William Thatcher Baker

1864 - 1935  (71 years)

• Name	William Thatcher Baker
  Birth	9 Jan 1864	Lancaster, Dallas, TX
  Gender	Male
  Census	6 Jul 1870	Dallas Co, TX
  	age 6, born TX, living with parents
  Census	2 Jun 1880	Hamilton Co, TX
  	W.T., age 16, born TX, farm laborer, living with parents
  Census	4 Jun 1900	Midlothian, Ellis, TX
  	age 36, born Jan 1864 in TX, marr 14 yrs, physician, parents born OH/TX
  Census	19 Apr 1910	Dallas, Dallas, TX
  	age 46, born TX, mx1 for 24 yrs, doctor, parents born OH/TX
  Census	19 Jan 1920	Dallas, Dallas, TX
  	age 55, born TX, doctor, parents born OH/TX
  Census	19 Apr 1930	Dallas, Dallas, TX
  	Dr W.T., age 66, marr at 22, physician, parents born OH/TX
  Death	19 Feb 1935	Dallas, Dallas, TX
  Burial	Oak Cliff Cemetery, Dallas, TX
  Person ID	I14889	Family Tree
  Last Modified	8 May 2017

  
  

  Father	William Thatcher Baker,   b. 10 Oct 1830, Licking Co, OH d. 12 Aug 1884, Ohio, Hamilton, TX (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Emily Elvira Beeman,   b. 8 Jan 1841, Bowie Co, TX d. 22 Feb 1920, Hamilton, Hamilton, TX (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1856
  Family ID	F5582	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Nannie Key,   b. 29 Sep 1864, Palestine, Anderson, TX d. 16 Jan 1957, Arlington, Tarrant, TX (Age 92 years)  [1]
  Marriage	13 Jun 1886
  Children	1. Otwell Scott Baker,   b. 2 May 1889, Brownwood, Brown, TX d. 18 Jun 1964, Lancaster, Dallas, TX (Age 75 years)   2. Coleta Baker,   b. 29 Nov 1888, Hamilton, Hamilton, TX d. 14 Jun 1988 (Age 99 years)   3. Netta Baker,   b. 15 Jun 1892, Texas d. 18 Jan 1919, Dallas, Dallas, TX (Age 26 years)
  Family ID	F5587	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2017

  
  

• Headstones

  William Thather Baker Gravestone WILLIAM T. BAKER / 1864 - 1935

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Dallas News", 20 Feb 1935 (posted on findagrave.com) Dr. William T. Baker, 71, physician of Oak Cliff for many years, died Tuesday morning at his residence, 1329 Canterbury Court. He had practiced medicine in Dallas since 1906, formerly living at Midlothian. He had been an active member of the Dallas County Medical Society many years, filling the office of president in 1920, as well as serving on the staff of Parkland Hospital. Dr. Baker was born Jan. 9, 1864 in Lancaster, the son of William Thatcher Baker and Emily Beeman Baker. Both families came to Texas before the Civil War. His direct ancestor moved from Ohio down the Mississippi River then by tedious stages overland to Dallas County about 1835. Moving to Hamilton in his school days he grew to manhood there and later engaged in the mercantile business in Brownwood. He was a member of Oak Cliff Christian Church. He married Nannie Key, daughter of J. P. Key of Jonesboro, on Jun 13, 1886. He is survived by his wife; a son, Otwell S. Baker, both of Dallas; a daughter, Mrs. Coleta B. Williams; a granddaughter, Turner F. Williams, both of Tulsa; three brothers Dr. C. C. Baker, Hamilton; Norton A, Baker, San Antonio, and John B. Baker, Dallas, and five sisters, Mrs. Angie Nicholson, Hamilton; Mrs. Hettie Shannon, Fort Worth, Mrs. Jane Edgar, Hamilton; Mrs. Margaret L. Mathis, Lometa, and Mrs. M. A. Boone, Dallas. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Lamar & Smith Funeral Home. Burial will be in Oak Cliff Cemetery.

  
  

• Sources

  [S187] Kathryne Baker Witty and Alma Baker Rea, The William Thatcher Baker family, 1830-1971, (self published (1971)).