Alton Evening Telegraph, June 14, 1932:
H. S. Baker Predicts End, Dies, Aged 73 -- Veteran Attorney Kept Up Tradition Of Long Legal Line -- Led in Civic Growth -- Went to Bed Ill, Friday Saying He Would Not Arise
Henry S. Baker, well-known's attorney, and member of the oldest and best-known families in Madison County, died Monday evening at 915 o'clock at his residence, 629 E. 15th St.
He had been in failing health for a long time but had continued to attend to his professional work at the office until Thursday. He had been downtown that day and going home in the afternoon took to his bed. He appeared to have a realization of the fact that it was his last sickness and that he would not again be in his office.
Mr. Baker, on going home from his office, and feeling that it was to be the last time he would ever be out of the house, engines his belief in his judgment of his own case provided to be entirely correct, as he was never out of the house again. He'd been suffering from stomach trouble for a long time and had been advised that a surgical operation might be necessary, but he was unwilling to undergo one.
He became much worse Sunday and all day Monday was unconscious, while many of his friends had known that he was not in his usual condition of health the past five or six months, few of them knew that the illness was at all serious, as he continued at his work.
DIED AT BIRTH PLACE -- Mr. Baker was in his 74th year. He was born in Alton, June 7, 1859 and spent all of his life here. He had practiced law in the city of Alton almost 50 years. In that time he had given much of his attention to Corporation work, and for years he was the legal representative of the largest corporations in Alton. He had held the office of attorney for the Paisa Building and Loan Association for almost 40 years.
Mr. Baker's entering the law was in keeping with the tradition in the family which began here with his maternal grandfather, Samuel J. Bailey, who came to Alton in 1836 and built a house on the property at 15th and liberty Street where Harry S. Baker spent all of his life. He continued to his death the 95-year-old tradition of a representative of the blood being on the old homestead site. The grandfather, Mr. Bailey, beside practicing law in Alton served as mayor of Alton from 1842 to 1844. Judge David J. Baker grandfather on his father's side also was a lawyer.
FATHER WAS JUDGE -- Mr. Baker was the son of judge and Mrs. Henry S. Baker Sr. His father was a lawyer in Alton and served as judge of the city court for a period. His son studied law in the office of his father and also attended Shurtleff College, where he graduated in 1879. After completing his college work and after studying law with his father Mr. Baker took the examination for admission to practice law and was admitted to the bar in 1883. He was first a partner of his father and when Judge Baker died in 1888. Mr. Baker took over the practice with George F. McNulty for four years, then continued from 1892 alone the remainder of his life.
He served efficiently as corporate counselor of Alton under several mayors, and had a prominent part in some of the important events during the period when Alton was bursting out of the cocoon and getting started on her growth to her present-day importance. He was deeply interested in Alton through traditions of his family reaching back into the early days of the city, and rendered some valuable services to his city during the time he was in public office.
LITERARY CONNOISSEUR -- Mr. Baker was a lawyer who was satisfied with nothing but the utmost exactness of his work, and anything that came from his hand is noted for neatness. His literary tastes were much the same, as his library was one which reflected a mind deeply interested in the best there was in literature.
In his legal work he showed a marked preference for office work and that he was a good speaker, he paid little attention to the kind of legal work which called for engaging in court battles.
Mr. Baker was married to Miss Florence Lang of Alton in 1912, and she survives him. He leaves also two sisters, Mrs. H. H. Ferguson of Alton, and Mrs. Clark McAdams, of St. Louis; and three brothers, S. B. Baker of Alton, Murray M. Baker of Peoria, and Hundley B. Baker of Springfield.
Funeral services for Mr. Baker will be held Wednesday afternoon at 330 o'clock from the home on E. 15th St. the Rev. John Morrison, Pastor of the College Ave., Presbyterian Church will conduct the services. Burial will be in City Cemetery.
H. S. Baker Predicts End, Dies, Aged 73 -- Veteran Attorney Kept Up Tradition Of Long Legal Line -- Led in Civic Growth -- Went to Bed Ill, Friday Saying He Would Not Arise
Henry S. Baker, well-known's attorney, and member of the oldest and best-known families in Madison County, died Monday evening at 915 o'clock at his residence, 629 E. 15th St.
He had been in failing health for a long time but had continued to attend to his professional work at the office until Thursday. He had been downtown that day and going home in the afternoon took to his bed. He appeared to have a realization of the fact that it was his last sickness and that he would not again be in his office.
Mr. Baker, on going home from his office, and feeling that it was to be the last time he would ever be out of the house, engines his belief in his judgment of his own case provided to be entirely correct, as he was never out of the house again. He'd been suffering from stomach trouble for a long time and had been advised that a surgical operation might be necessary, but he was unwilling to undergo one.
He became much worse Sunday and all day Monday was unconscious, while many of his friends had known that he was not in his usual condition of health the past five or six months, few of them knew that the illness was at all serious, as he continued at his work.
