Son of William Baker and Ruth Benjamin. Brother of Henrietta (Bell), Silas and Nathaniel Baker.
Father, with Sarah Lillian Webb, of Mary Mararet (William E. Ramsdell), Carrie Edna and Ella Fay (Charles L. Worthington, James Pettit) Baker.
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D. F. Baker. As the woodman in clearing his land leaves here or there some stalwart pine or cedar, which long years after stands alone in the midst of some green and fertile field, a solitary representative of the past, so the relentless Reaper, in his grim harvest of men, has spared here and there a pioneer who forms a connecting link between the past and the present. One of the members of the band of pioneers who assisted in the settlement of that section of Idaho in which are situated the cities of Boise and Meridian is D. F. Baker, veteran of the great Civil war, and a man who has been connected with the history of Ada county for almost half a century. He is of New York birth, having been born July 19, 1842, a son of William and Ruth Baker, both natives of the Empire state, the former of whom died in 1845, on his Wisconsin farm, at the age of forty years, while the latter passed away in 1858. when sixty years of age. They had a family of five children, of whom three still survive: Nathaniel, a resident of Caldwell ; D. F. ; and Mrs. Henrietta E. Bell, who lives in Boise. D. F. Baker was the fourth of his parents children, and was taken by his parents to Wisconsin when an infant, being but three years of age when his father died. He received a district school education, and was working as a farmer at the outbreak of the Civil war. Although only just past eighteen years of age. he enlisted among the first volunteers to answer the president's call, becoming a member of Company 15, Eighteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served four years in the Federal army, the greater part of his service being in skirmish duty in Kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. While at Fort Donelson he was detailed on scout and guard duty. After a gallant and faithful service he received his honorable discharge at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and was mustered out of the service July 5, 1865. On returning to the occupations of peace, Mr. Baker went to Oregon, where he remained one year, and in 1867 came to the city of Boise, Idaho, then a village of but a few hundred people. Here he became attached to the surveyor general's office, and under General Cartee was the first surveyor in the state to survey the district of the Snake river, at that time no small undertaking, including as it did the facing of numerous dangers of all kinds, exposure to the elements, lack of proper foods and medicines and the constant menace of wild animals and Indians. His first work was the surveying of the Snake river eighteen miles south of Boise, and he continued to be engaged in this line of work for eight years, so faithfully and ably performing his duties as to win the appointment of government storekeeper and gauger, a position he filled from 1875 to 1885. He was then elected to the office of county treasurer, in which capacity he continued to act for one term, and since that time has been the incumbent of a position in the United States court at Boise, a position to which he was appointed by United States District Judge Batey. In 1876 Mr. Baker returned to Wisconsin, and was there married (first) to Miss Sarah L. Webb, by whom he had three children : Mrs. Mary Margaret Ramsdell, a resident of London, England, who has one child. Eugene L. ; and Mrs. Ella Fay Worthington. formerly a well-known theatrical star, and now a resident of New York City. The second died in infancy. On March 17, 1912, Mr. Baker was united in marriage at Boise, Idaho, to Mrs. Mary Vernon, who was born in Ohio in 1855, and was the widow of Nathan W. Vernon, formerly a well known business man at Boise. Mrs. Baker's parents, O. W. and Mary W. Naylor, were natives of Ohio, who moved west at an early period, Mr. Naylor dying in Minnesota, while his widow survived him some time and passed away in Kansas in 1876. Mrs. Baker had two children by her first marriage : Lawrence and Mary E., both of whom were born in Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Baker have a lovely home at No. 1010 North Ninth street, and have numerous friends in Boise, where both have spent the greater part of their lives. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., with which he has been connected for thirty-seven years, and is past grand patriarch of the grand encampment and also has been representative of the southern grand lodge. He also holds membership in Phil Sheridan Post No. 4. Grand Army of the Republic, of which he is past commander and former assistant adjutant general, and in the B. P. O. E. and the Rebekahs. His wife also belongs to the last named organization and to the Knights and Ladies of Security and the Royal Highlanders and are widely known in social circles of the city.
