Multnomah-Washington County OR Archives Biographies.....Baker, Daniel M. May 21, 1883 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/or/orfiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Ila L. Wakley iwakley@msn.com May 8, 2009, 11:59 am Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company DANIEL M. BAKER. Business enterprise in Portland finds an able representative in Daniel M. Baker, a well known realtor and investment banker, whose success has been commensurate with his industry and ability. He was born May 21, 1883, in Forest Grove, Oregon, and is a son of Daniel and Mary (Darland) Baker, natives respectively of Indiana and Iowa. In 1865 Daniel Baker made the overland journey to Oregon in company with his father, David Baker, and the Darland family crossed the plains with the same caravan. They settled in the vicinity of Forest Grove and there Daniel Baker and Mary Darland were united in marriage. Recently this pioneer couple celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of their wedding, receiving the felicitations of their many friends, and the occasion was a most enjoyable one. Reared on his father's farm, Daniel M. Baker attended one of the rural schools of Washington county and the academy at Forest Grove. In 1904 he took a course in a business college at Spokane, Washington, and afterward filled various positions. He was in San Francisco, California, during the earthquake and fire of 1906 and returned to Oregon in 1907. Locating in Portland, he worked for a year for the Pacific Coast Rubber Company and then became an employe of the Woodard-Clark Drug Company, with which he spent two years. In 1910 he opened a real estate and insurance office, which he has since conducted, and also deals in mortgages, loans and bonds. He is president of the D. M. Baker Mortgage Company, organized in March, 1926, and also the executive head of the firm of D. M. Baker & Company, Inc., which had its inception in December, 1927. Mr. Baker makes city loans on improved real estate and displays keen sagacity and notable foresight in the management of his affairs. His operations cover the Pacific northwest and in 1927 he loaned over four million dollars. In all of his dealings he has adhered to a high standard of commercial ethics and his honesty, ability and energy have won for him a place of leadership in the field in which he specializes. Mr. Baker was married August 19, 1913, to Miss Mabel French, of Portland, and they now have two sons, Willis and Howard, aged respectively twelve and seven years. Mr. Baker is a Mason and a Kiwanian. He also belongs to the Portland Golf Club and the Chamber of Commerce. In politics he is a stanch republican and takes the interest of a good citizen in public affairs, lending the weight of his support to measures of reform, progress and improvement. He is a business man of high standing and has demonstrated what may be accomplished when effort and ambition combine. Additional Comments: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. II, Pages 677-678 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/or/multnomah/bios/baker625gbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/orfiles/ File size: 3.4 Kb