This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Baxter, McQueen, Smith, Duncan Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/4EC.2ACE/608 Message Board Post: Walter Baxter, a veteran of the Civil War, was born in Scotland, November 3, 1842. His father, George Baxter, was born in Scotland, August 5, 1817, and his mother, whose maiden name was Jean Duncan, also born in Scotland, was married December 21, 1841, and emigrated to America in 1851, when Walter was but nine years of age, and settled in the state of Wisconsin, Waukesha county. In 1864 Mr. Walter Baxter came and located in Monroe county, where he has since resided, engaged in farming in Clifton and Glendale townships. In 1865 he enlisted in company A, fiftieth regiment, Wisconsin Volunteers and served about one and one-half years, until receiving his honorable discharge June 12, 1866. Mr. Baxter is one of the substantial and influential citizens of Monroe county, and takes a commendable interest in the welfare of his town and county, and for sixteen years has been clerk of his town and village. On October 6, 1867, Mr. Baxter was united in marriage to Miss Margaret McQueen, daughter of James and Nancy McQueen, of Glendale, Wis. Of four children born to this union, but one, Luella, who is the wife of H. W. Smith, of Kendall, is now living. Source: "History of Monroe County, Wisconsin - Past and Present, Including an account of the Cities, Towns and Villages of the County" Publ. 1912, C. F. Cooper & Co., Chicago. p. 601