Umatilla County OR Archives Biographies.....Baker, William July 24, 1858 - 
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Author: Colonel William Parsons

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WILLIAM BAKER
	Although born in the east, yet the man whose name heads this article 
has spent the major portion of his life in this state and all but his early 
boyhood days in this county, consequently he is classed as one of the sons of 
the west a real energetic, upright and capable citizen, whose life of industry 
and wise enterprise has given him a portion of competency and a position of 
prominence. 
	His birth occurred in Ray county, Missouri, on July 24, 1858, whence, 
five years later, his parents came with ox and mule teams to Lane county, this 
state, settling near Eugene.  Here they were occupied with farming until 1869, 
when they removed to Umatilla county.  Beginning in Lane county and then 
continued here, our subject received the training to be secured in the public 
schools and then entered the arena of life’s struggles for himself, embarking 
in the stock raising industry.  For twenty-five years he continued at this 
business, achieving a good success, and then sold his entire interests in 1900 
and purchased the business where we now find him, “The Popular Resort,” on 
Main street, in Pendleton.
	On October 23, 1889, the marriage of W. Baker and Miss Mary Barnhart 
occurred in Pendleton.  To them have been born one child, Tracy, now in the 
Pendleton Academy.  In his fraternal affiliations Mr. Baker is connected with 
the Masons, being a Master Mason; with the K. P., Damon Lodge, No. 4, of 
Pendleton, where he maintains a high standing and is esteemed by his 
colleagues, while in his every day life his hearty good will to all has won 
him a host of friends. 


Additional Comments:
An Illustrated History of Umatilla County by Colonel William Parsons and of 
Morrow County by W. S. Shiach with a brief outline of the early history of the 
State of Oregon.  W. H. Lever, Publisher  1902.


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