BIO:  P. D. BAKER, York County, PA

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History of York County, Pennsylvania.  John Gibson, Historical Editor.
Chicago: F. A. Battey Publishing Co., 1886.
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Part II, Biographical Sketches, Carroll Township, Pg 84

P. D. BAKER, M.D., was born in Carroll Township November 19, 1848, and is a son 
of Daniel and Margaret (Lehmer) Baker.  Great-great-grandfather Baker was a 
native of Germany, and great-grandfather Daniel Baker a native of Paradise 
Township, this county.  Grandfather Daniel Baker was also born in Paradise 
Township in 1792; was a weaver and died in 1853.  The father of our subject is 
also a weaver, and followed his trade in Paradise Township until 1842, when he 
came to Carroll Township, where he is engaged in farming.  Dr. P. D. Baker was 
reared on the farm until sixteen years of age; he then attended the normal school 
at Dillsburg, and the York County Normal School and the York County Academy, and 
subsequently taught in the common schools and in the academy a number of terms.  
In 1870 he began the study of medicine under Drs. G. L. & J. M. Shearer, of 
Dillsburg, and during the sessions of 1872-73-74 attended lectures at the 
University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia, graduating in the spring of 1874, 
since when he has been in constant practice in this township.  To the Doctor’s 
marriage with Miss Kate Kershey, of Washington Township, in 1874, two children 
have been born:  Daniel T. and Maggie J.