Monongalia County, West Virginia          Biography of Charles George BAKER

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The History of West Virginia, Old and New
Published 1923, The American Historical Society, Inc.,
Chicago and New York, Volume II,

CHARLES GEORGE BAKER.  In the domain of the law it happened not infrequently
that the male members of a family will show a predilection for the same
calling, son following father in keeping the family name prominently before
the people of the community in connection with solving the problems and
perplexities of involved court litigation.  This applies to Charles George
Baker, of the law firm of Baker & Posten, who is one of the prominent younger
members of the bar of Morgantown, and whose father, George C. Baker, a sketch
of whose career proceeds this review, is one of the leading attorneys of
Monongalia County.

Charles George Baker was born July 4, 1890, at Morgantown, where he received
his early education in the public schools, being graduated from the high
school of this city as a member of the class of 1907.  Following this he
entered the University of West Virginia, from which institution he received
the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1911 and that of Bachelor of Laws with the
class of 1913, in which latter year he was admitted to the bar and began
practice in the office of Cox & Baker of Morgantown.  He served as assistant
prosecuting attorney for Monongalia County from 1917 to 1921, and on February
21st of the latter year became senior member of the law firm of Baker &
Posten, a combination that has already attracted attention for its capable
handling of several important cases.  Mr. Baker has always taken an active
interest in Boy Scout activities, and served as scoutmaster for a number of
years.  In 1921 he became scout commissioner for Monongalia County.  He is a
member of the local lodges of the Masons Independent Order of Odd Fellows,
Junior Order United American Mechanics and Modern Woodmen of America, is
secretary of the Morgantown Kiwanis Club and belongs to the Chamber of
Commerce.  His college fraternity is Kappa Alpha, and his religious
connection is with the Methodist Episcopal Church.

On July 16, 1913, Mr. Baker married Miss Charlotte Blair, daughter of William
F. and Narcissus Blair, of Waynesburg, Pennsylvania, and to this union there
have come two daughters:  Mary Jane, born October 24, 1915, and Bettie Sue,
born November 26, 1917.