1869: Buck Baker is born. He grows up on his parents BAKER'S DOZEN FARM north of Headland on Sandy Creek near Tolbert Church.

1873: Buck's  Daddy, Joe Baker, Sr., farmed, ran a general store, furnished farmers and had a post office called Bakerville. The community was also called "BAKER" or "BAKERS". (from the February 7, 1873 Henry County Register)

DANIEL WILLIAM BAKER
BORN: March 4, 1879
DIED: December 6, 1954, buried in Dothan's Memory Hill Cemetery


1879: Dan Baker is born in Bakerville.

from the December 7, 1954 Dothan Eagle

1887: Dan Baker claimed to have moved to Dothan in 1887. He would have been only 8 years old. Baker Banking and Trust was not organized as a national bank until 1905 or 1906.

1890: Joe Baker, Sr. is already lending money in Dothan (from the September 18, 1890 EUFAULA DAILY TIMES)

(from the September 21, 1890 EUFAULA DAILY TIMES) In less that a month Jane Baker would give birth to her 14th child.

(from the October 2, 1890 COLUMBIA RECORD) Announcement of the birth of the Bakers' fourteenth child.

(July 28, 1898 COLUMBIA BREEZE) B.F. Reid, later hired as Dothan City Attorney, sued Buck Baker on behalf of Ida Clark.

(November 27, 1898 MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER) Buck Baker marries Ida Clark. All future statements that he was a lifelong bachelor are untrue.

from the January 19, 1900 Montgomery Advertiser. Joe Baker, Sr.'s trip to New York City is used to describe Governor Johnston's first days in the Senate if for some reason he was elected over Senator Morgan. The canal being discussed is the Panama Canal.

from the January 10, 1900 GREENVILLE ADVOCATE "Bunting" should read BUNTIN. Buntin's death made his children orphans so they were adopted and raised by Buck's Mother.

from the July 26, 1900 Columbia Breeze
Buck is an election manager for Beat 3 (Dothan)

(from the December 13, 1900 COLUMBIA BREEZE) Joe Baker, Sr.'s death notice

(from the November 28, 1935 DOTHAN EAGLE)

DECEMBER 7, 1903: Buck Baker elected of Dothan City Council

(from the September 14, 1905 ABBEVILLE TIMES)

Buck Baker was one of the stockholders at the formation of the NATIONAL BANK OF SLOCOMB

(from the December 24, 1905 Louisville Courier-Journal )

from the December 21, 1907 Dothan Eagle  The Baker brothers get out of the banking business.

OCTOBER 5, 1908 : BUCK BAKER ELECTED MAYOR

MARCH 30, 1910: BUCK BAKER ELECTED MAYOR (from the March 30, 1910 MONTGOMERY ADVERTISER)

OCTOBER 7, 1914: BUCK BAKER ELECTED MAYOR

October 23, 1926 DOTHAN EAGLE: The old Baker House in Dixie became a funeral home

(from the December 7, 1954 Dothan Eagle)

from the December 9, 1954 Andalusia Star-News