Biography
Baxter was born in Rutherford County, North Carolina. He sought and obtained an appointment as a cadet to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Baxter's father strongly opposed his appointment, and Baxter resigned his appointment.
Baxter ran a successful mercantile business in Rutherford County with his brother-in-law Spenser Eaves.
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