DIED AT BIRTH PLACE -- Mr. Baker was in his 74th year. He was born in Alton, June 7, 1859 and spent all of his life here. He had practiced law in the city of Alton almost 50 years. In that time he had given much of his attention to Corporation work, and for years he was the legal representative of the largest corporations in Alton. He had held the office of attorney for the Paisa Building and Loan Association for almost 40 years.
Mr. Baker's entering the law was in keeping with the tradition in the family which began here with his maternal grandfather, Samuel J. Bailey, who came to Alton in 1836 and built a house on the property at 15th and liberty Street where Harry S. Baker spent all of his life. He continued to his death the 95-year-old tradition of a representative of the blood being on the old homestead site. The grandfather, Mr. Bailey, beside practicing law in Alton served as mayor of Alton from 1842 to 1844. Judge David J. Baker grandfather on his father's side also was a lawyer.
FATHER WAS JUDGE -- Mr. Baker was the son of judge and Mrs. Henry S. Baker Sr. His father was a lawyer in Alton and served as judge of the city court for a period. His son studied law in the office of his father and also attended Shurtleff College, where he graduated in 1879. After completing his college work and after studying law with his father Mr. Baker took the examination for admission to practice law and was admitted to the bar in 1883. He was first a partner of his father and when Judge Baker died in 1888. Mr. Baker took over the practice with George F. McNulty for four years, then continued from 1892 alone the remainder of his life.
He served efficiently as corporate counselor of Alton under several mayors, and had a prominent part in some of the important events during the period when Alton was bursting out of the cocoon and getting started on her growth to her present-day importance. He was deeply interested in Alton through traditions of his family reaching back into the early days of the city, and rendered some valuable services to his city during the time he was in public office.
LITERARY CONNOISSEUR -- Mr. Baker was a lawyer who was satisfied with nothing but the utmost exactness of his work, and anything that came from his hand is noted for neatness. His literary tastes were much the same, as his library was one which reflected a mind deeply interested in the best there was in literature.
In his legal work he showed a marked preference for office work and that he was a good speaker, he paid little attention to the kind of legal work which called for engaging in court battles.
Mr. Baker was married to Miss Florence Lang of Alton in 1912, and she survives him. He leaves also two sisters, Mrs. H. H. Ferguson of Alton, and Mrs. Clark McAdams, of St. Louis; and three brothers, S. B. Baker of Alton, Murray M. Baker of Peoria, and Hundley B. Baker of Springfield.
Funeral services for Mr. Baker will be held Wednesday afternoon at 330 o'clock from the home on E. 15th St. the Rev. John Morrison, Pastor of the College Ave., Presbyterian Church will conduct the services. Burial will be in City Cemetery.
Alton Evening Telegraph, June 14, 1932:
H. S. Baker Predicts End, Dies, Aged 73 -- Veteran Attorney Kept Up Tradition Of Long Legal Line -- Led in Civic Growth -- Went to Bed Ill, Friday Saying He Would Not Arise
Henry S. Baker, well-known's attorney, and member of the oldest and best-known families in Madison County, died Monday evening at 915 o'clock at his residence, 629 E. 15th St.
He had been in failing health for a long time but had continued to attend to his professional work at the office until Thursday. He had been downtown that day and going home in the afternoon took to his bed. He appeared to have a realization of the fact that it was his last sickness and that he would not again be in his office.
Mr. Baker, on going home from his office, and feeling that it was to be the last time he would ever be out of the house, engines his belief in his judgment of his own case provided to be entirely correct, as he was never out of the house again. He'd been suffering from stomach trouble for a long time and had been advised that a surgical operation might be necessary, but he was unwilling to undergo one.
He became much worse Sunday and all day Monday was unconscious, while many of his friends had known that he was not in his usual condition of health the past five or six months, few of them knew that the illness was at all serious, as he continued at his work.
DIED AT BIRTH PLACE -- Mr. Baker was in his 74th year. He was born in Alton, June 7, 1859 and spent all of his life here. He had practiced law in the city of Alton almost 50 years. In that time he had given much of his attention to Corporation work, and for years he was the legal representative of the largest corporations in Alton. He had held the office of attorney for the Paisa Building and Loan Association for almost 40 years.
Mr. Baker's entering the law was in keeping with the tradition in the family which began here with his maternal grandfather, Samuel J. Bailey, who came to Alton in 1836 and built a house on the property at 15th and liberty Street where Harry S. Baker spent all of his life. He continued to his death the 95-year-old tradition of a representative of the blood being on the old homestead site. The grandfather, Mr. Bailey, beside practicing law in Alton served as mayor of Alton from 1842 to 1844. Judge David J. Baker grandfather on his father's side also was a lawyer.
FATHER WAS JUDGE -- Mr. Baker was the son of judge and Mrs. Henry S. Baker Sr. His father was a lawyer in Alton and served as judge of the city court for a period. His son studied law in the office of his father and also attended Shurtleff College, where he graduated in 1879. After completing his college work and after studying law with his father Mr. Baker took the examination for admission to practice law and was admitted to the bar in 1883. He was first a partner of his father and when Judge Baker died in 1888. Mr. Baker took over the practice with George F. McNulty for four years, then continued from 1892 alone the remainder of his life.
