Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Baker, Charles
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Bristol Township


CHARLES BAKER farmer, P.O. Newportville, was born at 
Newportville August 21, 1850, and is a son of Edward and 
Caroline (Roberts) Baker, natives of Bucks county and of 
English and German origin.  His father was a carpenter and 
bridge-builder in early life, but was subsequently a 
lumber-dealer and run a sawmill in Newportville.  In later 
life he was a farmer.  He died in 1886.  He was the father 
of fourteen children, eleven of whom grew to maturity.  
Charles was the sixth and grew to manhood in Newportville, 
where he attended the common schools.  He first worked with 
his father in the saw-mill and also worked at the 
carpenter's trade in Bristol for two years.  He has been 
farming since 1880.  In 1870 he married Anna, daughter of 
Egbert and Pamelia Street.  She is of English origin.  They 
are the parents of six children:  Walter, Willie, Carrie, 
Cora, Charles, and Emma.  Mr. Baker is administrator of his 
father's estate.  In a financial point of view he has been 
successful.  He is a republican.