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BAKER, M. D., is a fine representative of the young physicians of Jefferson County, and is successfully engaged in the practice of his profession in Waltonville. He is a young man of marked enterprise and ability, and an honorable and remunerative career appears to lie before him in the field of medicine. Our subject was born August 22, 1871, in the above county and is the son of Andrew B. and Mclvin A. (Abner) Baker, likewise natives of Jefferson County. The parents reared a family of three children, of whom our subject is the eldest, the others being John P. and Cora E. The mother received a fine education in the schools of the neighborhood, and died when only twenty-eight years of age. A man of patriotism and valor, the father of our subject served in the late war as a member of Company B, Sixtieth Illinois Infantry, in which he enlisted in September, 1861. He served his country faithfully and well during the entire period of the war, participating in the battles of Murfreesboro, luka, Corinth, Chattanooga, Atlanta, Peach Tree Creek and all the engagements fought by Sherman's army on the march to theses. Upon the establishment of peace he was discharged from service, in August, 1865, at Louisville, Ky., and after being mustered out returned to his home. He is now a highly respected resident of Walton villc. His political adherence is given to the Republican party, and as may be expected, he occupies a prominent position in Grand Army circles. William Baker, the paternal grandfather of our subject, was a native of Tennessee and was of Scotch-Irish descent. He fought as a soldier in the Mexican War. In 1829 he came to Jefferson County, where he became a large land owner and lived until his decease, at the age of sixty-four years. David Baker was reared on his father's farm and received his primary education in the district schools. He taught school for three years, and on attaining his twentieth year entered the St. Louis Medical College, where he completed a course of study. April 3, 1893, he was graduated from the Barnes Medical College in St. Louis with the highest honors of his class. He is now engaged in the practice of his profession in Waltonville, where he is rapidh7 building up a large and lucrative trade. He is an ardent young Republican and is influential in the political life of his community.
Source: Portrait and Biographical Record of Clinton, Washington, Marion and Jefferson Counties, IL |
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