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Joe H. Baker Full Name: Joe H. Baker Date of birth: April 24, 1875 Date of death: February 28, 1945 Terms of Service Biographical Notes Committee Information Terms of Service top Chamber District Dates of Service Legislatures Party City/County Note Counties in District H 34 Jan 8, 1929 - Jan 13, 1931 41st   Democrat Quitman / Wood   Wood   Biographical Notes and Resources top Other Resources Obituary, "J.H. Baker Rites Held," 3/3/1945. "Rev. J.H. Baker, retired Baptist minister of Quitman, Wood County, and former state legislator . . . " Dallas Morning News. Census of 1920 - Joe H. Baker, Wood County, age 44, born circa 1876 in Georgia, farmer, spouse Mary A. Baker. Census of 1930 - J.H. Baker, Quitman, Wood County, age 54, farmer, spouse Mary A. Baker. Census of 1940 - Joe H. Baker, Wood County, age 64, farmer, spouse Eula Baker. FamilySearch. 1920 1930 1940 Rev. Joe H. Baker, birth date 4/24/1875 in Georgia, death date 2/28/1945 in Dallas, residence in Quitman, minister. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976. Josiah H. "Joe" Baker (Joe H. Baker on grave marker), birth date 4/24/1875 in Georgia, death date 2/28/1945, interment in Ingram Cemetery, Wood County with spouse Mary A. Baker. Find a Grave. Baker, Joe H. (born circa 1875) — of Quitman, Wood County, Tex. Born in Georgia. Minister; farmer; member of Texas state house of representatives 34th District, 1929. Burial location unknown. Political Graveyard: a Database of Historic Cemeteries. Rev. Joe H. Baker, Wood County representative, "Rep. Baker Wants to Repeal Search and Seizure Act (Editorial)," The Mineola Monitor, 1/24/1929, p. 1. Portal to Texas History (University of North Texas Libraries). 41st Legislature (1929) - Joe H. Baker, postoffice Quitman, nativity Georgia, age 54, minister and farmer. Texas Legislative Manual. Photographs Photograph. Joe H. Baker, 41st Legislature, State Preservation Board Composite Photographs on Display in the Capitol 41st session composite photo of House members (3rd floor back hall, east wall. 3W.C1). State Preservation Board. Committee Informationtop 41st R.S. - 1929 Agriculture   Congressional Districts   Federal Relations   Game and Fisheries   Liquor Traffic   Public Health

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