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#2 From Reed Family Web Site - Josephine Maud Newton
Baxter Family Information
Immediate family information for Josephine Maud "Josie" (Newton) Baxter -- Herself -- Her parents -- Her Spouse - Elmer Dever Baxter (His family information is captured in the extract made for Martha Jane Nichols Baxter White) -- Their children
Extracted text sourced from the Read Family, From Scotland and England to Vermont, New York, and Pennsylvania web Site Web
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Web Page having Josephine Maud “Josie” Newton Baxter on it and from which links enable navigation to members of her family described herein is URL
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Web Site: Read Family, From Scotland and England to Vermont, New York, and Pennsylvania
Content Compiled by Judith B Ebert; Email : judy@ebertnetcom.com
The home page url link raised a 404 - page not found error
Web Page having Josephine Maud “Josie” Newton Baxter on it and from which links enable navigation to members of her family described herein is URL http://ebertnetcom.com/Reed/p24.htm#i10713
Site accessed May 16, 2014
Extracted content pertaining to Josephine Maud “Josie” Newton
-- Herself
-- Her parents
-- Her Spouse - Elmer Dever Baxter (His family information is captured in the extract made for Martha Jane Nichols Baxter White)
-- Their children Information on the Web site indicated” unknown” for citations for information provided
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Elmer Dever Baxter
b. 27 February 1885 at Emporium, Cameron, PA
d. 1947 at Coudersport, Potter, PA ; Buried at Newton Cemetery, Emporium, Cameron, PA
Elmer and Josie (Josephine Newton, his wife) had a disagreement with Josephine’s parents - Joseph and Maude (Cause) Newton. Thereafter they left the Emporium area and travelled to the Detroit, Kentucky, and Cleveland OH, areas.
He married Josephine “Josie” Maud Newton, daughter of Joseph Newton and Viola Maude Couse, on 11 August 1909.
He was living with his daughter, Iola Alice (Baxter) Reed, at the time of his death.
His Father - George Augustus Baxter b. 18 Mar 1859, d. 18 Jun 1939
His Mother - Alice Gilbert b. 9 Apr 1854, d. 14 Mar 1902
Information on his parents are included in the extract taken from the Reed Family Web site for Martha Jane Nichols, and, thus not provided herein. See the content of the file for Martha Jane Nichols for information on his parents.
Elmer Dever Baxter’s Spouse - Josephine Maud “Josie” Newton
b. 17 Mar 1887 at Olean, Cattaraugus, NY
d. 27 Dec 1945 at Emporium, Cameron, PA ; Buried at Newton Cemetery, Emporium, Cameron, PA
When Josie was but two years old a tragic thing happened in the village where her family lived (probably Canada). It was an Easter weekend and, as is natural, all the children had had an over amount of sweets, leaving many of them with the usual stomachaches and were attend to by an elderly doctor. Two of her siblings - a four-year-old and a six-year-old - were among the nearly thirty sick children to whom the elderly doctor unwittingly administered the wrong medication causing their deaths.
Her married name was Baxter.
She was severely burned in 1896 at Emporium, Cameron, PA.
She married Elmer Dever Baxter, son of George Augustus Baxter and Alice Gilbert, on 11 August 1909.
Josephine was 58 when she died.
Her father - Joseph Newton
b. 27 October 1849 at Yorkshire, England
d. 1938 at Olean, Cattaraugus, NY; Buried at Newton Cemetery, Emporium, Cameron, PA
He immigrated on 12 February 1851 to New York, New York, NY
His parent’s - Joseph and Elizabeth (Carpenter) Newton - left from Liverpool, England, with a destination of USA.
The ship's name was 'Jacob A. Westervelt'.
He was a Merchant in 1873 at Alvinston, Ontario, Canada.
He was a Methodist.
He married Viola Maude Couse, daughter of Aaron Henry Couse and Harriett Jackson, at Sarnia, Ontario, Canada
on 30 December 1873. Witnesses to the marriage were: George Russell and J. W. Branon, both of Alvinston.
Joseph Newton was a Dry Goods Salesman in 1900 at Emporium, Cameron, PA.
