Luke Baker

BAKER, SHOESMITH, GILES

Posted By: Marthann Kohl-Fuhs (email)
Date: 3/22/2009 at 14:18:41

LUKE BAKER, a farmer of Greeley Township, has been a resident of the State of Iowa since he was twelve years of age. He is a native of Stephenson County, Illinois, and was born January 23, 1859. His parents are Richard and Fannie (Shoesmith) Baker, natives of England, who emigrated to America, and now reside in Guthrie County, Iowa. Mr. Baker was married February 25, 1885, to Miss Laura A. Giles, a daughter of Salemand Sophlana Giles. Mrs. Baker was born in Henry County, Illinois, April 27, 1858. One child has been born of this marriage Ada R. In 1884 Mr. Baker came to Audubon County and settled on his farm. In 1882 he had purchased 120 acres of wild land in Greeley Township, upon which he has made many valuable improvements. He has a good two story frame residence, and all his surroundings are indicative of prosperity. Although a young man Mr. Baker has a good foothold in the county, and we anticipate for him a successful future. In politics he supports the issues of the Republican party. He is the present trustee of the township, and has served as road supervisor. He devotes himself to farming and stockraising, and is numbered with the foremost farmers of Greeley Township.

1889 BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY OF
SHELBY AND AUDUBON COUNTIES, IOWA
W. S. DUNBAR & CO., PUBLISHERS
113 ADAMS STREET, CHICAGO

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