Baker, Joshua
was born March 23, 1799, in Kentucky. He graduated from West Point in 1819, and at his death on April 15, 1893, he was the oldest graduate in existence. He practiced law in Mary's parish, and in 1839 was appointed judge.
In 1867 he was appointed governor of the state by General Hancock.
BAKER, JULIA KEIM WETHERILL, journalist, author, was born July 18, 1858, in Woodville, Miss. She received her education in Philadelphia, Pa. Her husband, Marion A. Baker, is the literary editor of the New Orleans Times-Democrat; and for the past six years she has been employed as literary critic and editorial writer on the staff of that journal. She is the author of a novel entitled Wings.