Biography of C.K. Baxter, pages 840 / 841.  History of De Kalb County, 
Indiana.  Inter-State Publishing Company, Chicago, 1885

C.K. Baxter, is a native of Wayne County, Ohio, born Nov. 30, 1838, a son of 
John and Sarah (Kelley) Baxter, native of Pennsylvania, the former of 
Washington County, and the latter of Huntingdon County.  In 1841 he parents 
moved to De Kalb County, Ind., and settled on section 25, Smithfield 
Township, on a tract of heavily-timbered land.  The father died in 
September, 1859, and the mother in 1879.  They were among the prominent 
pioneers of the county, and contribute largely toward its development.  
C. K. Baxter was reared on a farm, but when sixteen years of age enter the 
Messenger office at Auburn and learned the printer’s trade.  When twenty-one 
years of age he bought an interest in the Press office at Waterloo, but in 
1861 sold his interest to his partner, T.Y. Dickinson, and enlisted in the 
Nineteenth Indiana Infantry, Company G, as a private, but was promoted to 
First Lieutenant.  He participated in the second battle of Bull Run, South 
Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness and 
Peterburg.  He was discharged Sept. 8, 1864, after a service of three 
yeas. After his return home he again embarked in the newspaper business, 
editing the press till 1884, when he sold out, and is now living a retired 
life.  Mr. Baxter was married Nov. 10, 1863, to Mary A. Dickinson, a 
native of Portage County, Ohio, daughter of T.R. Dickinson.  Mrs. Baxter 
died Feb. 26, 1866, leaving two children---William S. and Maurice.  Oct. 
7, 1869, Mr. Baxter married Harriet, daughter of David Landis, of De Kalb 
County, but one of their three children is living---Mary. Mr. Baxter is a 
member of Waterloo Lodge, No. 221, I.O.O. F., and Waterloo post, No. 52, 
G.A.R.

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Arlene Goodwin
Auburn, Indiana
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