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Oscar Lindsey Baker Full Name: Oscar Lindsey Baker Date of birth: February 15, 1888 Date of death: September 28, 1940 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Legislation Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 15 Jan 13, 1925 - Jan 11, 1927 39th   Democrat Orange / Orange   Jefferson, Orange H 15 Jan 9, 1923 - Jan 13, 1925 38th   Democrat Orange / Orange   Jefferson, Orange   Biographical Notes and Resources top Biographical Sketches Memorial, November 1940, p. 507. Death date 9/27/1940. Texas Bar Journal. Military Service Notes United States Army, Captain, World War I. Oscar L. Baker, birth date 2/15/1888 in Beaumont, residence in Caldwell, Burleson County. Remarks: Croix de Guerre with gilt star, dated 4/3/1919, with the following citation: "An officer of great bravery. He led his men on during a long advance, encouraging them by his boldness and intrepedity. He reached all the objectives that had been assigned to him." FamilySearch Texas, World War I Records, 1917-1920 (Texas Military Forces Museum, Austin). "Captain Baker enlisted in the Texas National Guard in 1910, became a Second Lieutenant in 1913, and in 1916 was made First Lieutenant. After serving on the Mexican border in the 141st Infantry, he went overseas to captain the 142nd Infantry during the World War. In a French hospital when the Armistice was signed, Captain Baker was awarded the Croix de Guerre and the decoration of the Purple Heart. He was discharged with honors from the army in 1919 with the rank of Captain." Memorial, November 1940, p. 507. Texas Bar Journal. Other Resources Oscar L. Baker, birth date 2/15/1888, death date 9/28/1940 about 25 miles north of Orange, Jasper County; attorney. Burial in Evergreen Cemetery, Orange. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Oscar Dudley Baker, birth date 5/1/1860, death date 8/10/1935, interment in Odd Fellows Cemetery, Burnet, Burnet County. Relatives: Oscar Dudley Baker - father; Oscar Lindsey Baker - son. "Oscar (or O.D., as he was called) . . . was in the Texas House of Representatives and served at the same time as one of his sons, Oscar Lindsey Baker." Find a Grave. Obituary, "Capt. Baker, 52, Dies in Orange: Stark Official Succumbs at Ranch Near Buna," 9/29/1940, pp. 1, 13. Died 3:30pm on 9/28/1940. Port Arthur News. Photographs Photograph. Oscar Lindsey Baker, 38th Legislature, State Preservation Board Photograph. Oscar Lindsey Baker, 39th Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 38th session composite photo of House members (House chamber gallery, south wall. 3W.2). State Preservation Board. 39th session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 39th R.S. - 1925 Conservation and Reclamation (Vice Chair)  Enrolled Bills   Game and Fisheries   Highways and Motor Traffic   38th R.S. - 1923 Conservation and Reclamation   Criminal Jurisprudence   Oil, Gas and Mining   Revenue and Taxation   State Eleemosynary and Reformatory Institutions

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