Lacrosse County WI Archives Biographies.....Baxter, B. F. 1839 - 
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B. F. BAXTER, teacher, Bangor; also, by trade, carpenter and joiner. Born in 
Vermont in 1839; he removed to the State of New York with his parents, when 
about 6 years of age, and to the State of Illinois, with his parents, in the 
fall of 1854; came to La Crosse Co. in 1859, and settled in Bangor. His 
father, Rev. B. S. Baxter, a Congregational clergyman, died at Manston in 
June, 1879; his mother is also deceased. Mr. Baxter enlisted, as a musician, 
Sept. 18, 1861, in the 10th W. V. I.; he served in this regiment about ten 
months, re-enlisted in 1864, in the 46th W. V. I., and served till the close 
of the war; he participated in several important campaigns and battles. He was 
married to Jennie Wood, daughter of S. C. Wood; they have two children - Susie 
and Effie; lost two boys - Willie and Floy. Mr. Baxter has taught seventeen 
terms in La Crosse Co.

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From "History of La Crosse County, Wisconsin", 1881, p. 832.

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