Person:Charles Baxter (6)

!CENSUS; 1870 Census of Indiana; 1870; U. S. Census of DeKalb County, IN; Waterloo, Union township; Allen County, IN Public Library.

Charles R. Baxter 31 OH printer 3000 2000 Hattie 28 OH William S. 6 IN Maurice B. 4 IN Ida Caldwell 14 IN

!CENSUS; 1880 Census of Indiana; 1880; U. S. Census of DeKalb County, IN; Allen County, IN Public Library.

Charles Baxter 41 Harriet 39 William S. 16 Maurice S. 13 Mary A. 8 John L. 6

!HISTORY; History of Dekalb County; Chicago; Interstate Publishing Co; 1885 C. K. Baxter is a native of Wayne Co, OH, born Nov. 30, 1838, a son of John and Sarah (Kelley) Baxter, natives of Pennsylvania, the former of Washington County, and the latter of Huntington County. In 1841, his parents moved to Dekalb County 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 contributed largely toward its development. C. K. Baxter was reared on a farm but when sixteen years of age entered 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. Dickenson, 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, Antitetam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness and Petersburg. He was discharged Sep 8, 1864, after a service of three years. After his return home he again embarked in the newspaper business, editting 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, OH, 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 DeKalb 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.