[3] He studied law under V. Gilpin Robinson[1] and was accepted to the Delaware County bar in 1881.

[3] Baker served as Captain of Company H, 6th regiment, Pennsylvania National Guard from 1877 to 1898.

[3] His sister Sallie M. Baker married Pennsylvania lawyer and politician V. Gilpin Robinson.

[4] Baker died at his home in Media, Pennsylvania, on July 30, 1913, after a bout of Bright's disease.

[5] He was interred at the Media Cemetery in Upper Providence Township, Pennsylvania.