JOSEPH J. BAXTER came from Vermont. He was a carpenter and millwright, and was among the pioneer wagon makers. Later he was in the livery business, grocery and feed trade, and bed spring making, successively. In 1843 he built a house which was standing, until a comparatively few years ago, at the corner of Fountain and North Division streets.
GRAND RAPIDS AND KENT COUNTY MICHIGAN, Edited by Ernest B. Fisher, Robert O. Law Company, Chicago, 1918 - Vol. II, Pg. 249
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Joseph J. Baxter and Julia A. Johnson, were married 16 December 1841.
JOSEPH J. BAXTER came from Vermont. He was a carpenter and millwright, and was among the pioneer wagon makers. Later he was in the livery business, grocery and feed trade, and bed spring making, successively. In 1843 he built a house which was standing, until a comparatively few years ago, at the corner of Fountain and North Division streets.
GRAND RAPIDS AND KENT COUNTY MICHIGAN, Edited by Ernest B. Fisher, Robert O. Law Company, Chicago, 1918 - Vol. II, Pg. 249
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Joseph J. Baxter and Julia A. Johnson, were married 16 December 1841.
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JOSEPH J. BAXTER
Apr. 21, 1814 - Sept. 10, 1875
(Written on BAXTER Monument)
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J.J. BAXTER
(Written on Gravestone)
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