Frank Baxter
Yuma
Arizona, The Youngest State, 1913

Since 1902 Judge Frank Baxter has made his home in Yuma 
Arizona.  He is a distinguished lawyer and has taken an 
active part in public affairs.  For a number of years he 
has sat upon the bench and has also represented the people 
in the legislature.  He is now judge of the superior court 
having been elected in 1911.

Judge Baxter was born in Petersburg Virginia, May 3, 1853, 
a son of Thomas H. and Elizabeth A. Baxter.  The father was 
a planter and later held the government position of collector 
of customs in Philadelphia for many years under the Buchanan 
administration.

The Judge was educated in the public schools and in 1874 
graduated from the Chester Military Academy.  Making his 
way to Elgin Illinois he read law there under the 
preceptorship of E.C. and V.S. Lovell, who were in their 
time prominent lawyers of central Illinois.  On March 27, 
1883 he was admitted to the Illinois bar and practiced in 
that state until 1885. He then removed to Phoenix Arizona 
where he practiced law in a private capacity and was later 
elected probate judge for four years.  In 1902 he came to 
Yuma and in 1911 was elected as judge of the superior court.

In February 1889 Judge Baxter was united in marriage to Mrs. 
Mary H. Fry of Phoenix.


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