SOURCE: (1) From charts prepared by Miriam Dexter;
INFORMATION: (1) Farmer; Baptist; First name might have been Asahel; Lived at Marysville, Kansas;
Carol Dexter Minson Notes:____________________________
Picture, obviously of Ed and Edith Gill's Golden Wedding (March 15,
1948). Those who are identified in the picture are: John Dexter and
Willard Dexter, (Edith's brothers) Ed and Edith Gill, Spency Lawshe, and
Elsie Gill. Nine others unidentified.
Birth: Letter from Miriam Dexter, 24 Jan, 1965, pg 36. "George Dexter
and his wife (Alice Crook) were married and lived in Canada many years.
A grandson said they lived in Colberg, but I am quite sure that I saw the
name Cobourg on pictures that Blanche, Willard's wife, showed me in
Waterville one day. Cobourg is south of Millbrook, on the lake.
Ten of the children were born in Canada, between 1865 and 1879. Then
Willard was born in 1883 and Stanley in 1885, both in Marshall Co. (KS)"
CENSUS: 1900, Center Twp., Marshall Co., Kansas, ED56 sheet 9.
DEXTER, JOHN b Feb 1865, 8 years md, 3 ch renting
" Silva wife May 1870 b Illinois, Scotland, Indiana
" Lloyd son b May 1894, 6
" Archie b Aug 1895, 4
" Claude b Jul 1897, 2
BAIN, John b Feb 1839, age 61, md 31 years, Scotland, Scot, Scot
Yr of Imm to US-1851- 43 years in US...own home
" Margaret J wife b Dec 1841 age 58, 5 ch, 3 livig, INd, OH, VA
" Alva son b Mar 1878 22 s
"Year of Immigration to U. S. - 1870!" So John came with his
grandfather, Asahel and others, in the first migration of Dexters from
Canada? John would have been only 5 years old. This is questionable.
His mother and father state in 1900 census that they came in l884.
(Someone should get an 1880 and a 1910 Census of Marshall Co. KS on
this family.) John and Silva are listed with 3 children, Lloyd 6, Archie 4
and Claude 2. They have been married "8" years in 1990 (=1892.)
"Pioneers of the Blue Stem Prairie," Riley Co. Gen Soc, 1976, pg 127-8-9,
Dexter article by Miriam Dexter: "John, their oldest (George and Alice
Dexter's) was mayor of Marysville, KS in 1935."
"John Dexter" Listed in extract of his father's, George W. Dexter's, will.
"John and Silva Dexter, his wife, of Marysville, Marshall Co., Kansas" also
listed as "Heirs of George Dexter" in Warranty Deed, Abstract #21,486,
on March 23, 1937. (See pg 18 of Miriam Dexter's letters.)
Obituary of John's sister: "Edith Gill, died 12 Feb 1954. . . Leaves three
sisters: Miss Jane Dexter, Grants Pass Ore. Mrs Margaret Stuart,
Holdrege, Neb.; Mrs. Etta Oakley, Pueblo, Colo; and five brothers, G. W.
Dexter, Deming, N.M.; Will, Seattle, Wash.; John, Marysville, Kan.;
Willard, Waterville, Kan.; and Stanley, San Franciso, CA.
"John Dexter passed away Feb 16, '55. in Marysville." DEX 0001: Julia
Francis Bletcher's "Birthday Book," which also has the George Dexter
children's birth dates.
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Notes from Carol Dexter Knowlden 31 Aug 2000
Height about 5'7". Light Red-Gold Hair. Head held stiff and at a slant because of a wagon accident.
Asahel John Dexter used his middle name all of his life as did all except two of his brothers and sisters.
John owned and farmed in Center Township. He sold this farm and purchased another farm at the edge of the town of Marysville KS, along the Big Blue River. He farmed this until his son, Lloyd, started working this land for his father. In 1924, John Dexter was elected president of the Board of Education. He owned and operated a coal business in the early 1920's. In April of 1935, John was voted in as Mayor of the town of Marysville, KS. John stayed very active in civic affairs for most of his later years. John drove a parcel post delivery truck during the 1940's. John was a very religious man and whenever the pastor was out of town he filled in for him. His Bible was well worn with many written notes in the margins of most of the pages. After his wife's death, John lived for many years with his daughter Ethel and her children in Marysville, KS.
Picture, obviously of Ed and Edith Gill's Golden Wedding (March 15,
1948). Those who are identified in the picture are: John Dexter and
Willard Dexter, (Edith's brothers) Ed and Edith Gill, Spency Lawshe, and
Elsie Gill. Nine others unidentified.
Birth: Letter from Miriam Dexter, 24 Jan, 1965, pg 36. "George Dexter
and his wife (Alice Crook) were married and lived in Canada many years.
A grandson said they lived in Colberg, but I am quite sure that I saw the
name Cobourg on pictures that Blanche, Willard's wife, showed me in
Waterville one day. Cobourg is south of Millbrook, on the lake.
Ten of the children were born in Canada, between 1865 and 1879. Then
Willard was born in 1883 and Stanley in 1885, both in Marshall Co. (KS)"
CENSUS: 1900, Center Twp., Marshall Co., Kansas, ED56 sheet 9.
DEXTER, JOHN b Feb 1865, 8 years md, 3 ch renting
" Silva wife May 1870 b Illinois, Scotland, Indiana
" Lloyd son b May 1894, 6
" Archie b Aug 1895, 4
" Claude b Jul 1897, 2
BAIN, John b Feb 1839, age 61, md 31 years, Scotland, Scot, Scot
Yr of Imm to US-1851- 43 years in US...own home
" Margaret J wife b Dec 1841 age 58, 5 ch, 3 livig, INd, OH, VA
" Alva son b Mar 1878 22 s
"Year of Immigration to U. S. - 1870!" So John came with his
grandfather, Asahel and others, in the first migration of Dexters from
Canada? John would have been only 5 years old. This is questionable.
His mother and father state in 1900 census that they came in l884.
(Someone should get an 1880 and a 1910 Census of Marshall Co. KS on
this family.) John and Silva are listed with 3 children, Lloyd 6, Archie 4
and Claude 2. They have been married "8" years in 1990 (=1892.)
"Pioneers of the Blue Stem Prairie," Riley Co. Gen Soc, 1976, pg 127-8-9,
Dexter article by Miriam Dexter: "John, their oldest (George and Alice
Dexter's) was mayor of Marysville, KS in 1935."
"John Dexter" Listed in extract of his father's, George W. Dexter's, will.
"John and Silva Dexter, his wife, of Marysville, Marshall Co., Kansas" also
listed as "Heirs of George Dexter" in Warranty Deed, Abstract #21,486,
on March 23, 1937. (See pg 18 of Miriam Dexter's letters.)
Obituary of John's sister: "Edith Gill, died 12 Feb 1954. . . Leaves three
sisters: Miss Jane Dexter, Grants Pass Ore. Mrs Margaret Stuart,
Holdrege, Neb.; Mrs. Etta Oakley, Pueblo, Colo; and five brothers, G. W.
Dexter, Deming, N.M.; Will, Seattle, Wash.; John, Marysville, Kan.;
Willard, Waterville, Kan.; and Stanley, San Franciso, CA.
"John Dexter passed away Feb 16, '55. in Marysville." DEX 0001: Julia
Francis Bletcher's "Birthday Book," which also has the George Dexter
children's birth dates.