Andrew B. Baxter and Mary Lowery.  This tree also has a burial place listed for Andrew B. Baxter:  Hopewell Cemetery.  I haven’t been to Hopewell Cemetery, but that is also where Francis Marion Kendrick’s parents are buried.

Baxter Surname Fun Facts

The Surname Database calls Baxter an “unusual surname.”  Of Anglo-Saxon origins, it began as “bakester,” referring to a woman who baked as an occupation.  In 1990, there were 47,857 Baxters in the United States, making Baxter the 647th most common surname.  In 1880, 3% of  the nation’s 13,311 Baxter families lived in Georgia.  In 1840, Tennessee and Georgia had 33 and 17 Baxter families, respectively.

More about the Baxter Family

• A complete list of deceased Baxter family members in my database.
• Posts about Baxter ancestors and relatives in this blog.
• Baxter documents, photos, and headstones.

Research To-Dos

• Check the Murray County death index for the supposed siblings of Barbara (see if parents’ names match).
• Visit Hopewell Cemetery.
• Check Civil War service records for Andrew Dave.
• Research census records for Sarah Caroline (Baxter) Chable.
• Research census records for James David Baxter.

If you have any additional information (or corrections) on this Baxter line, comments are most appreciated!

This post is part of an ongoing series focusing on specific surnames. To see all posts in the series, click here.

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• John Burk was born in 1760.
• Elizabeth Sophronia (Lytle) Burgin was born in 1795.
• Benjamin C. Hemphill was born in 1824.

Marriages

• Hans Martin Dellinger and Anna Barbara Seitz were married in 1726.
• Martha Blair and John William Whitesides were married in 1835.
• Margaret Black and John O. Ellis were married in 1840.
• Victory Chastain and Newton Coleman Forrester were married in 1882.
• Francis Richard Kendrick and Vadah Octavia Whitener were married in 1922.

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