Clarence Hagan Baker

1900 - 1942  (~ 41 years)

• Name	Clarence Hagan Baker
  Birth	Jun 1900	Fort Bend Co, TX
  Gender	Male
  Census	5 Jun 1900	Fort Bend Co, TX ; age 9/12, born Jun 1900 in TX, living with parents
  Census	23 Apr 1910	Rosenberg, Fort Bend, TX ; age 10, born TX, living with parents
  Census	11 Apr 1940	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 40, born TX, H4 ed, residing Fort Bend Co in 1935, electrician for light & power company
  Death	2 Apr 1942	Houston, Harris, TX
  Burial		Morton Cemetery, Richmond, TX
  Person ID	I16415	Family Tree
  Last Modified	6 May 2017

  
  

  Father	William Craven Baker,   b. 16 Oct 1862, Fort Bend Co, TX d. 11 Aug 1934, Rosenberg, Fort Bend, TX (Age 71 years)
  Mother	Lula Hagan,   b. 23 Mar 1875, Texas d. 31 May 1922 (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	13 Dec 1898
  Family ID	F6269	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Ethel Irene Saunders,   b. 13 Nov 1905, Temple, Bell, TX d. 27 Mar 1943, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 37 years)
  Family ID	F6270	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	6 May 2017

  
  

• Notes

  from newpaper obituary dated 10 Apr 1942, posted by RasalieAnn of findagrave.com Clarence H. Baker, 43-year-old electrician was found shot dead at 6:45 a.m. Thursday in the garage of his home, 643 East Tenth. He as found by his wife. A .45-caliber revolver lay beside his body. Justice W.C. Ragan returned a verdict of suicide. Cruising Patrolman Hugh Barlow said Mr. Baker arose at 6 a.m., indicated he was going to his job as an electrical foreman at the new Sheffield Steel Mills on the Ship Channel. He told his wife not to get up. that he would eat breakfast at the restaurant en route. Patrolman Barlow said Mrs. Baker arose at 6:30 a.m. to go to work and found her husband's body in the garage. Mrs. Baker and other member s of his family said Mr. Baker had been working long hours and was in ill health. He had been shot one time in the left side of his head. In his pocket, Patrolman Barlow said, was found a not whic said: "Goodbye, all. Thanks." Fogle-West Funeral Home had charge of funeral arrangements. Houston Chronicle. The body was brought to Richmond, Saturday, for interment in the family lot in Morton cemetery. Clarence was a former Rosenberg boy and a member of one of the county's oldest and most highly esteemed families. His parents preceded him in death, he leaves to mourn his passing his wife; several uncles and an aunt.