History of Cerro Gordo County, IowaFrom materials in the public archives, the Iowa Historical Society's collection, the newspapers and data of personal interviews; also containing sketches of representative citizens . seventy cows, all of them of good grades, and has achievedunqualified success in his new calling. Mr. Bakers political convictions are Republican and he is thefriend of progress and all that tends to work towards the commongood of the community. He has served in various county andschool offices. He has several plccisant affiliations, among themmembership in the Masonic order and


History of Cerro Gordo County, IowaFrom materials in the public archives, the Iowa Historical Society's collection, the newspapers and data of personal interviews; also containing sketches of representative citizens . seventy cows, all of them of good grades, and has achievedunqualified success in his new calling. Mr. Bakers political convictions are Republican and he is thefriend of progress and all that tends to work towards the commongood of the community. He has served in various county andschool offices. He has several plccisant affiliations, among themmembership in the Masonic order and the Tom Howard Post, of the Grand Army of the Republic. IMrs. Baker belongs tothe Womens Relief Corps. Mr. Baker was married in 1870, in Wisconsin, to Miss MelissaWood, who died in Eldorado, Kansas, in 1882, leaving three chil-dren: Orin, now of California; Mrs. Oharles Hopper, of Beloit,Wisconsin; and Arthur, a farmer living in Lake to\\-nship. Hewas married a second time, in 1884, to Mrs. Hattie (Peck) Hender-son, of Wisconsin, and the following eight children have been bornto them: Perley (married), who is living at home; Etheline, wifeof Prank Paul of Union township; Hazel, Benjamin H., Jessie Joy,. 6^d^ci>^y-i^ /M^ (^a/3-€A^ HISTORY OF CERRO GORDO COUNTY 727 A. M. Jr., Vaida and Lois. The Baker post office is Clear Baker had a son by her former marriage, William H. Hender-son, a farmer in Lake township. ARTHUR H. DEAN. One of the most prosperous and intelligent agriculturists ofCerro Gordo county, Arthur H. Dean owns and occupies a valuablefarm of three hundred and twenty acres in sections twenty-fiveand twenty-six. Mason township, where he is carrying on generalfarming after the most approved modern methods, exercising greatskill and good .judgment in his labors. A son of Richard Dean,he was born in 1862 in Winnebago county, Illinois, and was therebrought up and educated. A native of England, Richard Dean was born in Yorkshire,where the days of his b


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