Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Josiah Hamilton Baker

Full Name: Josiah Hamilton "Joe" Baker
Birth date: April 24, 1875
Death date: February 28, 1945

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 1900 - Josiah H. Baker, Wood County, age 25, born April 1875 in Georgia, farmer, wife Mary A. Baker.
Census of 1910 - Josiah H. Baker, Quitman, Wood County, age 35, born circa 1875 in Georgia, farmer, wife Mary A. Baker.
Census of 1920 - Joe H. Baker, Wood County, age 44, born circa 1876 in Georgia, farmer, wife Mary A. Baker.
Census of 1930 - J.H. Baker, Quitman, Wood County, age 54, farmer, wife Mary A. Baker.
Census of 1940 - Joe H. Baker, Wood County, age 64, farmer, wife Eula Baker. FamilySearch . 1930 1940

Rev. Joe H. Baker, birth date 4/24/1875 in Georgia; death date 2/28/1945 in Dallas, Dallas County, Texas; residence in Quitman; minister. FamilySearch Texas Deaths, 1890-1976 .
Joshiah Hamilton Baker, birth date 4/24/1875; home address in Quitman, Wood County, Texas; farming and minister; nearest relative Mrs. Mary A. Baker, Quitman, Wood County; draft registration 9/12/1918 in Wood County. FamilySearch United States World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918 .
Joe H. Baker (1875-1945) burial 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, crediting the Mineola Memorial Library. 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 .