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

WILLIAM B. BAKER dentist, P.O. Bristol, is a prominent 
dental practitioner, having his office and residence in 
Radcliffe street, in this borough.  He was born in Bristol 
township July 21, 1820, and is a son of Thomas and Maria 
(Birkey) Baker, the former born in Freemansburg, of German 
origin, and the latter in Burlington, N. J., of Swiss 
descent.  They had thirteen children, ten of whom lived to 
grow up, of whom our subject was the third, and the oldest 
now living.  He attended school in his native township, and 
chose medicine as his profession, graduating from the 
Philadelphia medical college with the degree of M. D. in 
1844.  He had also studied dentistry, which he practiced 
before his graduation, and preferring it, gave up his 
regular practice except as he had occasion to use his 
knowledge in the practice of dentistry, where it has been of 
great value to him.  He knows that, to be a successful 
dentist, a thorough knowledge of anatomy and medicine is 
requisite, and his success proves him eminently qualified in 
both.  He has practiced in Bristol since 1848 with marked 
success.  In 1845 he was married in Bristol to Anne E., 
daughter of William Fenton, of this county, where she was 
born.  They have two children living:  Mary C., and Henry 
H., who is an engineer on a Delaware river boat.  Dr. Baker 
was postmaster of Bristol for eight years, and for ten years 
served as school-director. He and his wife are members of 
the Episcopal church, of which he is a vestryman; he is 
likewise a Royal Arch Mason.  In politics he is a 
republican.