Family
Baxter's brother, Elisha Baxter, served as Governor of Arkansas from 1872 to 1874. His son, Lewis T. Baxter (1852–1927), was a prominent Nashville businessman and an unsuccessful candidate for Governor of Tennessee in 1890. Another son, George W. Baxter (1855–1929), briefly served as the territorial governor of Wyoming in 1886.
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Famous quotes containing the word family:
“Of all the vices, lewdness is the worst; of all the virtues, family duty is the first.”
—Chinese proverb.
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“The touchstone for family life is still the legendary “and so they were married and lived happily ever after.” It is no wonder that any family falls short of this ideal.”
—Salvador Minuchin (20th century)
“Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature.”
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