William
Portus
Baxter
Born in Strafford, Orange, Vermont, United States
Ancestors 
Brother of
William Harris Baxter, Jedediah Hyde Baxter, Jedediah Hyde Baxter, Myron Leslie Baxter, Marcia Elizabeth Baxter, Henry Clay Baxter and Ellen Janette Baxter
[spouse(s) unknown]
Died
at age 64
in Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 22 Dec 2017
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Biography
William was born in 1847. He was the son of Portus Baxter and Ellen Harris. He passed away in 1911.
Sources
- "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MC2D-JLH : 12 April 2016), William P Harris in household of Jedediah H Harris, Strafford, Orange, Vermont, United States; citing family 25, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
- "Illinois, Cook County Deaths, 1878-1994," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N7JB-MHM : 17 May 2016), William Portus Baxter, 15 Sep 1911; citing , Cook, Illinois, United States, source reference 23449, record number 87, Cook County Courthouse, Chicago; FHL microfilm 1,287,611.
- William Arba Ellis, ed., Norwich University, 1819-1911: Her History, Her Graduates, Her Roll of Honor (Montpelier, Vermont: The Capital City Press, 1911), 2:62.
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