From History of Grant County, Wisconsin, 1881, p. 884 - 885.

C. H. BAXTER, of the firm of Howe & Baxter, general merchants; is a native of New York, and was born in Stillwater, Saratoga Co., Nov. 15, 1841; he came with his parents in 1857, and they located in Grant Co.; in August, 1860, he entered the store of George Howe as clerk, and remained until the fall of 1862, when he entered the army, enlisting as private in Co. C, 25th W. V. I.; he was taken sick on the Yazoo River and discharged; he afterward raised a company which became Co. K, 47th W. V. I., and was commissioned Captain and was sent to the Department of Middle Tennessee, with headquarters at Tullahoma, and, by order of Gen. Thomas, he became Chief of Ordnance Department, Middle Tennessee, on the staff of Gen. Vancleve and Gen. Milroy, and served in that position until the end of the war. After his return from the service he became a partner of Mr. Howe, and since then has been successfully engaged in mercantile business here. Mr. Baxter has served as Chairman of the Republican County Central Committee of Grant Co. for the past five years; he also served as member of the Town Board; he was elected the first President of the Veteran Soldiers Association, of Grant Co., and was re-elected to the same position. Mr. Baxter was united in marriage, Feb. 20, 1865, to Miss Maria Howe, daughter of George Howe, an old and honored merchant of Lancaster. Mr. and Mrs. Baxter have two children - George Howe and Laura.

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