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Submitted: 5/6/21 • Approved: 5/11/21 • Last Updated: 5/14/21 • R416684-G0-S3
1871-1940
Photo/information, courtesy of Edith Guynes Stanley
*Obituary
D.R. [sic] Baker, pioneer oilfield worker, died in a local hospital early this morning, following a lengthy illness.
The 70-year-old man is survived by a brother, sister and niece, all of whom have been notified at their respective homes in Oklahoma, and who are enroute to this city to make arrangements for the funeral.
Powell Funeral Home is in charge.
(Published in Borger Daily Herald (Borger, Tex.), Vol. 15, No. 3, Ed. 1 Monday, December 2, 1940, Page 1)
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Ohio, Births and Christenings Index, 1774-1973
Name: Daniel Westley Baker
Gender: Male
Race: White
Birth Date: 21 May 1871
Birth Place: Noble, Auglaize, Ohio
Father: William Baker
Mother: Margaret Wannan
FHL Film Number: 959200
Indiana, Marriages, 1810-2001
Name: Daniel W Baker
Gender: Male
Event Type: Marriage
Marriage Date: 21 Feb 1891
Marriage Place: Indiana
Spouse: Lucy Moore
Page: 317
FHL Film Number: 007032685
Texas, Death Index, 1903-2000
Name: Daniel W Baker
Death Date: 2 Dec 1940
Death County: Hutchinson
Certificate: 56167
U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007
Name: Daniel Wesley Baker
Birth Date: 21 May 1871
Birth Place: St Mary, Ohio
Death Date: 2 Dec 1940
Claim Date: 10 Dec 1940
Notes: 25 Nov 1977: Name listed as DANIEL WESLEY BAKER
Contributed on 5/6/21
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