Dr. Joseph H. Baxter was one of three men taking a rotation in the pulpit in the infancy of the First Christian Church. Elder J. A. Murray was assisted by Baxter and W. R. Cowley during the first ten years. In addition to sharing the pulpit Cowley and Baxter served as Trustee and Elder respectively as the church began to grow into their own building.
J. H. Baxter, M.D. was born November 30, 1848, i…