Luke Crittenden Baxter (1886 - 1962)

Born 31 Jul 1886 in Murray County, Georgia, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Mary Elizabeth (Middleton) Baxter — married 23 Jan 1910 in Gordon, Georgia, United States

Descendants

Died 9 Oct 1962 at age 76 in Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia, USA

Biography

Luke Baxter was born in Appalachia, in Georgia.

Luke was the son of Nathaniel Baxter and Ada Nesbitt

He married Mary Middleton on January 23, 1910 on Gordon County, Georgia.^[1]

They were the parents of:

• Hugh Don Baxter^[2][3][4]
• Walter Lawrence Baxter^[5][6][7]
• Lewis Grey Baxter^[8][9][10]
• Melvin Nesbitt Baxter^{[11][12][13][14]}
• Eva Louise Baxter^[15][16]
• Edwin L “Bud" Baxter^[17][18]
• Alice Grace Baxter^[19][20]
• Edith Doris Baxter^[21][22]
• Eugenia Baxter^[23][24]

Military

War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918

• Name Luke C Baxter
• Sex Male
• Event Date from 1917 to 1918
• Event Place Gordon, Georgia, United States
• Event Place (Original) Georgia, Gordon County
• Citizenship Place United States
• Country of Citizenship United States
• Birth Date 31 Jul 1886
• Birthplace Spring Place, Murray, Georgia, United States
• Race Caucasian
• Event Type Draft Registration

Sources

1. ↑ Georgia, County Marriages, 1785-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28M-37RP : 22 July 2021), Luke Baxter and Mollie Middleton, 23 Jan 1910; citing Marriage, Gordon, Georgia, United States, Georgia Department of Archives and History, Morrow, FHL microfilm 422,565.
2. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJD1-BM2
3. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3SXH-VN2
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53680906/hugh-don-baxter
5. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJD1-BML
6. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3SXH-2N2
7. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149710308/walter-lawrence-baxter
8. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJD1-BMG
9. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3SXH-LN2
10. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149768636/lewis-grey-baxter
11. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJD1-BMP
12. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3SXH-PZM
13. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JKTH-QJD
14. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/340088/melvin-n-baxter
15. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3SXH-TT2
16. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149769316/eva-louise-baxter
17. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3SXH-BW2
18. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/157011534/e-l-baxter
19. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3SXH-16Z
20. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/149797083/alice-grace-baxter
21. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3SXC-93Z
22. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/229052113/edith-harris
23. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WTH9-3L2M
24. ↑ https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3SXC-9T2

• United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJD1-BMV : 1 February 2021), Luke C Baxter, 1920.
• United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:3SXH-X2M : accessed 15 April 2022), Luke C Baxter, Militia District 0930, Catoosa, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 2, sheet 1B, line 79, family 15, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 343; FHL microfilm 2,340,078.
• Georgia, County Delayed Birth and Death Records, 1870-1960", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:WTH9-3L6Z : 13 October 2019), Luke Baxter in entry for Eugenia Baxter, 1929.
• United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V994-R4F : 8 January 2021), Luke Baxter, Oct 1962; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).
• Georgia Death Index, 1933-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:V49W-L6G : 24 December 2014), Luke C Baxter, 09 Oct 1962; from "Georgia Deaths, 1919-98," database, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2001); citing Catoosa, Georgia, certificate number 24191, Georgia Health Department, Office of Vital Records, Atlanta.
• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53681356/luke-crittenden-baxter: accessed 18 December 2022), memorial page for Luke Crittenden Baxter (31 Jul 1886–9 Oct 1962), Find A Grave: Memorial #53681356, citing Nathan Anderson Historic Cemetery, Ringgold, Catoosa County, Georgia, USA; Maintained by Doug Franks (contributor 47135355).