Leo Martin Baker

1894 - 1963  (69 years)

• Name	Leo Martin Baker
  Birth	1 Oct 1894	Hamilton, Hamilton, TX
  Gender	Male
  Census	4 Jun 1900	Hamilton Co, TX ; age 5, born Oct 1894 in TX, at school, living with parents
  Census	23 Apr 1910	Hamilton, Hamilton, TX ; age 15, born TX, living with parents
  WW1 Reg Card	5 Jun 1917	Cliburne, Johnson, TX ; age 22, born 1 Oxt 1894 in Hamilton TX, travelling salesman for Sten Biscuit co., married with wife & child.
  Census	25 Apr 1930	Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX ; age 36, born TX, marr at 21, salesman at [unreadable], parents born TX/TX
  Census	19 Apr 1940	St Louis, St Louis, MO ; age 43, born TX, H4 ed, residing here in 1935, sales mgr at stove mfg co
  Death	3 Oct 1963	Dallas, Dallas, TX
  Burial		Oak Grove Memorial Gardens, Irving, TX
  Person ID	I14960	Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	France Houston Baker,   b. 13 Dec 1861, Lancaster, Dallas, TX d. 30 Nov 1930, Hamilton, Hamilton, TX (Age 68 years)
  Mother	Mary Elizabeth “Bettie” Martin,   b. 28 Mar 1862, Coryell Co, TX d. 16 Jul 1951, Long Beach, Los Angeles, CA (Age 89 years)
  Marriage	12 Dec 1893	Coryell Co, TX
  Notes	from "Texas, County Marriage Records, 1837-1965" (familysearch.org) On 11 Dec 1893 in Coryell Co, TX, F.H. Baker married Bettie Martin.
  Family ID	F5614	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lucile Ellsworth,   b. 30 Apr 1893, Ottawa, LaSalle, IL d. 10 Feb 1984, Belton, Bell, Texas (Age 90 years)  [1]
  Children	1. Helen Lucile Baker,   b. 5 Jun 1917, Cleburne, Johnson, TX d. 5 Jun 2010, Clayton, St Louis, MO (Age 93 years)   2. Overton Ellsworth Baker,   b. 1 Aug 1919, Hamilton, Hamilton, TX d. 19 Jan 1922, Macon, Bibb, GA (Age 2 years)   3. Leo Martin Baker,   b. 24 May 1927, Fort Worth, Tarrant, TX d. 6 Apr 1950, Evanston, Cook, IL (Age 22 years) 4. Betty Anne Baker,   b. 21 Mar 1935, St Louis, St Louis, MO
  Family ID	F5616	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2017

  
  

• Photos

  Leo M Baker (1894-1963) Obituary Photo published in "The Irving Daily News Texan", 5 Oct 1963

  
  

• Notes

  from "Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982" (ancestry.com) Leo Martin Baker, an Asst. Gen. Sales Mgr. at Central Freight Lines residing Irving TX, married, born 1 Oct 1894 in TX to France Baker and Elizabeth Martin, died on 3 Oct 1963 in Dallas of uremia. Burial on 3 Oct 1963 in Oak Grove Mausoleum in Irving. Informant Mrs. Lucille Baker. from "The Irving Daily News Texan", 5 Oct 1963 (newspapers.com) IRVING - Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. today for Leo M. Baker, 69, of 833 Ballywood, at First Methodist Church. He died Thursday after an extended illness. Burial will be in Oak Grove Cemetery. Black's Funeral Home is in charge. Baker was born October 1, 1894, in Hamilton, Texas. He moved to St. Louis, Mo., from Texas in 1931 and he was sales manager for the Barton Manufacturing Company, then sales manager for Charter Oak Stove and Range Company. Hen then moved to Irving in 1950 and was the Dallas sales manager for Central Freight Lines and he was the national assistant sales manager for Central. He was a member of Irving First Methodist Church and on the Official Board of the Methodist Church. He was a member of the Dallas Rotary Club and the Rotary Glee Club. He was a Gurley Lodge Mason of Waco, a past president of the Transportation Club, and a member of the Executive Diner's Club and the Dallas Athletic Club. He is survived by his wife; two daughters, Mrs. James F. Kelleher of Irving and Mrs. Hold Holloway of St. Louis, Mo.; three grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Bernard Miller of Hamilton, Mrs. George Walker of Midland and Mrs. Joe Russell of Long Beach, Calif. Memorials may be sent to the Wadley Research Center of the Golden Cross Fund at Methodist Hospital.

  
  

• Sources

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