Yolo County CA Archives Biographies.....Baker, Francis E. 1839 - 
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Author: Tom Gregory (1913)

HON. FRANCIS E. BAKER

    A native of Michigan, Francis E. Baker was born in Quincy, October 2, 1839,
and he made his home in his native state until he became a resident of
California. His early education was followed by a course in Hillsdale College,
which he entered in 1860 and continued his studies there until the fall of 1862.
It was at that time that he entered the law department of the University of
Michigan, and immediately after his graduation, March 31, 1864, he was admitted
to the bar. In the following year he came to California via Panama, and in 1867
he located in Yolo county, and here he engaged in teaching until 1871, when he
began the practice of law. In September, 1873, he was elected district attorney,
and in 1875 he was re-elected, thus holding the office from March 4, 1874, until
March 4, 1878.

    For many years Mr. Baker was a leader in the Democratic party and a shining
light among the attorneys of the state. In 1880 he was elected to the assembly
of the Twenty-fourth legislature, and during his term of office he represented
his constituents ably. He was a member of the board of education, was one of the
library trustees, and held various other municipal offices, in all of which he
showed good judgment and a keen loyalty to the community's best interests.
Fraternally he was a Mason and was past worshipful master and was also honored
by an election to Grand Orator of the Grand Lodge of California. He also held
membership in the Knights of Pythias and the Uniform Rank, K. P.

    In Woodland, July 19, 1874, Mr. Baker was married to Miss Addie E. Thomas, a
native of Monroe, Green county, Wis., and the daughter of Charles S. and
Josephine L. (Wallace) Thomas. (A sketch of Charles S. Thomas will be found
elsewhere in this volume.) Mr. Baker was one of God's noblemen. He was generous
to a fault, true as steel, and all who came in contact with him liked him
instinctively. He was a very able man, with broad ideas and a remarkably strong
and bright intellect, and he left a record in his profession that will ever
adorn the brightest pages of legal jurisprudence in the county and state.


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HISTORY OF YOLO COUNTY CALIFORNIA
WITH
Biographical Sketches
OF
The Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified With Its Growth
and Development From the Early Days to the Present

HISTORY BY
TOM GREGORY
AND OTHER WELL KNOWN WRITERS
ILLUSTRATED COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME

HISTORIC RECORD COMPANY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA [1913]


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