• The Baxter family's travel to Utah in 1855 with the Ballantyne pioneer company is confirmed by the obituary of Robert.

Richard Ballantyne Company (1855)

• Age at Departure: 1

Sources

• 4th Company of 50 report, 1855 June, Brigham Young office emigrating companies reports, 1850-1862.
• Find a Grave (Website)
• Missionary Department Missionary Registers, 1860-1959, Volume 1.
• Perpetual Emigrating Fund, Financial Accounts 1849-1886, Ledger B, p. 86.
• "Robert Baxter Dies at Home in Hyrum," The Journal, 14 May 1929, p. 1.
• Saints By Sea: Latter-day Saint Immigration to America
• Utah, Deaths and Burials, 1888-1946.
• Utah, Salt Lake County Death Records, 1849-1949.
• Utah Death Certificate Index, 1905-1967.