H. C. BAKER

BAKER, WAKEFIELD

Posted By: Mona Sarratt Knight (email)
Date: 7/20/2009 at 20:20:17

Source: The History of Appanoose County, Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, etc., A Biographical Directory of Citizens, War Records of its Volunteers in the late Rebellion, General and Local Statistics, Portraits of Early Settlers and Prominent Men, History of the Northwest, History of Iowa, Map of Appanoose County, Constitution of the United States, Miscellaneous Matters, etc.; illustrated; Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1878.

H. C. BAKER, Superintendent County Poor Farm; P.O. Centerville; born Dec. 16, 1846, in Menard Co., Ill.; in 1849 came with his parents to Appanoose Co.; his father entered 320 acres of land, which is still owned by his mother; he owns 140 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre. Jan. 10, 1878, he was appointed to his present position; the Poor Farm consists of 180 acres. Married Catherine A. Wakefield in 1869; she was born in 1849, in Bartholomew Co., Ind., they have one child - Flora E., aged 8 years. Republican.