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


JOHN T. BAKER farmer, P.O. Bristol, was born at 
Newportville, February 21, 1863, being a son of Edward and 
Caroline (Roberts) Baker, natives of Pennsylvania, and of 
English and German origin.  Edward Baker died here in 1886, 
being then in his 69th year.  His family consisted of 
fourteen children, eleven of whom grew to maturity.  John is 
the youngest and was reared in Bristol township, attending 
school here.   He chose farming as a business, and is now 
the owner of the homestead farm.  He is a republican in 
politics, as was also his father.  His father was a 
prominent and successful business man.  In early life he 
engaged in the lumber and saw-mill business at Newportville. 
 In latter life he engaged in farming and succeeded in 
accumulating a handsome fortune, which he left to his 
children. The administrators of the estate were John T. and 
his brother Charles.