On double marker with Nancy A. Baker (1839-1911)
The son of John Baker and Elizabeth Young, Hamilton Baker taught the first school at Palo Pinto in 1858. He moved to Texas in 1858 with a brother, B.W. Baker, and an uncle, Eli Young. Baker taught school at Birdville in 1857. He moved to Palo Pinto after visiting an uncle, Benjamin Franklin Baker.
Professor Baker organized and trained a military company for frontier defense. He made four cattle drives to Kansas and St. Louis. Baker organized the Masonic Lodge at Palo Pinto and served as secretary.
Hamilton Baker served as tax assessor, deputy sheriff, justice of the peace, county and district clerk for Palo Pinto County. He was charter member of the Methodist Church in Palo Pinto and contributed generously to the building. Baker was a member of J.J. Cureton's military company organized for frontier defense. He was with Cureton when Cynthia Ann Parker was captured.
Hamilton Baker moved from Palo Pinto to Granbury in 1891.
The son of John Baker and Elizabeth Young, Hamilton Baker taught the first school at Palo Pinto in 1858. He moved to Texas in 1858 with a brother, B.W. Baker, and an uncle, Eli Young. Baker taught school at Birdville in 1857. He moved to Palo Pinto after visiting an uncle, Benjamin Franklin Baker.
Professor Baker organized and trained a military company for frontier defense. He made four cattle drives to Kansas and St. Louis. Baker organized the Masonic Lodge at Palo Pinto and served as secretary.
Hamilton Baker served as tax assessor, deputy sheriff, justice of the peace, county and district clerk for Palo Pinto County. He was charter member of the Methodist Church in Palo Pinto and contributed generously to the building. Baker was a member of J.J. Cureton's military company organized for frontier defense. He was with Cureton when Cynthia Ann Parker was captured.
Hamilton Baker moved from Palo Pinto to Granbury in 1891.
On double marker with Nancy A. Baker (1839-1911)
The son of John Baker and Elizabeth Young, Hamilton Baker taught the first school at Palo Pinto in 1858. He moved to Texas in 1858 with a brother, B.W. Baker, and an uncle, Eli Young. Baker taught school at Birdville in 1857. He moved to Palo Pinto after visiting an uncle, Benjamin Franklin Baker.
Professor Baker organized and trained a military company for frontier defense. He made four cattle drives to Kansas and St. Louis. Baker organized the Masonic Lodge at Palo Pinto and served as secretary.
Hamilton Baker served as tax assessor, deputy sheriff, justice of the peace, county and district clerk for Palo Pinto County. He was charter member of the Methodist Church in Palo Pinto and contributed generously to the building. Baker was a member of J.J. Cureton's military company organized for frontier defense. He was with Cureton when Cynthia Ann Parker was captured.
Hamilton Baker moved from Palo Pinto to Granbury in 1891.
The son of John Baker and Elizabeth Young, Hamilton Baker taught the first school at Palo Pinto in 1858. He moved to Texas in 1858 with a brother, B.W. Baker, and an uncle, Eli Young. Baker taught school at Birdville in 1857. He moved to Palo Pinto after visiting an uncle, Benjamin Franklin Baker.
Professor Baker organized and trained a military company for frontier defense. He made four cattle drives to Kansas and St. Louis. Baker organized the Masonic Lodge at Palo Pinto and served as secretary.
Hamilton Baker served as tax assessor, deputy sheriff, justice of the peace, county and district clerk for Palo Pinto County. He was charter member of the Methodist Church in Palo Pinto and contributed generously to the building. Baker was a member of J.J. Cureton's military company organized for frontier defense. He was with Cureton when Cynthia Ann Parker was captured.
Hamilton Baker moved from Palo Pinto to Granbury in 1891.
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