French, Hiram Taylor
History of Idaho; a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests (Volume 2)
1914
Father, with Sarah Lillian Webb, of Mary Mararet (William E. Ramsdell), Carrie Edna and Ella Fay (Charles L. Worthington, James Pettit) Baker.
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D. F. Baker. As the woodman in clearing his land leaves here or there some stalwart pine or cedar, which long years after stands alone in the midst of some green and fertile field, a solitary representative of the past, so the relentless Reaper, in his grim harvest of men, has spared here and there a pioneer who forms a connecting link between the past and the present. One of the members of the band of pioneers who assisted in the settlement of that section of Idaho in which are situated the cities of Boise and Meridian is D. F. Baker, veteran of the great Civil war, and a man who has been connected with the history of Ada county for almost half a century. He is of New York birth, having been born July 19, 1842, a son of William and Ruth Baker, both natives of the Empire state, the former of whom died in 1845, on his Wisconsin farm, at the age of forty years, while the latter passed away in 1858. when sixty years of age. They had a family of five children, of whom three still survive: Nathaniel, a resident of Caldwell ; D. F. ; and Mrs. Henrietta E. Bell, who lives in Boise. D. F. Baker was the fourth of his parents children, and was taken by his parents to Wisconsin when an infant, being but three years of age when his father died. He received a district school education, and was working as a farmer at the outbreak of the Civil war. Although only just past eighteen years of age. he enlisted among the first volunteers to answer the president's call, becoming a member of Company 15, Eighteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served four years in the Federal army, the greater part of his service being in skirmish duty in Kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. While at Fort Donelson he was detailed on scout and guard duty. After a gallant and faithful service he received his honorable discharge at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and was mustered out of the service July 5, 1865. On returning to the occupations of peace, Mr. Baker went to Oregon, where he remained one year, and in 1867 came to the city of Boise, Idaho, then a village of but a few hundred people. Here he became attached to the surveyor general's office, and under General Cartee was the first surveyor in the state to survey the district of the Snake river, at that time no small undertaking, including as it did the facing of numerous dangers of all kinds, exposure to the elements, lack of proper foods and medicines and the constant menace of wild animals and Indians. His first work was the surveying of the Snake river eighteen miles south of Boise, and he continued to be engaged in this line of work for eight years, so faithfully and ably performing his duties as to win the appointment of government storekeeper and gauger, a position he filled from 1875 to 1885. He was then elected to the office of county treasurer, in which capacity he continued to act for one term, and since that time has been the incumbent of a position in the United States court at Boise, a position to which he was appointed by United States District Judge Batey. In 1876 Mr. Baker returned to Wisconsin, and was there married (first) to Miss Sarah L. Webb, by whom he had three children : Mrs. Mary Margaret Ramsdell, a resident of London, England, who has one child. Eugene L. ; and Mrs. Ella Fay Worthington. formerly a well-known theatrical star, and now a resident of New York City. The second died in infancy. On March 17, 1912, Mr. Baker was united in marriage at Boise, Idaho, to Mrs. Mary Vernon, who was born in Ohio in 1855, and was the widow of Nathan W. Vernon, formerly a well known business man at Boise. Mrs. Baker's parents, O. W. and Mary W. Naylor, were natives of Ohio, who moved west at an early period, Mr. Naylor dying in Minnesota, while his widow survived him some time and passed away in Kansas in 1876. Mrs. Baker had two children by her first marriage : Lawrence and Mary E., both of whom were born in Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Baker have a lovely home at No. 1010 North Ninth street, and have numerous friends in Boise, where both have spent the greater part of their lives. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., with which he has been connected for thirty-seven years, and is past grand patriarch of the grand encampment and also has been representative of the southern grand lodge. He also holds membership in Phil Sheridan Post No. 4. Grand Army of the Republic, of which he is past commander and former assistant adjutant general, and in the B. P. O. E. and the Rebekahs. His wife also belongs to the last named organization and to the Knights and Ladies of Security and the Royal Highlanders and are widely known in social circles of the city.
French, Hiram Taylor
History of Idaho; a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests (Volume 2)
1914
Son of William Baker and Ruth Benjamin. Brother of Henrietta (Bell), Silas and Nathaniel Baker.
