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Alfred Baker

Birth	:	6 Aug 1845 Missouri, USA
Death	:	30 Jul 1929 Long Beach, Pacific County, Washington, USA
Burial	:	Lone Fir Cemetery, Long Beach, Pacific County, USA
Coordinate	:	46.3622017, -124.0175018
Plot	:	Pioneer Section, Row 3, Site 13.
Description	:	Chinook Observer Thursday, November 29, 1979 From the obituary of their daughter, Lottie: Lottie's parents [Alfred and Mary Baker] donated property to develop the Long Fir Cemetery northeast of Long Beach. She grew up on the farm and in her early years helped her mother cook her popular chicken cream dinners for travelers, guests and visitors. Mary and Alfred Baker donated property for the Long Beach Community Church on Washington Street. History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Volume III, by The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1928. Alfred Baker, who has experienced many... Read More	Chinook Observer Thursday, November 29, 1979 From the obituary of their daughter, Lottie: Lottie's parents [Alfred and Mary Baker] donated property to develop the Long Fir Cemetery northeast of Long Beach. She grew up on the farm and in her early years helped her mother cook her popular chicken cream dinners for travelers, guests and visitors. Mary and Alfred Baker donated property for the Long Beach Community Church on Washington Street. History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Volume III, by The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company, 1928. Alfred Baker, who has experienced many phases of pioneer life in the Pacific Northwest, was long numbered among the leading ranchers of Pacific County, Washington and now resides in Long Beach, enjoying the ease and comfort earned by his former years of well directed industry. He was born in Clinton County, Missouri, August 6, 1844, a son of George M. and Rebecca (Sunderland) Baker, natives respectively of Tennessee and Ohio. In the spring of 1845 they started for the Willamette Valley of Oregon with their five children, making the long and hazardous journey in a prairie schooner drawn by oxen and spent the winter in Portland, which then contained about a dozen log cabins. There another child was born to Mr. and Mrs. Baker but it lived only a short time and was buried on the banks of the Willamette. Colonel T'Vault, the captain of their wagon train, settled in Oregon City, where he later started The Spectator, the first paper published in Oregon. In the spring of 1847 the Baker family moved across the river and the father entered a claim in that district which is now known as East Portland. Among his neighbors was J.B. Stephens, who operated a canoe ferry across the river. Later Mr. Baker sold his claim to Clinton Kelly and next located on Belle Prairie, where there was more open farming country. Subsequently he went to British Columbia, Canada, but soon afterward returned to Oregon and spent the remainder of his life in the Willamette Valley. His wife died in 1847 and was the seventh person buried in the Lone Fir Cemetery of Portland. Alfred Baker was an infant when the family left Missouri and his first schooling was obtained at Belle Possi, Oregon. He assisted in the work of clearing and improving the homestead and thus obtained a practical knowledge of agricultural pursuits. In 1861 he journeyed to North Beach, Washington and in the following year went to the Caribou mines of British Columbia in company with his father but was unsuccessful in his quest for gold and returned to Washington. He became the owner of a ranch of six hundred and forty acres, situated one mile east of Long Beach and cultivated the place for many years. As time passed he brought the land to a high state of development and added many improvements to the property. He raised beef cattle and also operated a large dairy. His work was carefully planned and systematically and efficiently performed. Success attended his efforts and in 1918 he was able to retire. In 1878 Mr. Baker married Mary Jane (Brown) Baker, the widow of John Wesley Baker, a brother of Alfred Baker. Ben Brown, the father of Mrs. Baker, was also an Oregon pioneer and one of the early settlers of French Prairie. Mrs. Baker passed away June 15, 1922, on the ranch near Long Beach. By her first husband she had four children: Mrs. Belle Adamson, whose home is on Shoalwater Bay; George W. Baker, of Medford, Oregon and Mary Ann and Matilda, deceased. To the second union were born six children: Alfred M., who lives in Cashmere, Washington; Fred, deceased; Lottie M., who is the wife of Gilbert E. Tinker of Long Beach, Washington and has a daughter, Mrs. Lolita H. Morris; Benjamin J., also of Long Beach; Roscoe William, a resident of Seaview, Washington and Colonel Ralph Baker, whose home is situated on the Naselle River in Pacific County. Mr. Baker now resides with his daughter Lottie, who became the wife of Gilbert E. Tinker on September 10, 1902. Mr. Tinker was born on Marshland, Oregon and through his English ancestors in the paternal line is eligible to membership in the Society of Mayflower descendants. His father, Henry H. Tinker, was born in Ellsworth, Maine and crossed the continent about 1860, making the long trip in a covered wagon drawn by oxen. For several years he lived in the Sacramento Valley of California and then migrated to Oregon, taking up a homestead in the Nehalem Valley. About 1870 he located in Marshland, Oregon and was there married in 1872 to Nancy E. Bryant, a native of Indiana. In 1873 he journeyed to Portland, Oregon and was employed in the Weidler sawmill for a time. Going to Clatskanie, Oregon, he continued in the same line of work and also engaged in farming. In 1880 he settled in Pacific County, Washington and purchased a tract of two hundred and fifty-six acres, which is now the town site of Long Beach. He laid out the town, sold the lots and in 1887 became the first postmaster of Long Beach. Mr. Tinker erected the Long Beach Hotel, which he operated until December 1895, when it was destroyed by fire. In 1896 he rebuilt and successfully conducted the hotel until his death in February 1923. He had long survived his wife, who passed away in November 1903. They were the parents of six children: Lena A., who was born in Marshland and is the wife of Henry Kayler, of Long Beach, Washington; Gilbert E.; Harry H., also a native of Marshland; Della R., who was born in Long Beach and is the wife of Edward Deputy; Myrtle M., deceased, who was born in Long Beach and became the wife of Edward E. Little and George B., also a native of Long Beach. Mr. Baker has spent practically his entire life in the Columbia River Valley and has an intimate knowledge of events that have shaped its history. He remembers the time when this productive region was a wilderness and Indians roamed through the dense forests. With deep interest he has watched the progress of civilization in Washington and Oregon and has contributed his share toward the development of the natural resources of this great country. He has a wide acquaintance and an upright, well spent life has earned for him a high place in the esteem of his fellowmen.

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Alfred Baker's memorial is located at: Lone Fir Cemetery, Long Beach, Pacific County, USA.
When did Alfred Baker death?
Alfred Baker death on 30 Jul 1929 in Long Beach, Pacific County, Washington, USA
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Latitude: 46.3622017
Longitude: -124.0175018

Family Members:

Parent

George M Baker

(1807 - 1895)

Spouse

Mary Jane Brown Baker

(1851 - 1922)

Siblings

John Wesley Baker

(1831 - 1874)

Children

Alfred J Baker

(1876 - 1956)

John Freddie Baker

(1878 - 1884)

Lottie Baker Tinker

(1880 - 1979)

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Coordinate: 46.3622017, -124.0175018

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