H. E. Baxter Biography - Grant County Wisconsin ***************************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ***************************************************************************** Submitted by David W. Taft, dtaft@cowtown.net History of Grant County Wisconsin Western Historical Publishing, Chicago, July 1881 Town of Mt. Ida, Biographical Sketches, Page 1040 H. E. BAXTER, farmer, Sec. 34; P.O. Fennimore; was born in Saratoga Co., N.Y. Oct 27, 1815; came to Wisconsin in 1855, and settled in Fennimore, Grant Co.; his father died April 12, 1866; his mother died in 1865. Was married to Margaret McWilliams, who was born Sept 27 1850; has three children - Eugene, Lilly M., Mary E. Owns a farm of 140 acres under a high state of cultivation. Has held various town offices. Is radical in principle as a member of the Republican party.