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THE CEMENT COURIER
CEMENT, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, FEB. 12, 1923
Died G. B. Baker. Mr. Baker was born in the state of New York in the year 1839, has made his residence in Oklahoma for fifty years, the last three he has made his home with his son. George Baker, who lives four miles north of Cement. Mr. Baker leaves four children, Mrs. Baker having died thirteen years ago.
Mr. Baker was one of the pioneers of Oklahoma. The state owes much to him and men like him who carved a great common wealth out of a wilderness.
Family legend speaks about George Baker's life as an outlaw who rode with Frank and Jesse James as well as Quantrill's raiders. After George (not his real name) left Qurantrill, he moved to Arkansas and changed his name to George Baker. He then met and married Mary Margaret Elizabeth Bell Effort. They gave birth to a son, George, and a daughter, Maggie, before moving to Choctaw Indian Reservation, Indian Territory, Oklahoma. According to some family members, George met Mary in Missouri, not Arkansas, and then moved to Arkansas. Neither account has been confirmed as of this date, 2008. According to Mary Catherine Bowling Cox, Frank James would come and visit with George in Oklahoma. Terry Scalf tells the story of a strange man coming to town every so often to visit with George but the two of them would go off by themselves and talked with each other. They never socialized with the family when the stranger would come to town. Mary Catherine Bowling Cox had in her possession, letters written from Frank James to George Baker. But they were passed down to her sons Harley, Tom and Steve Cox. I have not been able to track her three sons down as of this writing. I would love to get copies of these letters so that I can find out the true identity of George
(who was born in New York and his parents were born in Ireland)
THE CEMENT COURIER
CEMENT, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, FEB. 12, 1923
Died G. B. Baker. Mr. Baker was born in the state of New York in the year 1839, has made his residence in Oklahoma for fifty years, the last three he has made his home with his son. George Baker, who lives four miles north of Cement. Mr. Baker leaves four children, Mrs. Baker having died thirteen years ago.
Mr. Baker was one of the pioneers of Oklahoma. The state owes much to him and men like him who carved a great common wealth out of a wilderness.
Family legend speaks about George Baker's life as an outlaw who rode with Frank and Jesse James as well as Quantrill's raiders. After George (not his real name) left Qurantrill, he moved to Arkansas and changed his name to George Baker. He then met and married Mary Margaret Elizabeth Bell Effort. They gave birth to a son, George, and a daughter, Maggie, before moving to Choctaw Indian Reservation, Indian Territory, Oklahoma. According to some family members, George met Mary in Missouri, not Arkansas, and then moved to Arkansas. Neither account has been confirmed as of this date, 2008. According to Mary Catherine Bowling Cox, Frank James would come and visit with George in Oklahoma. Terry Scalf tells the story of a strange man coming to town every so often to visit with George but the two of them would go off by themselves and talked with each other. They never socialized with the family when the stranger would come to town. Mary Catherine Bowling Cox had in her possession, letters written from Frank James to George Baker. But they were passed down to her sons Harley, Tom and Steve Cox. I have not been able to track her three sons down as of this writing. I would love to get copies of these letters so that I can find out the true identity of George
(who was born in New York and his parents were born in Ireland)
OBITUARY
THE CEMENT COURIER
CEMENT, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, FEB. 12, 1923
Died G. B. Baker. Mr. Baker was born in the state of New York in the year 1839, has made his residence in Oklahoma for fifty years, the last three he has made his home with his son. George Baker, who lives four miles north of Cement. Mr. Baker leaves four children, Mrs. Baker having died thirteen years ago.
Mr. Baker was one of the pioneers of Oklahoma. The state owes much to him and men like him who carved a great common wealth out of a wilderness.
Family legend speaks about George Baker's life as an outlaw who rode with Frank and Jesse James as well as Quantrill's raiders. After George (not his real name) left Qurantrill, he moved to Arkansas and changed his name to George Baker. He then met and married Mary Margaret Elizabeth Bell Effort. They gave birth to a son, George, and a daughter, Maggie, before moving to Choctaw Indian Reservation, Indian Territory, Oklahoma. According to some family members, George met Mary in Missouri, not Arkansas, and then moved to Arkansas. Neither account has been confirmed as of this date, 2008. According to Mary Catherine Bowling Cox, Frank James would come and visit with George in Oklahoma. Terry Scalf tells the story of a strange man coming to town every so often to visit with George but the two of them would go off by themselves and talked with each other. They never socialized with the family when the stranger would come to town. Mary Catherine Bowling Cox had in her possession, letters written from Frank James to George Baker. But they were passed down to her sons Harley, Tom and Steve Cox. I have not been able to track her three sons down as of this writing. I would love to get copies of these letters so that I can find out the true identity of George
(who was born in New York and his parents were born in Ireland)
THE CEMENT COURIER
CEMENT, OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, FEB. 12, 1923
Died G. B. Baker. Mr. Baker was born in the state of New York in the year 1839, has made his residence in Oklahoma for fifty years, the last three he has made his home with his son. George Baker, who lives four miles north of Cement. Mr. Baker leaves four children, Mrs. Baker having died thirteen years ago.
Mr. Baker was one of the pioneers of Oklahoma. The state owes much to him and men like him who carved a great common wealth out of a wilderness.
Family legend speaks about George Baker's life as an outlaw who rode with Frank and Jesse James as well as Quantrill's raiders. After George (not his real name) left Qurantrill, he moved to Arkansas and changed his name to George Baker. He then met and married Mary Margaret Elizabeth Bell Effort. They gave birth to a son, George, and a daughter, Maggie, before moving to Choctaw Indian Reservation, Indian Territory, Oklahoma. According to some family members, George met Mary in Missouri, not Arkansas, and then moved to Arkansas. Neither account has been confirmed as of this date, 2008. According to Mary Catherine Bowling Cox, Frank James would come and visit with George in Oklahoma. Terry Scalf tells the story of a strange man coming to town every so often to visit with George but the two of them would go off by themselves and talked with each other. They never socialized with the family when the stranger would come to town. Mary Catherine Bowling Cox had in her possession, letters written from Frank James to George Baker. But they were passed down to her sons Harley, Tom and Steve Cox. I have not been able to track her three sons down as of this writing. I would love to get copies of these letters so that I can find out the true identity of George
(who was born in New York and his parents were born in Ireland)
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