• The Baxter family's travel to Utah in 1855 with the Ballantyne pioneer company is confirmed by the obituary of Robert and in information found in Church financial records.

  His birth date is confirmed by Find A Grave web site.

Richard Ballantyne Company (1855)

• Age at Departure: 35
• Head of Household

Sources

• “4th Company of 50 report, 1855 June.” In Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports 1850-1862, Reports 1853-1855. (CR 1234 5, Box 1, Folder 39)
• Baxter, Robert, Autobiographical sketch, in Biographical sketches, 1891- , reel 3, box 3, fd. 15, item 9.
• Find a Grave (Website)
• Goodliffe, Arnold, [Autobiographical sketch], in Pioneer Pathways [1998- ], 1:82.
• "Immigration List," Deseret News, 12 September 1855, 214.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 86.
• Richard Ballantyne papers, 1852-1896,  Journal, 1855 July-September.
• "Robert Baxter Dies at Home in Hyrum," The Journal, 14 May 1929, p. 1.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
• Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.