Bio of Baxter, Hon. William S. (b.1836) Wabasha Co., MN
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This bio comes from "HISTORY OF WABASHA COUNTY" 1884.
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Baxter, Hon. William S. (page 1103), came to this planet by the way of 
Sidney Plains, New York, on February 24, 1836. He was the second child of 
the numerous offspring of Charles A. and Maria (Bush) Baxter. Both 
branches of the family were natives of New York State. Ere William had 
reached adult years, death removed his parents, and he was taken into the 
family of his uncle, Jabin Bush, a wealthy farmer and merchant of Tioga, 
Pennsylvania. In 1856 he came to Minnesota and spent a year in Dodge 
county. Soon after engaged in the livery business in Rochester, Olmsted 
county. When the war broke out in 1861 he promptly responded to Uncle 
Sam's call for volunteers and was enrolled as a private in the 2d 
Minnesota Infantry. In April, 1862, disability compelled him to resign his 
office as second lieutenant and return to more peaceful pursuits. Having 
disposed of his Rochester livery stable in the meantime, he took the 
proceeds and purchased a farm in the township of Highland. A few years 
since he came to Plainview to reside. He has recently filled acceptably 
the office of deputy sheriff for the southern towns of the county, and in 
1875 sat as a representative in the state legislature hall at St. Paul. He 
is a republican and a Royal Arch Mason. He married Helen Austin, a native 
of Ohio, March 31, 1864. Mrs. Baxter died in 1879, leaving but one child, 
Susan M., surviving.