He served efficiently as corporate counselor of Alton under several mayors, and had a prominent part in some of the important events during the period when Alton was bursting out of the cocoon and getting started on her growth to her present-day importance. He was deeply interested in Alton through traditions of his family reaching back into the early days of the city, and rendered some valuable services to his city during the time he was in public office.
LITERARY CONNOISSEUR -- Mr. Baker was a lawyer who was satisfied with nothing but the utmost exactness of his work, and anything that came from his hand is noted for neatness. His literary tastes were much the same, as his library was one which reflected a mind deeply interested in the best there was in literature.
In his legal work he showed a marked preference for office work and that he was a good speaker, he paid little attention to the kind of legal work which called for engaging in court battles.
Mr. Baker was married to Miss Florence Lang of Alton in 1912, and she survives him. He leaves also two sisters, Mrs. H. H. Ferguson of Alton, and Mrs. Clark McAdams, of St. Louis; and three brothers, S. B. Baker of Alton, Murray M. Baker of Peoria, and Hundley B. Baker of Springfield.
Funeral services for Mr. Baker will be held Wednesday afternoon at 330 o'clock from the home on E. 15th St. the Rev. John Morrison, Pastor of the College Ave., Presbyterian Church will conduct the services. Burial will be in City Cemetery.
H. S. Baker Predicts End, Dies, Aged 73 -- Veteran Attorney Kept Up Tradition Of Long Legal Line -- Led in Civic Growth -- Went to Bed Ill, Friday Saying He Would Not Arise
Henry S. Baker, well-known's attorney, and member of the oldest and best-known families in Madison County, died Monday evening at 915 o'clock at his residence, 629 E. 15th St.
He had been in failing health for a long time but had continued to attend to his professional work at the office until Thursday. He had been downtown that day and going home in the afternoon took to his bed. He appeared to have a realization of the fact that it was his last sickness and that he would not again be in his office.
Mr. Baker, on going home from his office, and feeling that it was to be the last time he would ever be out of the house, engines his belief in his judgment of his own case provided to be entirely correct, as he was never out of the house again. He'd been suffering from stomach trouble for a long time and had been advised that a surgical operation might be necessary, but he was unwilling to undergo one.
He became much worse Sunday and all day Monday was unconscious, while many of his friends had known that he was not in his usual condition of health the past five or six months, few of them knew that the illness was at all serious, as he continued at his work.
DIED AT BIRTH PLACE -- Mr. Baker was in his 74th year. He was born in Alton, June 7, 1859 and spent all of his life here. He had practiced law in the city of Alton almost 50 years. In that time he had given much of his attention to Corporation work, and for years he was the legal representative of the largest corporations in Alton. He had held the office of attorney for the Paisa Building and Loan Association for almost 40 years.
Mr. Baker's entering the law was in keeping with the tradition in the family which began here with his maternal grandfather, Samuel J. Bailey, who came to Alton in 1836 and built a house on the property at 15th and liberty Street where Harry S. Baker spent all of his life. He continued to his death the 95-year-old tradition of a representative of the blood being on the old homestead site. The grandfather, Mr. Bailey, beside practicing law in Alton served as mayor of Alton from 1842 to 1844. Judge David J. Baker grandfather on his father's side also was a lawyer.
FATHER WAS JUDGE -- Mr. Baker was the son of judge and Mrs. Henry S. Baker Sr. His father was a lawyer in Alton and served as judge of the city court for a period. His son studied law in the office of his father and also attended Shurtleff College, where he graduated in 1879. After completing his college work and after studying law with his father Mr. Baker took the examination for admission to practice law and was admitted to the bar in 1883. He was first a partner of his father and when Judge Baker died in 1888. Mr. Baker took over the practice with George F. McNulty for four years, then continued from 1892 alone the remainder of his life.
He served efficiently as corporate counselor of Alton under several mayors, and had a prominent part in some of the important events during the period when Alton was bursting out of the cocoon and getting started on her growth to her present-day importance. He was deeply interested in Alton through traditions of his family reaching back into the early days of the city, and rendered some valuable services to his city during the time he was in public office.
LITERARY CONNOISSEUR -- Mr. Baker was a lawyer who was satisfied with nothing but the utmost exactness of his work, and anything that came from his hand is noted for neatness. His literary tastes were much the same, as his library was one which reflected a mind deeply interested in the best there was in literature.
In his legal work he showed a marked preference for office work and that he was a good speaker, he paid little attention to the kind of legal work which called for engaging in court battles.
Mr. Baker was married to Miss Florence Lang of Alton in 1912, and she survives him. He leaves also two sisters, Mrs. H. H. Ferguson of Alton, and Mrs. Clark McAdams, of St. Louis; and three brothers, S. B. Baker of Alton, Murray M. Baker of Peoria, and Hundley B. Baker of Springfield.
Funeral services for Mr. Baker will be held Wednesday afternoon at 330 o'clock from the home on E. 15th St. the Rev. John Morrison, Pastor of the College Ave., Presbyterian Church will conduct the services. Burial will be in City Cemetery.
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