Father, with Sarah Lillian Webb, of Mary Mararet (William E. Ramsdell), Carrie Edna and Ella Fay (Charles L. Worthington, James Pettit) Baker.
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D. F. Baker. As the woodman in clearing his land leaves here or there some stalwart pine or cedar, which long years after stands alone in the midst of some green and fertile field, a solitary representative of the past, so the relentless Reaper, in his grim harvest of men, has spared here and there a pioneer who forms a connecting link between the past and the present. One of the members of the band of pioneers who assisted in the settlement of that section of Idaho in which are situated the cities of Boise and Meridian is D. F. Baker, veteran of the great Civil war, and a man who has been connected with the history of Ada county for almost half a century. He is of New York birth, having been born July 19, 1842, a son of William and Ruth Baker, both natives of the Empire state, the former of whom died in 1845, on his Wisconsin farm, at the age of forty years, while the latter passed away in 1858. when sixty years of age. They had a family of five children, of whom three still survive: Nathaniel, a resident of Caldwell ; D. F. ; and Mrs. Henrietta E. Bell, who lives in Boise. D. F. Baker was the fourth of his parents children, and was taken by his parents to Wisconsin when an infant, being but three years of age when his father died. He received a district school education, and was working as a farmer at the outbreak of the Civil war. Although only just past eighteen years of age. he enlisted among the first volunteers to answer the president's call, becoming a member of Company 15, Eighteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served four years in the Federal army, the greater part of his service being in skirmish duty in Kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. While at Fort Donelson he was detailed on scout and guard duty. After a gallant and faithful service he received his honorable discharge at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and was mustered out of the service July 5, 1865. On returning to the occupations of peace, Mr. Baker went to Oregon, where he remained one year, and in 1867 came to the city of Boise, Idaho, then a village of but a few hundred people. Here he became attached to the surveyor general's office, and under General Cartee was the first surveyor in the state to survey the district of the Snake river, at that time no small undertaking, including as it did the facing of numerous dangers of all kinds, exposure to the elements, lack of proper foods and medicines and the constant menace of wild animals and Indians. His first work was the surveying of the Snake river eighteen miles south of Boise, and he continued to be engaged in this line of work for eight years, so faithfully and ably performing his duties as to win the appointment of government storekeeper and gauger, a position he filled from 1875 to 1885. He was then elected to the office of county treasurer, in which capacity he continued to act for one term, and since that time has been the incumbent of a position in the United States court at Boise, a position to which he was appointed by United States District Judge Batey. In 1876 Mr. Baker returned to Wisconsin, and was there married (first) to Miss Sarah L. Webb, by whom he had three children : Mrs. Mary Margaret Ramsdell, a resident of London, England, who has one child. Eugene L. ; and Mrs. Ella Fay Worthington. formerly a well-known theatrical star, and now a resident of New York City. The second died in infancy. On March 17, 1912, Mr. Baker was united in marriage at Boise, Idaho, to Mrs. Mary Vernon, who was born in Ohio in 1855, and was the widow of Nathan W. Vernon, formerly a well known business man at Boise. Mrs. Baker's parents, O. W. and Mary W. Naylor, were natives of Ohio, who moved west at an early period, Mr. Naylor dying in Minnesota, while his widow survived him some time and passed away in Kansas in 1876. Mrs. Baker had two children by her first marriage : Lawrence and Mary E., both of whom were born in Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Baker have a lovely home at No. 1010 North Ninth street, and have numerous friends in Boise, where both have spent the greater part of their lives. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., with which he has been connected for thirty-seven years, and is past grand patriarch of the grand encampment and also has been representative of the southern grand lodge. He also holds membership in Phil Sheridan Post No. 4. Grand Army of the Republic, of which he is past commander and former assistant adjutant general, and in the B. P. O. E. and the Rebekahs. His wife also belongs to the last named organization and to the Knights and Ladies of Security and the Royal Highlanders and are widely known in social circles of the city.
