A Postal Card Mystery That Needs Solving...

This one-cent Thomas Jefferson Postal Card issue of 1886, Scott UX9, was mailed to St. Mary's, Pennsylvania in 1888. Note that the addressee's name is handstamped 'Marien Baxter,' and that the double-circle county date stamp at right is from 'Baxter, Jefferson Co., PA.'


What we know so far:
St. Mary's is in Elk, Pennsylvania.
The USPS Postmaster Finder website has no hits for either St. Mary's or for Elk or for Baxter. There is a hit for 'Jefferson, PA' (the town) but no PM named Baxter.
The hand-written message verso is of a personal nature ("My Dear Children").

So...Is there a connection between the addressee and the PO name found on the dcds? Any Pennsylvania postal historians out there that might know?

The 1883 Official Register of the U.S. lists "R. J. Baxter" as PM at Baxter, PA.

Thanks, John. That provides a clue. My next stop is the genealogy sites to see if I can somehow connect the two Baxters.

At https://stuff.mit.edu/cgi/geo you can find your places in Pennsylvania located:
Placename State County Lat/Long Elevation Population Remark Postal code Nation
Saint Marys Pennsylvania Elk County 41:25:40 N 078:33:40 W 1667 15857 US

Baxter Pennsylvania Jefferson County 41:08:04 N 079:09:00 W

the spacing here isn't right, but i'm sure you can figure it out

Awesome card! I like the cards with personal messages, and it is old.
A lot of history there.