This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BAKER, COOPER, PERRINE Classification: Biography Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JCC.2ACEB/8571 Message Board Post: William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas BROWN COUNTY, Part 29 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES - MISSION TOWNSHIP (BAKER - DOUTHART). C. D. BAKER, dealer in general merchandise, is the son of Simeon and Caroline C. Baker, old residents of Brown County, and was born at Battle Creek, Mich., in 1860. In 1868 his father bought the tract of land which now comprises the thriving town of Baker, the family removing to Kansas in 1870, locating at Effingham, in Atchison County, where they resided until 1871, when they removed to the city of Hiawatha, where the family still reside. Mr. Simeon Baker was an old California 49er, and previous to going to the Golden State was in business in Green Bay, Wis., and on his California trip went through the section of country where Baker is now located. In 1868 he purchased 1,120 acres in Mission Township, Brown County, and 480 acres in the vicinity of Effingham, Atchison County. The town of Baker is now situated on his land in Mission Township. Mr. Simeon Baker is now deceased. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas BROWN COUNTY, Part 28 BAKER. In June, 1882, the new and prosperous town of Baker was located by the Missouri Pacific Railroad on the lands belonging to the heirs of the Baker estate (see biography of C. D. Baker). The town now contains six business houses, fifteen private residences and two elevators, and is a thriving commercial center. Mr. C. D. Baker is the leading dealer in general merchandise in this go-ahead new town, and does, and deserves a large trade.