William Spohn Baker

William Spohn Baker (April 17, 1824 – September 8, 1897) was an American writer, collector and title examiner.[1][2]

William Spohn Baker
Born(1824-04-17)April 17, 1824
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedSeptember 8, 1897(1897-09-08) (aged 73)

Biography

William Spohn Baker born in Philadelphia on April 17, 1824, the son of George Nice Baker (1788–1859), a prominent member of Philadelphia city affairs, and Ann Keyser (1792–1867).[2]

Baker was educated in private schools in Philadelphia. He then studied conveyancing under Andrew D. Cash while working in his office. Since 1873, Baker was a member of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. He was elected to the Council of the Society in 1885 and became a vice president.[3]

Baker married Eliza Downing on May 12, 1853. They had a daughter, Laura Baker (later Whelen).[4][5] He died at his home on Arch Street in Philadelphia on September 8, 1897.[2]

References
  1. Ferraro, William M. (May 6, 2016). "Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: William Spohn Baker (1824–1897)". Retrieved May 18, 2023.
  2. Jordan, John W. (1898). "In Memoriam. William Spohn Baker". The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography. 22 (1): 1–8. ISSN 0031-4587.
  3. Jordan 1898, p. 2.
  4. Jordan, John Woolf (1911). Colonial and Revolutionary Families of Pennsylvania; Genealogical and Personal Memoirs. Vol. 2. Allen County Public Library Genealogy Center. Lewis Historical Pub. Co. p. 669.
  5. Jordan 1898, p. 6.
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