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Baker, Joel a Congregational minister, was a native of Conway, Mass. He graduated at Dartmouth College in 1792; was ordained pastor of the Second Church in Granville, Mass., June 23, 1797; and died in September, 1832, aged sixty- six years. See Sprague, Anals of the Amer. Pulpit, 1, 245. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and … Continue reading “Baker, Joel”

Baker, Joan an English martyr, was from London, and suffered martyrdom in the 16th century. The chief objection against her was that she would not only not reverence the crucifix herself, but had also persuaded a friend of hers lying at the point of death not to put any confidence in it. See Fox, Acts … Continue reading “Baker, Joan”

Baker, James Sears a Congregational minister, was born in Marcellus, N. Y., Feb. 9.1822. He graduated at the Geneva Medical College in 1843, and practiced medicine in Sully and in Collamer two years in the former and three in the latter place; after which he removed to Marcellus, where he practiced as a dental surgeon … Continue reading “Baker, James Sears”

Baker, James E a Methodist Episcopal minister, was a native of North Carolina. In 1850 he emigrated to Missouri, and in 1857 experienced religion, and united with the Baptist Church. In 1859 he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, soon after was licensed to exhort, and in 1860 was admitted into the Missouri Conference. He was … Continue reading “Baker, James E”

Baker, James (1) an English Wesleyan minister, was born of Nonconformist parents in London in 1789. He was converted under the instrumentality of the Methodists, was called into the ministry in 1814, became a supernumerary in 1844, residing in London, and died March 9, 1853. See Minutes of the British Conference, 1853. Fuente: Cyclopedia of … Continue reading “Baker, James (2)”

Baker, Henry an English Congregational minister, was born at Bicester in 1828. He was converted in his sixteenth year, entered Hackney College in his eighteenth year, and after a three years’ course was ordained pastor at Summertown, near Oxford. In 1854 Mr. Baker removed to Lewisham, where he labored beyond his ability until 1867, when … Continue reading “Baker, Henry”

Baker, Greenberry R a Methodist Episcopal minister, was born in Westmoreland County, Pa., May 1, 1825. He received a careful religious education; was converted in early life; moved to California in 1856; was licensed to preach in 1858, and in 1862 entered the California Conference. Two years later he was appointed agent of the University … Continue reading “Baker, Greenberry R”

Baker, George W a Free-will Baptist minister, was born in Litchfield, Me., Oct. 22, 1803. At the age of nineteen he removed with his father’s family to Marion, O., where, with the exception of one or two brief intervals, he ever afterwards resided. In 1827 he united with the Church in Marion, and soon after … Continue reading “Baker, George W”

Baker, George an English clergyman, was collated archdeacon of Totness March 26, 1740, and died Jan. 8, 1772, aged eighty-six. He published a sermon on the Respect Due to a Church of God (1773). See Lea Neve, Fasti, i, 404; Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical … Continue reading “Baker, George”

Baker, Francis M a Protestant Episcopal clergyman of the diocese of Virginia, was rector of the Church in Botetourt, Va., in 1853, to which charge was added, the following year, special work in Pattonsburg, Va. In 1858 he was chosen rector of Grace Church, Richmond, Va., where he continued to reside after his active ministry … Continue reading “Baker, Francis M”