Grandfather was born in Pine Valley, Utah on February 5, 1871 to Thomas Baker and Martha Ann Larson Baker. He was baptized by Harrison Burgess in 1880. He lived in Pine Valley and St. George until he was 18 years old, then he moved to Thurber, Wayne, Utah. He came before his parents. He helped to bring a herd of cattle in to the area. He lived with Willard Snow until his parents came.

He herded cattle, worked in the grain fields, and other odd jobs until his marriage. In the Winter time he attended short terms of school. He married Samantha Lucinda Mangum on December 15, 1891. They were the parents of 9 children, 7 survived to adulthood.

He was set apart as second counselor to Bishop George Brinkerhoff of the Thurber Ward. He had been ordained an elder by David Cannon in the St. George Temple, when he received his endowments and was sealed to his wife and son, Clarence. The rest of the children were Born in the Covenant.

Being a pioneer of this country, he helped to dig the ditches, build the schools and church building, and the road that we today enjoy.

Grandfather was a member of the Wayne County School Board for twenty years, he has been a board member of the Fremont Irrigation Company and was a stockholder in the Peoples Merc Store in Bicknell, Utah.

During his life, he owned a great deal of property and handled quite a lot of money, but through unwise investments and economic downturns he has lost most of his property. But he was never a quitter. He owned a small store and service station later in his life and made a good living for himself and Grandmother. He was always free-hearted and helped his children when they needed it. He was very civic minded. He collapsed at a Wayne High School Basketball Game and died of a Heart Attack on February 4, 1944.

NOTE: Thurber was changed to Bicknell in 1913 and Piute was divided to make Wayne County in 1892.