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Benjamin Baxter (1840 - 1915)
Benjamin Baxter was born in 1840. He was born to Baxter Benjamin Baxter and Martha Baxter, and we currently have no other siblings in his family tree. He died in 1915 in Frankston, Australia at age 75.
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Benjamin Baxter passed away in 1915 in Frankston, Australia at 75 years old. He was born in 1840. He was born to Baxter Benjamin Baxter and Martha Baxter, and we currently have no other siblings in his family tree.
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1840 - 1915 World Events
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In 1840, in the year that Benjamin Baxter was born, on May 7th, the Great Natchez Tornado hit Mississippi. Around 2p, the second deadliest tornado in U.S. history hit Natchez and the surrounding area. It has been estimated to be a F4 or F5 storm and over 317 people were killed - 109 were injured.
In 1859, when he was 19 years old, on October 16th, abolitionist John Brown led a raid on Harpers Ferry Armory in Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in an attempt to start a slave rebellion. He wanted to "liberate" the guns in the armory and arm slaves. Brown was captured and hanged on December 2nd.
In 1886, Benjamin was 46 years old when on June 13th, the "Great Vancouver Fire" destroyed most of Vancouver, British Columbia. A small brush fire got out of control and spread to the rest of the city. Dozens of people died and it was only after the fire that money was raised for a fire hall. The local Squamish tribe rescued people who had jumped into bodies of water to escape the conflagration.
In 1893, he was 53 years old when on February 1st, Thomas Edison's motion picture studio on his laboratory grounds in West Orange New Jersey was completed. The studio was called "Black Maria" and the first movie made and viewed in it was of 3 people pretending to be blacksmiths.
In 1915, in the year of Benjamin Baxter's passing, the Superior Court in Fulton County Georgia accepted the charter for the establishment of the new Ku Klux Klan, succeeding the Klan that flourished in the South in the late 1800's. This iteration of the Klan adopted white clothing and used many of the code words from the first Klan, adding cross burnings and mass marches in an attempt to intimidate others.
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