French, Hiram Taylor
History of Idaho; a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests (Volume 2)
1914
Father, with Sarah Lillian Webb, of Mary Mararet (William E. Ramsdell), Carrie Edna and Ella Fay (Charles L. Worthington, James Pettit) Baker.
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D. F. Baker. As the woodman in clearing his land leaves here or there some stalwart pine or cedar, which long years after stands alone in the midst of some green and fertile field, a solitary representative of the past, so the relentless Reaper, in his grim harvest of men, has spared here and there a pioneer who forms a connecting link between the past and the present. One of the members of the band of pioneers who assisted in the settlement of that section of Idaho in which are situated the cities of Boise and Meridian is D. F. Baker, veteran of the great Civil war, and a man who has been connected with the history of Ada county for almost half a century. He is of New York birth, having been born July 19, 1842, a son of William and Ruth Baker, both natives of the Empire state, the former of whom died in 1845, on his Wisconsin farm, at the age of forty years, while the latter passed away in 1858. when sixty years of age. They had a family of five children, of whom three still survive: Nathaniel, a resident of Caldwell ; D. F. ; and Mrs. Henrietta E. Bell, who lives in Boise. D. F. Baker was the fourth of his parents children, and was taken by his parents to Wisconsin when an infant, being but three years of age when his father died. He received a district school education, and was working as a farmer at the outbreak of the Civil war. Although only just past eighteen years of age. he enlisted among the first volunteers to answer the president's call, becoming a member of Company 15, Eighteenth Regiment, Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, and served four years in the Federal army, the greater part of his service being in skirmish duty in Kansas, Kentucky, Tennessee and Alabama. While at Fort Donelson he was detailed on scout and guard duty. After a gallant and faithful service he received his honorable discharge at Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, and was mustered out of the service July 5, 1865. On returning to the occupations of peace, Mr. Baker went to Oregon, where he remained one year, and in 1867 came to the city of Boise, Idaho, then a village of but a few hundred people. Here he became attached to the surveyor general's office, and under General Cartee was the first surveyor in the state to survey the district of the Snake river, at that time no small undertaking, including as it did the facing of numerous dangers of all kinds, exposure to the elements, lack of proper foods and medicines and the constant menace of wild animals and Indians. His first work was the surveying of the Snake river eighteen miles south of Boise, and he continued to be engaged in this line of work for eight years, so faithfully and ably performing his duties as to win the appointment of government storekeeper and gauger, a position he filled from 1875 to 1885. He was then elected to the office of county treasurer, in which capacity he continued to act for one term, and since that time has been the incumbent of a position in the United States court at Boise, a position to which he was appointed by United States District Judge Batey. In 1876 Mr. Baker returned to Wisconsin, and was there married (first) to Miss Sarah L. Webb, by whom he had three children : Mrs. Mary Margaret Ramsdell, a resident of London, England, who has one child. Eugene L. ; and Mrs. Ella Fay Worthington. formerly a well-known theatrical star, and now a resident of New York City. The second died in infancy. On March 17, 1912, Mr. Baker was united in marriage at Boise, Idaho, to Mrs. Mary Vernon, who was born in Ohio in 1855, and was the widow of Nathan W. Vernon, formerly a well known business man at Boise. Mrs. Baker's parents, O. W. and Mary W. Naylor, were natives of Ohio, who moved west at an early period, Mr. Naylor dying in Minnesota, while his widow survived him some time and passed away in Kansas in 1876. Mrs. Baker had two children by her first marriage : Lawrence and Mary E., both of whom were born in Kansas. Mr. and Mrs. Baker have a lovely home at No. 1010 North Ninth street, and have numerous friends in Boise, where both have spent the greater part of their lives. He is a member of the I. O. O. F., with which he has been connected for thirty-seven years, and is past grand patriarch of the grand encampment and also has been representative of the southern grand lodge. He also holds membership in Phil Sheridan Post No. 4. Grand Army of the Republic, of which he is past commander and former assistant adjutant general, and in the B. P. O. E. and the Rebekahs. His wife also belongs to the last named organization and to the Knights and Ladies of Security and the Royal Highlanders and are widely known in social circles of the city.
French, Hiram Taylor
History of Idaho; a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests (Volume 2)
1914
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