Frederic E. Baxter (1852-1916) was born in Gardiner, Maine, and died in Bangor, Maine. He was working as a bookkeeper at the Lawrence Brothers Company lumber mill in Gardiner when he was introduced to Christian Science by Alice B. Poole, a student of Mary Baker Eddy's. He later studied Christian Science with Caroline D. Noyes, also a student of Eddy's, and joined The First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, in July 1897. He was also listed as a practitioner in the directory of The Christian Science Journal from 1904-1912. He was a founding member of First Church of Christ, Scientist, Bangor, Maine.

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