Jazet Dexter^[1]

1877 - 1948  (70 years)

• Name	Jazet Dexter  [2]
  Birth	14 Jun 1877	Damascus Twp, Wayne Co., PA   [3]
  Gender	Male
  Death	2 Jun 1948	Sparta, NJ   [4]
  Person ID	I36775	First tree
  Last Modified	17 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Amos Baird, II   d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Victoria Dexter,   b. 24 Jun 1853   d. 13 Apr 1932 (Age 78 years)
  Marriage	5 Jan 1872  [5]
  Family ID	F52409	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Theresa Standingen,   b. 31 May 1905, Garfield, NJ d. 21 Jan 1946, Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ (Age 40 years)
  Children	1. Infant Boy Dexter,   b. 15 Dec 1928, Sparta, NJ d. 15 Dec 1928, Sparta, NJ (Age 0 years)
  Family ID	F55357	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

  Family 2	Frances Susan West,   b. Abt 1888   d. 1927 (Age 39 years)
  Marriage	16 Dec 1917	Sparta, NJ   [4]
  Children	1. Theodore Raymond Dexter
  Family ID	F55358	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	24 Jan 2013

  
  

• Notes

  After Amos and Victoria separated, she moved to Sparta, NJ, taking Jazet with her. Here he grew up and worked as a contractor (Laurie Dexter-Gaige). (Popielarz, p.65). It appears from Popielarz book that Jazet kept the Dexter surname. From: "Bob Anthony" To: "Todd Case" Date: Wed, 16 Oct 2002 00:32:35 -0600 Yes, Jazet Dexter's last name should be Baird. I have a copy of a newspaper clipping from 1881, that states in summery that Amos Baird was married with a 4 year old son (who I assume could have been my grandfather Jazet, but the year would be wrong for him for his birth year). Anyway, this article states that he was a heavy drinker and beat on his wife. At some point she took the child and left him, returning to her mother Phebe Reynolds Dexter. Once he found out she had left he went to the mother's house and beat the door in with an ax, taking the child back with him. She called the police and there was a warrant for his arrest and he was later charged with contempt. Apparently, after all this happened, Victoria and Amos separated and she raised my Grandfather Jazet as a Dexter. As I said, I believe this child was my grandfather Jazet as he was the only child I know of between Victoria and Amos Baird. This was according to my father and to bible records of Silas Dexter. My father's mother died when he was 6 years old so he has no recollection of his family. He and his father were never really close and when my father was in the military his father Jazet died...my father was in his early 20's. As a small child he was raised pretty much by his grandmother Victoria. He also remembers Harry Donor. And he recalls his Aunt Octavia. Unfortunately, nothing more. His memories are a blur beyond his father, and he has absolutely nothing whatsoever on his mother, her name was Susie West Dexter???? Do you have any information on Victoria other than what you sent as far as details of her marriages and children??? Thanks Laurie

  
  

• Sources

  [S3318] Jon Todd Gibson Case, jontoddgibsoncase. [S277] Richard Orvis Eldred & Iona Irene Popielarz, Dexter and Related Families of the Upper Delaware Valley, (Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1994 Correspondence and book orders to: Iona Irene Popielarz 56 Sharrer Rd. Port Murray, NJ 07865 (908) 832-7968), 35, LOC 94-72779. (Reliability: 3). [S277] Richard Orvis Eldred & Iona Irene Popielarz, Dexter and Related Families of the Upper Delaware Valley, (Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1994 Correspondence and book orders to: Iona Irene Popielarz 56 Sharrer Rd. Port Murray, NJ 07865 (908) 832-7968), 64, LOC 94-72779. (Reliability: 3). [S277] Richard Orvis Eldred & Iona Irene Popielarz, Dexter and Related Families of the Upper Delaware Valley, (Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1994 Correspondence and book orders to: Iona Irene Popielarz 56 Sharrer Rd. Port Murray, NJ 07865 (908) 832-7968), 65, LOC 94-72779. (Reliability: 3). [S277] Richard Orvis Eldred & Iona Irene Popielarz, Dexter and Related Families of the Upper Delaware Valley, (Gateway Press, Baltimore MD, 1994 Correspondence and book orders to: Iona Irene Popielarz 56 Sharrer Rd. Port Murray, NJ 07865 (908) 832-7968), 34, LOC 94-72779. (Reliability: 3).