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Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922)

HON. ROBERT W. BAXTER.
    Hon. Robert W. Baxter, prominently identified with the lumber industry at
Dermott, is a representative of a family whose members have gained positions of
leadership in connection with the legal profession and also along business
lines, while in public affairs they hive likewise been active, rendering
effective service for the general good. Mr. Baxter was born in Drew county,
Arkansas, four miles south of Monticello, on the 22d of June, 1885, of the
marriage of Robert M. and Virginia (Sunderlin) Baxter, the former a native of
Tennessee and the latter of Georgia. The father is connected with the lumber
industry at Winnsboro, Louisiana. The mother died in November, 1887.

    After completing a course in the Hinemon University School at Monticello,
Arkansas, Mr. Baxter entered the law department of the University of Michigan
and was admitted to practice in the circuit and supreme courts in 1912. He began
his professional career nt Warren, Arkansas, and while there residing was
elected city attorney, in which capacity he served for six years, discharging
the duties of that office conscientiously and efficiently. In 1917 he decided to
devote his attention to business pursuits and on the 11th of June of that year
he organized the Baxter Lumber Company at Dermott, being sole owner of the
undertaking. From the beginning the enterprise proved a success and under the
capable direction of Mr. Baxter, the scope of the business has been greatly
extended, a branch yard having been established at Arkansas City in 1921. He has
made a close study of the lumber industry and in the management of his interests
displays foresight, determination and marked executive ability.

    In 1918 Mr. Baxter was united in marriage to Miss Sallie Murphy of Warren,
and they have become the parents of a son, Robert Patrick. They are members of
the Baptist church, actively interested in its work, and Mr. Baxter is chairman
of the board of deacons. He gives his political allegiance to the democratic
party and his fellow citizens have shown their appreciation of his worth and
ability by calling him to public office. In 1916 he was chosen to represent his
district in the Arkansas state legislature, in which he served for one term, and
as a member of the common council of Dermott, he is doing all in his power to
promote the interests of his city. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity,
belonging to Concord Lodge, No. 23, F. & A. M., at Eudora, Arkansas, and he is
also connected with the Woodmen of the World. He is a self-made man, who has
constructed his own success, working his way upward through merit and ability.
While pursuing his studies he engaged in teaching during the winter season and
in the summer months attended the university. He became an instructor when
nineteen years of age and devoted six years to teaching, thus securing the funds
necessary for the acquirement of an education and giving proof of the elemental
strength of his character. He has always stood for progress and improvement in
affairs relating to the upbuilding of town, county and commonwealth and ranks
with the public-spirited citizens and progressive business men of Dermott.


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Citation:
Centennial History of Arkansas
Volume II
Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1922


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