Sidney W. Thaxter
American military officer (1839–1908)
Major Sidney Warren Thaxter (September 8, 1839 – November 10, 1908) was an American Civil War Major and Medal of Honor recipient.
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Thaxter was born in Bangor, Maine on September 8, 1839.
He married Laura May Farnham in 1866. She died in June 1880. He remarried in 1882 to Julia St. Felix Thom. They had three children including Judge Sidney St. Felix Thaxter. Actress Phyllis Thaxter was his granddaughter.
He died from liver cancer in Portland, Maine on November 10, 1908, and is buried in Evergreen Cemetery.
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