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Baxter Stove Company, Feb. 27, 1910

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John L. Baxter rebuilt the factory after a 1899 fire, only to have another one happen in 1910. They never fully recovered from the 1910 fire and by 1916 the decision was made to close Baxter Stove Company.

Emmett Baxter

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In 1882 John and Emmett Baxter arrived in Mansfield to check out available land to relocate their father's factory. The Baxter Stove works would be located on Bloom Street, today East Fifth, past the tracks once the street was extended. Emmett…

John Baxter

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In 1882 John and Emmett Baxter arrived in Mansfield to check out available land to relocate their father's factory. The Baxter Stove works would be located on Bloom Street, today East Fifth, past the tracks once the street was extended. John Baxter…

Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Baxter

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Thomas, founder of the Baxter Stove Company, and his wife, Isabella, had 9 children, all boys, while in Columbiana County: John (b. 1841), James (b. 1843), Robert (b. 1845), William (b. 1847), Thomas (b. 1850), Emmett (b. 1853), Cassius (b. 1856),…

The Baxter Stove Co.

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The entire Baxter family would move to Mansfield to work for the new Baxter Stove Company, which was incorporated on May 31, 1883, with a capital stock of $60,000. In August of 1883, the company sent its first shipment, containing 62 stoves, to Fort…