Thomas Elijah Baxter

1881 - 1952  (70 years)

• Name	Thomas Elijah Baxter  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20]
  Birth	26 Jul 1881	Moore County, Tennessee, USA   [2, 3, 4, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 19, 20]
  Gender	Male
  Family Search ID	LVQ5-YR6
  Occupation	Watchman  [3]
  Residence	1900	Moore County, Tennessee, USA   [12]
  	Civil District 1
  Residence	1910	Bedford County, Tennessee, USA   [20]
  	Civil District 23
  Residence	1920	Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA   [2, 17]
  	Civil District 1
  Residence	1930	Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA   [3]
  Residence	1 Apr 1940	Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA   [4]
  Residence	1942	Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA   [16]
  	Age: 62
  Death	3 Jul 1952	Eloise, Wayne, Michigan, USA   [10, 11]
  Person ID	I67238	Rountree Family
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family	Mary Emily Parks,   b. 7 Apr 1885, Lynchburg, Moore, Tennessee, USA d. 3 May 1953, Eloise, Wayne, Michigan, USA (Age 68 years)
  Marriage	26 Dec 1902	Moore County, Tennessee, USA   [1, 9, 19, 21]
  Children	> 1. Leland Clive Baxter,   b. 4 Mar 1904, Lynchburg, Moore, Tennessee, USA d. 15 Mar 1976, Dearborn, Wayne, Michigan, USA (Age 72 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] + 2. Glen Jack Baxter,   b. 22 May 1906, Lynchburg, Moore, Tennessee, USA d. 15 Feb 1970, Tampa, Hillsborough, Florida, USA (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural] > 3. Ray P Baxter,   b. 23 Nov 1914, Tennessee, USA d. 17 Feb 1986, Redford, Wayne, Michigan, USA (Age 71 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F41062	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 26 Jul 1881 - Moore County, Tennessee, USA Residence - Civil District 1 - 1900 - Moore County, Tennessee, USA Marriage - 26 Dec 1902 - Moore County, Tennessee, USA Residence - Civil District 23 - 1910 - Bedford County, Tennessee, USA Residence - Civil District 1 - 1920 - Lincoln County, Tennessee, USA Residence - 1930 - Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Residence - 1 Apr 1940 - Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA Residence - Age: 62 - 1942 - Detroit, Wayne, Michigan, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

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Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1940. T627;), Year: 1940; Census Place: Detroit, Wayne, Michigan; Roll: T627_1875; Page: 8A; Enumeration District: 84-1177. Record for Thomas Baxter http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2442&h=80748835&indiv=try [S4315] Ancestry.com, Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). Record for Mr Leland C Baxter http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=9093&h=1633499&indiv=try [S3990] Ancestry.com, Tennessee, Delayed Birth Records, 1869-1909, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2012;). Record for Clire Leland Baxter http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=2282&h=1297514&indiv=try [S4315] Ancestry.com, Michigan, Marriage Records, 1867-1952, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2015;). 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Record for Ray Baxter http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=61378&h=4291308&indiv=try [S4754] Flack, Jim, Flack Family Website, (Name: Flack Genealogy; Location: http://www.flackgenealogy.com/;), Baxter, Thomas Elijah (1881-1952) Accessed KRM 4:49pm www.flackgenealogy.com. http://www.flackgenealogy.com/newtng/getperson.php?personID=I28224&tree=Tree664J http://www.flackgenealogy.com/newtng/getperson.php?personID=I28224&tree=Tree664J [S2948] Ancestry.com, 1910 United States Federal Census, (Name: Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006;), Year: 1910; Census Place: Civil District 23, Bedford, Tennessee; Roll: T624_1490; Page: 9A; Enumeration District: 0022; FHL microfilm: 1375503. 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