An American Family History

Frederick County was formed in 1743 from Orange County. It became Dunmore County in 1772. The name changed to Shenandoah County in 1778. Augusta County became Rockingham County in 1778. In 1881 Page County was created from Rockingham and Shenandoah Counties.

Magdalene Baker Xander was born on June 23, 1797 in Rockingham County, Virginia. She was the daughter of Jacob Baker and Magdalene Kibler.

She married John Xander (Zander) on October 2, 1823 in German Township, Clark County, Ohio. John Xander was born on June 22, 1795 in Weisenberg, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. His parents were David Xander and Catherine Stettler.

Magdalene and John's children were William Xander (1824), Jacob Xander (1825), John Xander (1827), and David Xander (1830). William married Susanna Baker the granddaughter of Henry Baker.

The family helped organize and worshiped at Mt. Pisgah Church in Lawrenceville.

Her father left her “my loom together with all the reeds, gears and belonging to it.”

They appeared in the census for Monroe Township in 1859 and in a 1857 deed.

She died on September 25, 1830 in Clark County, “after an illness of three weeks of flux and bilious fever.” She is buried in Lawrenceville Cemetery in Clark County. John died on May 11, 1852 in German Township.