Sedgwick-Cowley-Reno County KS Archives Biographies.....Baker, Charles A. 1870 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ks/ksfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Joy Fisher sdgenweb@yahoo.com March 18, 2007, 2:52 am Author: O. H. Bentley (1910) Charles A. Baker, proprietor of the plumbing, steam, hot water and gas fitting business which bears his name in Wichita, Kan., is a native of Wisconsin, where he was born in Rio, Columbia county. His parents were Thomas and Jennie Baker, who left Wisconsin when Charles A. was only three months old, and came to Kansas, locating at Arkansas City, September, 1870, and the early education of young Baker was obtained in the grade schools of Wichita. The first business venture of Charles A. Baker on his own resources was at Hutchinson, Kan., in 1900, where for two years he did a big business in the plumbing line under the firm name of Wilson & Baker. Eight years ago he formed the co-partnership in Wichita of Baker & Isbell, and for the past four years has been alone as Charles A. Baker. He has swung some of the largest of the very big jobs in Wichita during that time, among them being the Eagle plant, plumbing and heating apparatus; the Innes Block, Boston Store, new Michigan Building, Riverside Club, Daisy Block, and in residences the Fred Stanley home, C. M. Beachy, V. L. Branch, C. W. Carey and many others. Mr. Baker has two fads—baseball and the National Guard. He has seen service in the state militia for seventeen years, having entered the service in 1893. He has remained in continuous service ever since, and is regimental quartermaster of the Second Regiment, Kansas National Guard. He rose to the office of first lieutenant of Company A, the Wichita company, and would have been captain soon had he not been elevated to the higher regimental office he now holds with conspicuous credit to himself and the honor of the service. He married Lillie E. Bennett, December 5, 1895, daughter of George W. Bennett, a pioneer plumber of Wichita. To this union one child, a daughter, Marcia Helen, born June 21, 1901. Mr. Baker is a member of Albert Pike Masonic Lodge, Wichita Consistory, No. 2; Midian Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S.; Wichita Lodge, No. 427, B. P. O. E.; Knights of Pythias; Knights of the Maccabees; Riverside Club. Additional Comments: Extracted from History of Wichita and Sedgwick County: past and present, including an account of the cities, towns and villages of the county Editor in chief: O. H. Bentley Chicago: C.F. Cooper & Co. (1910) File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ks/sedgwick/bios/baker218gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/ksfiles/ File size: 2.9 Kb