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DANIEL S. BAKER, a prominent farmer and representative citizen of North
Woodbury Township, who owns 108 acres of valuable land, has been a resident
of Blair County since 1886 and took possession of his present, farm in 1894.
He was born in Bedford County, Pa., October 30, 1856, and is a son of Peter
and Mary (Snyder) Baker, both of whom were natives of Bedford County. It is
probable that both grandfathers, who were early settlers in Bedford County,
were natives of Germany.
     Daniel S. Baker to a large extent is a self-made man, his early
advantages being those he provided for himself. From youth he has been
engaged in agricultural pursuits, until 1886 in Bedford County and since then
in Blair County. He carries on farming, stock-raising and dairying and has met
with the almost certain success which attends close attention to business and
practical methods, the value of which he has learned by experience.
     On January 30, 1881, Mr. Baker was married to Miss Sarah Dilling, a
daughter of the late John H. Dilling, of Blair County and they have had the
following children: Calvin D., Bertha D., Elvin D., George D., Roy D., Elwood
D. and John E., the last named being deceased. Mr. Baker and wife are members
of the German Baptist church. In politics he is a Republican but has never
consented to hold any office except that of school director, in which he
served faithfully and usefully for six years.