. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. leman, w^as born in Johnson Co., Mo., Feb. 18, 1837. Baker, his father, a native of Virginia and of English descent, wasamong the pioneer settlers of the state locating in Johnson county in1881, where he engaged in agriculture until his death in June, Baker, grandfather of our subject, was a Virginian by Itirth, ^-^^^ and an active [)articipant in the In-dian war and later in the war of181:^. He was an early settler ofTennessee, but after his son came tothis state, he emigrated here, andlived to be
. Historical, pictorial and biographical record, of Chariton County, Missouri. leman, w^as born in Johnson Co., Mo., Feb. 18, 1837. Baker, his father, a native of Virginia and of English descent, wasamong the pioneer settlers of the state locating in Johnson county in1881, where he engaged in agriculture until his death in June, Baker, grandfather of our subject, was a Virginian by Itirth, ^-^^^ and an active [)articipant in the In-dian war and later in the war of181:^. He was an early settler ofTennessee, but after his son came tothis state, he emigrated here, andlived to be nearly one hundred yearsold. Nancy (McClinnis) leaker,mother of our sui)ject and a nativeof Tennessee, was the daughter offlohn McCiinnis, a Protestant Or-angeman of Ireland, who upon com-ing to America, located in Tennesseewheie he resided until his Baker was the mother of sixchildren, three boys and three girls,foiu of whom are now living. Herdeath occurred in 1868. Though his boyhood days weresi)ent u[)on the farm, our subject en- W^.i:.:;^;^m-{^!:^M.;:-;:.^^^. 54 PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. joyed excellent school advantages, tinishino; his literary education atWilliam Jewel College, Liberty, Mo., in 1860. Having chosen thepractice of medicine as his lifes occupation, our subject l)egan its study,reading under Drs. Dobbins & Goodwin, of Columbus, Johnson coun-ty, for several months, when he entered the 8t. Louis Medical brief time he left college to join the Missouri State Militia underJackson, in the late war. At the close he located in Salt Springstownship, Randolph county, now known as Clifton Hill. Being unable,financially, to continue his medical studies, he practiced until 67,when he entered the Rush Medical College at Chicago, from which hegiaduated in 68 with his degree of Doctor of Medicine. Returning toClifton Hill, he resumed his practice, which rapidly increased until1891, when he removed to Salisbury, Mo., since which time he has en-j
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