BAKER, JOSEPH
Joseph Baker was a native of Maine. He came to Texas in 1834. He was second judge of the municipality of Austin, was chief-justice of 1Bexar District, was representative in the congress of the republic from Bexar, in 1837. He was first sergeant of Captain Mosely Baker's company in the battle of San Jacinto, and was familiarly known among his friends as "Don Jose." In 1835, he, with Gail and Thomas H. Borden, established at San Felipe de Austin the first permanent newspaper in Texas, the Telegraph. Joseph Baker was for many years Spanish translator in the General Land Office. He died at Austin in 1846. [A Texas Scrapbook Made Up Of The History, Biography, and Miscellany of Texas And Its People, compiled by D. W. C. Baker, 1875, found in the Texas Genealogy Trails website)
Joseph Baker was a native of Maine. He came to Texas in 1834. He was second judge of the municipality of Austin, was chief-justice of 1Bexar District, was representative in the congress of the republic from Bexar, in 1837. He was first sergeant of Captain Mosely Baker's company in the battle of San Jacinto, and was familiarly known among his friends as "Don Jose." In 1835, he, with Gail and Thomas H. Borden, established at San Felipe de Austin the first permanent newspaper in Texas, the Telegraph. Joseph Baker was for many years Spanish translator in the General Land Office. He died at Austin in 1846. [A Texas Scrapbook Made Up Of The History, Biography, and Miscellany of Texas And Its People, compiled by D. W. C. Baker, 1875, found in the Texas Genealogy Trails website)
BAKER, JOSEPH
Joseph Baker was a native of Maine. He came to Texas in 1834. He was second judge of the municipality of Austin, was chief-justice of 1Bexar District, was representative in the congress of the republic from Bexar, in 1837. He was first sergeant of Captain Mosely Baker's company in the battle of San Jacinto, and was familiarly known among his friends as "Don Jose." In 1835, he, with Gail and Thomas H. Borden, established at San Felipe de Austin the first permanent newspaper in Texas, the Telegraph. Joseph Baker was for many years Spanish translator in the General Land Office. He died at Austin in 1846. [A Texas Scrapbook Made Up Of The History, Biography, and Miscellany of Texas And Its People, compiled by D. W. C. Baker, 1875, found in the Texas Genealogy Trails website)
Joseph Baker was a native of Maine. He came to Texas in 1834. He was second judge of the municipality of Austin, was chief-justice of 1Bexar District, was representative in the congress of the republic from Bexar, in 1837. He was first sergeant of Captain Mosely Baker's company in the battle of San Jacinto, and was familiarly known among his friends as "Don Jose." In 1835, he, with Gail and Thomas H. Borden, established at San Felipe de Austin the first permanent newspaper in Texas, the Telegraph. Joseph Baker was for many years Spanish translator in the General Land Office. He died at Austin in 1846. [A Texas Scrapbook Made Up Of The History, Biography, and Miscellany of Texas And Its People, compiled by D. W. C. Baker, 1875, found in the Texas Genealogy Trails website)
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