Coles County IL Archives Biographies.....Baker, Benjamin Webb 1841 - 
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Author: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary

BAKER, Benjamin Webb, educator, was born in Hutton, Ill., Nov. 25, 1841; son 
of John B. and Sarah E. (Adams) Baker; and grandson of Matthew and Samantha 
(Town) Baker of Massachusetts, and of John and Harriet S. (Webb) Adams of New 
York and Maryland. He lived on a farm until 1861, and from a child aided in 
the support of the family. He enlisted in the 25th Illinois volunteer 
infantry, 1861; was wounded several times, and was honorably discharged in 
1865. He was graduated from the state normal school, Normal, Ill., in 1870; 
was principal of the grammar department of that school, 1866-70, and was 
graduated from the Illinois Wesleyan university, Ph.B., in 1874, receiving his 
A.M. and Ph.D. degrees in course. He joined the Central Illinois conference in 
which he served, with the exception of two years in Denver, Col. (1881-83), 
until 1898. He was presiding elder of Streator district, 1885-89; financial 
secretary of the Illinois Wesleyan university, 1890-93; president of Chaddock 
college, Quincy, Ill., 1893-98, and president of Missouri Wesleyan college, 
Cameron, Mo., from 1898. He received the degree of D.D. from Chaddock college 
in 1898, and was a trustee of Illinois Wesleyan university, 1888-98.

Additional Comments:
Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans.
Vol. I-X. Rossiter Johnson, editor. Boston MA: The Biographical Society. 1904.

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