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- from "Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982" (ancestry.com)
Charles Curtis Baker, a dentist residing Hamilton TX, married, born 30 Jan 1981 in Lancaster, Dallas, TX to Wm Thatcher Baker b. Licking Co, OH and Elvira Beeman b. Parker Co, TX, died on 21 Mar 1942 in Hamilton of cardiac decompensation. Burial 21 Mar at Old IOOF Cemertery, Hamilton. Informant Mrs. Otto W Req of Hamilton
- From "The Hamilton County News", Vol. IV, Number 11 Section Three Historical and Trading Expansion Issue, 29 Jun 1934
Dr. C. C. Baker, Sr. was born in Dallas County, 2 ½ miles southwest of Lancaster. The family moved to the head waters of Plum Creek 10 miles south of Hamilton, March 10, 1879, when he was a child. His father, W. T. Baker [William Thatcher Baker] died when Charles was 13 years old, leaving his mother and 5 younger brothers and sisters for him to take care of. The following 5 years were spent in hard work with no time for school. When Russel and Cleveland took charge of the Hamilton Public school, Charlie left the farm in charge of his younger brothers and went to Hamilton to school. He did chores for his board and chopped cord wood on Saturdays and after school hour at 75¢ per cord to pay the remainder of his school expenses. He taught school 2 years, after which he took a job of clerking for Pinkerton and Scruggs, general merchants, working about __ years at this. He then went to Baltimore College of Dental Surgery, going by Chicago to the World?s?s Fair, this being the fall of 1893. He returned home in March, 1894, obtained a certificate for the practice of dentistry, opened an office in Hamilton where he has had an office and practiced ever since, except while absent attending dental colleges. Dr. Baker, Sr., has a diploma from the State Dental College, now known as Baylor, a post-graduate certificate from Chicago College of Dental Surgery, and has kept up with the progress of his profession. He married Alma Nicholson who was born south of Hamilton on Cowhouse Creek, and the two have labored together to help build up the town and this section of Texas. Dr. Baker has served on the school board and the city council. He has always taken a very active part in politics. For a number of years he has been a leading Republican in Texas, serving as a member of the State Executive Committee, also he has attended practically all state conventions, and several national ones, having been a delegate from Texas in 1912 and bolted with Roosevelt (Teddy, not Franklin.) Dr. Baker is active, alert, and physically fit, right up to the minute in things pertaining to the practice of dentistry; has a large practice. He owns his own home, office building in Hamilton, and over Ten Thousand Dollars in modern dental equipment.
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1871 - 1942 (71 years)