Her mother - Viola Maude Couse
b. 7 November 1853 at Caradoc, Ontario, Canada
d. 1944 either at Niagara Falls or Emporium, Cameron, PA
Viola Maude Couse lived at Caradoc, Ontario, Canada, as child.
She was a naturalized US Citizen.
The 1900 Federal Census for Emporium (Cameron) PA states that Maude Viola Couse had been in the United States for 23 years, making the year immigrated 1877.
As remembered by Iola (Baxter) Reed, Viola’s parents came from County Cork, Ireland, when Viola was a small child.
Her married name was Newton.
She lived at Port Huron, St Clair, MI, on 30 December 1873.
She was an Episcopalian before the death of her two young children (See story under Josephine concerning her 2 sibling’s deaths). After that, she joined with her husband in the Wesleyan Methodist faith.
She married Joseph Newton, son of William Newton and Elizabeth Carpenter, on 30 December 1873 at Sarnia, Ontario, Canada. Witnesses to the marriage were:
George Russell and J. W. Branon, both of Alvinston.
Viola died in 1944 at Emporium, Cameron, PA - OR - She died in Niagara Falls while living with her daughter.
She was brought back to Emporium for burial and was layed out in Agnes' home.
Joseph Newton and Viola Couse’s Children - Josephine and her siblings
? Edgar Delmont b. 21 Jul 1875, d. 2 Jan 1963
? William Herbert b. c 1877, d. b 1900
? Myrtle May b. 22 Aug 1881, d. 1929
? Charles Allen b. 13 Apr 1883, d. 12 Sep 1952
? Josephine Maud b. 17 Mar 1887, d. 27 Dec 1945
Elmer Dever Baxter and Josephine Maud Newton’s children:
? Newton Leon b. Apr 1910 at Buffalo, Erie, NY, d. before 1985
Married - Martha Pat Lemmon
Lived at Lakewood, OH, in 1967
? Iola Alice b. 1 Oct 1913 at Emporium, Cameron, PA
d. 3 Nov 2000 at Rochester, Monroe, NY;
Buried 6 November 2000 at Reed Cemetery, Borie, Potter, PA
1st Spouse - Lester Brentwood Noragon, son of Amos Anson Noragon and Viola Barr
b. 30 Jun 1899
d. 23 Feb 1981 at Martinsville, IN
Buried at Dog Island Cemetery, Greene, IN
Married - Circa 1933 at Emporium, Cameron, PA
No children
2nd Spouse - Henry Charles Reed, son of Albert Oscar Reed and Dora Isabel Moore
b. 2 Aug 1888
d. 26 Aug 1985
Married 1st, Clarinda Watson b. May 1890
They had 2 Children:
i) Genevieve Reed2 b. Jun 1907, d. 14 Jun 1909
ii) Clayton C. Reed+2 b. 14 Jun 1909, d. 7 May 1990
Married 2nd, Iola - 23 July 1942 at the home of Mrs. Elaine Brizzee’s home on McCray Brook Road.
Jul 23 was Mrs. Elaine Brizzee’s birthday
Henry Reed was taking care of Mrs. Brizzee’s home
This is also about when the 1942 flood of the area was starting.
Henry was working at the Eldred, McKean County, PA powder plant at this time
They had no children
? DeVere Gilbert “Jack”
b. 8 Apr 1918 at Cleveland, OH
d. 27 Oct 1985 at Lake County Memorial Hospital, Willoughby, OH
29 Oct 1985 Funeral services held at the Euclid Lutheran Church, 431 E 260th St, Euclid, OH
officiated by Rev. Robert L. Berger
29 Oct 1985 Buried at Whitehaven Park Cemetery, Mayfield Village, OH
He was Lutheran.
Married - Ruth Marie (Eleanor) Nelson on 1 May 1937 at Olean, Cattaraugus, NY.1
Lived - at Euclid, Cuyahoga, OH, before 1970; At Willowick, OH, between 1970 and 1985.
Was 67 years old when he died.
Two children with Ruth:
i) Eugene (Jackie) Devere b. 1938, d. 1946
ii) Bruce Nelson Baxter1 b. 1940, d. 1949
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1887 - 1945 (58 years)
