About B. Frank Baker
Lived 1864 – 1939 (aged 74). B. Frank Baker was an American businessperson and politician.
Benjamin Franklin Baker (July 26, 1864 – April 10, 1939) was an American businessman and politician.
Biography Baker was born in Aurora, Illinois on July 26, 1864, to Nelson G. Baker, a local jeweler who died in 1875, and Lucy L. Cross, who died in 1896. When he was 6 years old, Baker's family moved to Sheffield, Illinois. He graduated from a high school there and at the age of 19, became a bookkeeper for the First National Bank of Kewanee, Illinois. Baker was also a member of the Henry County committee, a Freemason, and a member of two clubs.
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US businessman and politician
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B. Frank Baker died on 10 April 1939.
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