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Baker, Louisa S – Balbach, Edward
Baker, Louisa S
clergyman, writer, was born Oct. 17, 1846, in Nantucket, Mass. For many years she was engaged in educational work; is now pastor of the First congregational church of Nantucket, Mass.; and is well-known as a successful contributor to current literature.
Baker, Lucien
lawyer, congressman, was born in 1846 in Ohio. Shortly after he removed with his parents to Michigan, but in 1869 he removed to Kansas and settled in Leavenworth, where he has since resided, engaged in the practice of law. He was elected to the United States senate as a republican in 1895. His term of service will expire March 3, 1901.
Baker, Luther Elijah
financier, was born Jan. 1, 1865, in Melrose, Va. He accepted the position of bookkeeper, and afterward assistant secretary and secretary of the Iowa Mutual Benefit association, one of the oldest institutions of its kind in the west. He is official correspondent of the American Protective Tariff league and director of the Toledo Savings bank.
Baker, Osmond Cleander
clergyman, was born July 30, 1812, in Marlow, N. H. He was a professor in the General Biblical institute of Concord, N. H., and in 1847 was president of the same; bishop of the methodist episcopal church in 1852-'71, and wrote A Guide Book in the Administration of Discipline of the Methodist Episcopal Church. He died Dec. 20, 1871, in Concord, N. H.
Baker, Osmyn
lawyer, congressman, was born May 18, 1800, in Amherst, Mass.
He graduated at Yale college in 1822; adopted the profession of the law, and was a member of the Massachusetts legislature in 1833 and 1834. He was a representative in congress from his native state from 1839 to 1845, and was state councilor in 1853 and 1854.
Baker, Robert Hall
manufacturer, was born June 27, 1839, in Lake Geneva, Wis. Through an acquaintance with the late Jerome I. Case, manufacturer of threshing machines, Mr. Baker was finally induced to become a partner in Mr. Case's firm, and he remained successfully engaged in that business until death. He was state senator of Wisconsin in 1872- '76, and mayor of Racine in 1874
Baker, Sarah Woods
author, was born in 1824, in New Haven, Conn. She is the author of the following works: The Babes in the Basket; The Aunt Friendly Books; Timid Lucy; Pictures of Swedish Life; Our Elder Brother; Salt; and six volumes of stories. Her maiden name was Sarah Tuthill. Mrs. Woods-Baker resides in Sweden.
Baker, Stephen
merchant, congressman, was born Aug. 12, 1819, in New York city. At an early age he engaged in mercantile pursuits, from which he retired in 1849 to a country seat in Dutchess county, N. Y. He was elected a representative from New York to the thirty-seventh congress.
Baker, William
educator, lawyer, congressman, was born April 29, 1831, in Washington county, Pa. He was brought up on a farm and graduated from Waynesburg college in 1856. He followed teaching as a profession a number of years, and while teaching studied law and was admitted to the bar. For the last thirteen years he has been engaged in farming and stock raising in Lincoln county, Kans.; and was elected to the fifty-second, fifty-third and fifty-fourth congresses.
Baker, William H
artist, was born in 1825, in Lenox, N. Y. One of his best portraits is that of Bishop Quintard of Tennessee, painted for the episcopal general convention. He died May 29, 1875, in Brooklyn, N. Y.
Balbach, Edward
metallurgist, inventor, was born July 4, 1839, in Germany. In 1864 he obtained letters patent for a new de-silverizing process for argentiferous lead, which was afterward known as the Balbach Process. He also invented the water jacket used for smelting and refining furnaces. In 1891 he was appointed president of the Balbach Smelting and Refining Co.