City: Jonesboro
BAXTER, Elbridge J., lawyer; born Washington College Sept. 2, 1860; Scotch-Irish descent; son of Jacob and Saraphinia (Shannon) BAXTER; father’s occupation farmer; paternal grandparents Jacob and Catharine (Rhine) BAXTER; maternal grandparents Elijah and Eliza (Simpson) SHANNON; graduated Washington college with A.B. degree May 1885; worked on farm in early life, then studied law; member of Tenn., and American Bar Associations since 1900; admitted to practice in all State and Federal Courts and in U. S. Supreme Court; has been President of the Board of Education, Jonesboro, Tenn., eight years; is a member and the secretary of the Board of Trustees of Washington and Tusculum College; at present Secretary and Bursar of the East Tenn. Normal Schools, Johnson City, Tenn.; married Eleanor LAMPSON June 3, 1893; Democrat; member and officer of the Presbyterian church.
