Francis Asbury Baxter was born in South Carolina. He married Lucinda Hilburn in Haynesville, Alabama in 1841. Sometimes after they married, they left Alabama and settled in the Indian Village community about 10 miles south of Calhoun, La. Here he acquired land where he farmed and started his family.
The 1850 shows tow sons, Louis Miles, 5 years of age and Daniel, 3. Another son, Eli was born in 1851 or 1852. Daniel died as a child. The 1900 census shows Lucinda giving birth to five children, two being stillborn.
The record shows Francis a member of the militia under Captain M. Roane in 1846. In 1861 he bought land for fifty cents per acre in what was then called Douglas Community and moved here with his family, making it home for the rest of his life.
Francis made a reputation for himself hewing logs and building houses. While hewing logs for one house, his axe glanced and cut his leg. At someone's suggestion he covered the wound with paint to stop the bleeding the lead from the paint caused blood poisoning, necessitating the leg to be amputated at the knee.
The 1850 shows tow sons, Louis Miles, 5 years of age and Daniel, 3. Another son, Eli was born in 1851 or 1852. Daniel died as a child. The 1900 census shows Lucinda giving birth to five children, two being stillborn.
The record shows Francis a member of the militia under Captain M. Roane in 1846. In 1861 he bought land for fifty cents per acre in what was then called Douglas Community and moved here with his family, making it home for the rest of his life.
Francis made a reputation for himself hewing logs and building houses. While hewing logs for one house, his axe glanced and cut his leg. At someone's suggestion he covered the wound with paint to stop the bleeding the lead from the paint caused blood poisoning, necessitating the leg to be amputated at the knee.
Francis Asbury Baxter was born in South Carolina. He married Lucinda Hilburn in Haynesville, Alabama in 1841. Sometimes after they married, they left Alabama and settled in the Indian Village community about 10 miles south of Calhoun, La. Here he acquired land where he farmed and started his family.
The 1850 shows tow sons, Louis Miles, 5 years of age and Daniel, 3. Another son, Eli was born in 1851 or 1852. Daniel died as a child. The 1900 census shows Lucinda giving birth to five children, two being stillborn.
The record shows Francis a member of the militia under Captain M. Roane in 1846. In 1861 he bought land for fifty cents per acre in what was then called Douglas Community and moved here with his family, making it home for the rest of his life.
Francis made a reputation for himself hewing logs and building houses. While hewing logs for one house, his axe glanced and cut his leg. At someone's suggestion he covered the wound with paint to stop the bleeding the lead from the paint caused blood poisoning, necessitating the leg to be amputated at the knee.
The 1850 shows tow sons, Louis Miles, 5 years of age and Daniel, 3. Another son, Eli was born in 1851 or 1852. Daniel died as a child. The 1900 census shows Lucinda giving birth to five children, two being stillborn.
The record shows Francis a member of the militia under Captain M. Roane in 1846. In 1861 he bought land for fifty cents per acre in what was then called Douglas Community and moved here with his family, making it home for the rest of his life.
Francis made a reputation for himself hewing logs and building houses. While hewing logs for one house, his axe glanced and cut his leg. At someone's suggestion he covered the wound with paint to stop the bleeding the lead from the paint caused blood poisoning, necessitating the leg to be amputated at the knee.
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