Logan County KyArchives Biographies.....Baker, Samuel 1812 - 
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Author: Mrs. J. Wells Vick

    Samuel Baker - taken from Spencer's History of Kentucky Baptists.

    Samuel Baker was born in Sussex Co. England Oct. 2, 1812. He was licensed to
preach in 1834. He had come to the United States in 1834 and settled in the
State of Illinois. After several pastorates he was called to the church in
Russellville in 1841 where he was five years. From 1846 to 1850 he served the
church at  hopkinsville.

    In 1849 he read a report on education before Bethel College. He kept on
stressing the importance of having a Female High School and which resulted in
the establishment of Bethel Female College in Hopkinsville. After several
pastorates including Nashville, Williamsburg, N. Y., Chicago, Ill. and
Evansville, Ind., he was again called to the Russellville Church in October 1872
and where he remained until Oct. 1885 when he resigned.



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