Oliver Hazard Perry Baxter (1835 - 1910)

Born 31 Oct 1835 in Harrison, Indiana, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Edna Alice (Henry) Baxter — married 17 Apr 1866 in Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States

Descendants

Died 19 Apr 1910 at age 74 in Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States

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Capt. O.H.P. Baxter

3rd Colo. Cav. Co.G

Biography

Captain Oliver Baxter served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1864
Mustered out: 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): 3rd Regiment Colorado Cavalry

Nickname: the "Bloodless Third"

Oliver served as a Captain in Company A of the 3rd Colorado Regiment during the Civil War. He participated in the Sand Creek Massacre.

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• Fact: Burial (1910) Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado

THIS is the story of their lives. That is why we add the complete data from the censuses because it is the story.......................not just a Fact:

1900 Precincts 1, 4 Pueblo city Ward 1, Pueblo, Colorado

Age 65 --Marital Status Married

Years Married 34 ---Marriage Year (Estimated) 1866

Birth Date Oct 1835

Birthplace Indiana

Father's Birthplace Ohio ---Mother's Birthplace Pennsylvania

Oliver H P Baxter Head M 65 Indiana

Edna A Baxter Wife F 50 Missouri

James Easter Servant M 38 Ohio

• Fact: Census (1870) Occupation: Blacksmith
• Fact: Census (1870) Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado Territory, United States
• Fact: Census (1850) Monroe, Jefferson, Indiana, United States

Obituary

Oliver H. P. Baxter - Pueblo Chieftain - April 16, 1910 - O. H. P. Baxter, Pueblo Pioneer, Passes Peacefully Away After Short Illness. Much Beloved Citizen Who Has Watched Pueblo Grow From Frontier Village Goes to His Reward.

O. H. P. Baxter, one of the most loved and respected citizens of Pueblo, a prominent man throughout the state, a pioneer to Colorado, passed away at his home at Grand avenue and Fifteenth Street about 10:30 last night. Mr. Baxter was in good health until last Sunday. He declined rapidly for two days and his death was looked for on Wednesday. He recovered slightly, however, on Thursday and it was thought that he had a chance to live until a few hours before his death last night. A statement as to the cause of death has not been given out by the physician. He was 74 years of age.

Mr. Baxter was respected by all who knew him. He had an unlimited number of acquaintances and friends in Pueblo and southern Colorado, many of whom since his death has been expected have expressed themselves that his word was ironclad and that there was no more loved man in the entire state. He was a friend of the friendless and his deeds of charity, unheralded to the public, were legion (legend?).

Born in Harrison County, Indiana, Oct. 31, 1835, he secured his education there, and when 24 years old set out for the Rocky mountain region with a party of men whose spirits were as bold as his own. They traveled over the country in prairie schooners and arrived on the banks of the Arkansas in the fall of 1859. There were no railroads in Colorado at that date. There was no Pueblo. After searching the mountains for gold for a short time Baxter with a few others took up some land twenty miles east of here and engaged in farming and cattle raising. When the railroad came the settlement was named Baxter. Mr. Baxter was married in 1867, while still in the ranching business, to Miss Edna Alice Henry, daughter of J. W. Henry, a wealthy rancher of the same district.

It was about this time that the Indians became troublesome and the settlers in all the western country were in constant danger of their lives. Sectional repulses did no good. A regiment was organized under the leadership of Colonel Chivington, settlers from all over the state volunteering their services. The Indians had been terrorizing the country in and about where Pueblo now is. The regiment met up with them on Sand creek and destroyed the entire tribe, squaws, papooses and all. O. H. P. Baxter was a captain in this regiment.

In 1868 he removed to the then arising town of Pueblo and engaged in the milling business. Old settlers of this city recall the mill which ground out their flour and which stood where the post office now stands. It was in that day a long way from the city. After many years of prosperous milling the growth of the city demanded that the mill be torn down and Mr. Baxter went into the banking business. The American National bank absorbed his time and energy up until a few years ago. Since that time he has conducted a real estate office.

Mr. Baxter was a member of the Odd Fellows, having joined that organization in 1856 at his home in Indiana. He was the first noble grand of the Pueblo lodge. He was also a member of the Southern Colorado Pioneers' association. He is survived by a wife and two daughters, the latter of whom are Mrs. W. L. Bruner, of Chicago, and Mrs. A. E. Starkloss, of Philadelphia. These children of the deceased were informed by telegraph when their father was first taken seriously ill, but were later told that he was better. Word was sent of the death last night and both will arrive in the city before the funeral.^[1][2]

Find A Grave MEMORIAL ID 111247510

CPT Oliver Hazard Perry Baxter

BIRTH 31 Oct 1835

DEATH 15 Apr 1910 (aged 74)

Pueblo County, Colorado, USA

BURIAL Roselawn Cemetery

Pueblo, Pueblo County, Colorado,

Inscription:

Capt. O.H.P. Baxter

3rd Colo. Cav. Co.G

PLOT 44 12 7 ^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ "Pueblo Chieftain Obituary - April 16, 1910"https://www.ancestry.com/mediaui-viewer/collection/1030/tree/9557463/person/-781004160/media/0eb5707b-5877-4fa8-9536-7fe6df6ce423?_phsrc=hsm10463&usePUBJs=true&galleryindex=9&sort=-created
2. ↑ Thank you labwriter originally shared this on 22 May 2007
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #111247510 CPT Oliver Hazard Perry Baxter

• 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MHJ2-X6N : 12 April 2016), Perry Baxter in household of William Baxter, Monroe, Jefferson, Indiana, United States; citing family 119, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

• 1870 Census: "United States Census, 1870," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4LV-T76 : 12 April 2016), Oliver H Baxter, Colorado, United States; citing p. 15, family 114, NARA microfilm publication M593 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 545,594.

• 1900 Census: "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MQMN-GYG : accessed 6 September 2017), Oliver H P Baxter, Precincts 1, 4 Pueblo city Ward 1, Pueblo, Colorado, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 94, sheet 9A, family 213, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,128.

• Daughter's Death: "Illinois Deaths and Stillbirths, 1916-1947," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N34Z-4SX : 27 December 2014), O. H. P. Baxter in entry for Maude B. Bruner, 18 Mar 1941; Public Board of Health, Archives, Springfield; FHL microfilm 1,953,671.

• Marriage: "Colorado Statewide Marriage Index, 1853-2006," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KN3T-8W6 : 31 July 2017), O H P Baxter and Edna A Henry, 17 Apr 1866, Pueblo, Pueblo, Colorado, United States; citing no. Bk 1, State Archives, Denver; FHL microfilm 1,690,052.

• Military Pension: "United States Civil War and Later Pension Index, 1861-1917", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NHHZ-NTL : 24 March 2016), Oliver H. P. Baxter, 1910.

• Military Pension:"United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDPL-KP5 : 3 April 2015), Oliver H P Baxter, 1904.

• Newspaper: Pueblo's Grand Courthouse: Cornerstone of Costly Edifice Laid Grand Valley, Colorado: The Grand Valley News, January 6, 1909, page 2. Coloradohistoricnewspapers.org Accessed 17 March 2018.