Baker, Andrew J
merchant, lawyer, legislator, was born Sept. 4, 1.842, in Mississippi. He attended the University of Mississippi, and served during the civil war in the confederate army, and was twice a member of the Mississippi state legislature. He is a successful merchant and lawyer of San Angelo, Texas; has served with distinction as a member of the Texas state legislature; and for four years was commissioner of the general land office of Texas.
BAKER, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, musician, was born July 10, 1811, in Wenham, Mass. From 1842 to 1848 he was superintendent of musical instruction in the grammar schools of Boston, Mass., and met 8,000 pupils a week. He introduced music into the public schools of Lowell and Lawrence; became editor of the Boston Musical Journal; and, from its foundation in 1857, was principal of the Boston music school.