Snyder Family 2016 - Person Sheet
NameBaxter Jennings Jordan 
Birth23 Feb 1880, Whitmer, Randolph Co., West Virginia
Birth Memo23 Feb 1878 ?? His birth date is stated as 1880 on his WW I draft registration
Death16 Mar 1956, Harman, Randolph Co., West Virginia
Death Memoanother source say d. Hendricks, Tucker Co., WV
Alias/AKABaxter J. Jordan
FatherAdonijah N. Jordan (1847-1930)
MotherAmanda Lee Nelson (1851-1926)
Notes for Baxter Jennings Jordan
1920 Tucker County Census
Text: Baxter Jordan head age 39; Straudia wife age 34; Bruce T son age 9; Lois B. daughter age 8; Ruth C. age 6.
Found Baxter’s middle name in the history of Tucker County by Fansler. [Craig Cooper Snyder]
425Baxter was the only son of Adonijah to stay in WV, and only after he had worked as a bartender in Washington State and went to the goldfields of Alaska.
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184Debbie Pennington Britner - Jan 24, 2009 View | Viewers
Categories: Fansler, Jordan, Nelson, Obituaries
Hendricks--Baxter J. Jordan, 78, a retired farmer, died Friday at his home after an extended illness. A native of Whitmer, he had resided most of his life in Tucker County.
He was a son of the late Amijah [Adonijah] and Amanda (Nelson) Jordan. Besides his wife, the former Staudia Fansler, he is survived by a son Bruce, of Keyser; two daughters, Mrs. Iris Lawson, Hopemont, and Mrs. Ruth Jones, Mcallen; Texas; three sisters, Mrs. Blanche Norman, Akron; Mrs. Hassie Edmunson, Orofino, Idaho; Mrs. Jessie Snyder, Lewiston, Idaho; four brothers, Clinton, Weitt, Idaho; Cleve, Lewiston; John and Van, both of Orofino, and seven grandchildren.
The body is at the Greenlief Funeral Home where services will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev. Keith Bickerton, pastor of the Free Methodist Church of Hendricks officiating. Interment will be in the McNelly Cemetery.
Cumberland Sunday Times--3/18/1956
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Baxter Jennings Jordan married Straudia Isadora Fansler, b. August 18, 1885 and d. October 08, 1969. They had three children, (1)Bruce b. 16 Apr 1910 in Tucker Co., WV and d. 23 FEB 1974 in Tucker Co., WV (2) Iris Blanche Jordan b. November 09, 1911 and d. October 26, 1994 (3) Ruth C. Jordan b. 1914
Text: Baxter Jordan head age 39; Straudia wife age 34; Bruce T son age 9; Lois B. daughter age 8; Ruth C. age 6.
Found Baxter’s middle name in the history of Tucker County by Fansler. [Craig Cooper Snyder]
425Baxter was the only son of Adonijah to stay in WV, and only after he had worked as a bartender in Washington State and went to the goldfields of Alaska.
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184Debbie Pennington Britner - Jan 24, 2009 View | Viewers
Categories: Fansler, Jordan, Nelson, Obituaries
Hendricks--Baxter J. Jordan, 78, a retired farmer, died Friday at his home after an extended illness. A native of Whitmer, he had resided most of his life in Tucker County.
He was a son of the late Amijah [Adonijah] and Amanda (Nelson) Jordan. Besides his wife, the former Staudia Fansler, he is survived by a son Bruce, of Keyser; two daughters, Mrs. Iris Lawson, Hopemont, and Mrs. Ruth Jones, Mcallen; Texas; three sisters, Mrs. Blanche Norman, Akron; Mrs. Hassie Edmunson, Orofino, Idaho; Mrs. Jessie Snyder, Lewiston, Idaho; four brothers, Clinton, Weitt, Idaho; Cleve, Lewiston; John and Van, both of Orofino, and seven grandchildren.
The body is at the Greenlief Funeral Home where services will be held Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. with the Rev. Keith Bickerton, pastor of the Free Methodist Church of Hendricks officiating. Interment will be in the McNelly Cemetery.
Cumberland Sunday Times--3/18/1956
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Baxter Jennings Jordan married Straudia Isadora Fansler, b. August 18, 1885 and d. October 08, 1969. They had three children, (1)Bruce b. 16 Apr 1910 in Tucker Co., WV and d. 23 FEB 1974 in Tucker Co., WV (2) Iris Blanche Jordan b. November 09, 1911 and d. October 26, 1994 (3) Ruth C. Jordan b. 1914
Notes for Straudia Isadora ”Straudie” (Spouse 1)
aka: Stradia/Strawberry Fanster
supplied the picture of Dry Fork Railway Wreck at Jenningston, WVa, June 20, 1901
p. 325 of “The History of Tucker County , West Virginia” by Homer Floyd Fansler
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Parsons--Mrs. Straudie Jordan, 84, of Hendricks, died yesterday at Tucker County Hospital. She had been in ill health for several months.
Born in Hendricks, she was a daughter of the late George W. and Mary Ann (Dumire) Fansler and was the widow of Baxter J Jordan.
She was a member of the Evangelical United Brethren Church.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Iris Lawson, Hambleton and Mrs. Ruth C. Jones, McAllen, Texas; a son, Bruce L Jordan, Keyser; seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
The body is at the Greenlief Funeral Home where a service will be conducted tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Carl Rine will officiate and burial will be in McNeely Cemetery.
The Cumberland News--Oct. 9, 1969
A daughter of George Fansler and Mary Ann Dumire
supplied the picture of Dry Fork Railway Wreck at Jenningston, WVa, June 20, 1901
p. 325 of “The History of Tucker County , West Virginia” by Homer Floyd Fansler
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Parsons--Mrs. Straudie Jordan, 84, of Hendricks, died yesterday at Tucker County Hospital. She had been in ill health for several months.
Born in Hendricks, she was a daughter of the late George W. and Mary Ann (Dumire) Fansler and was the widow of Baxter J Jordan.
She was a member of the Evangelical United Brethren Church.
Surviving are two daughters, Mrs. Iris Lawson, Hambleton and Mrs. Ruth C. Jones, McAllen, Texas; a son, Bruce L Jordan, Keyser; seven grandchildren and eight great grandchildren.
The body is at the Greenlief Funeral Home where a service will be conducted tomorrow at 2:30 p.m. Rev. Carl Rine will officiate and burial will be in McNeely Cemetery.
The Cumberland News--Oct. 9, 1969
A daughter of George Fansler and Mary Ann Dumire