About Jacob Baxter
Lived 1832 – 1912 (aged 80). Jacob Baxter was a Canadian politician.
Jacob Baxter (June 6, 1832
He was born in Bertie Township in Welland County, Upper Canada in 1832, the son of Jacob Baxter, former reeve of Bertie. He studied medicine, received the degree of M.D. from the University of New York and the Bellevue Hospital Medical College and set up a medical practice in Cayuga in partnership with his younger brother Benjamin. He also served as justice of the peace and as surgeon for the local militia unit - 37th Haldimand Rifles. In 1860, he married Rose Griffith. He was defeated by John Senn in the 1894 general election but Senn's election was appealed and Baxter won the subsequent by-election. After retiring from politics, Baxter served as registrar for Haldimand County. He is buried in the Riverside Cemetery, Cayuga, Ontario.
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Jacob Baxter was born on 6 June 1832 in Fort Erie.
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Jacob Baxter died on 23 July 1912.
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Jacob Baxter was a politician.
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