BIO: Ard B. BAKER, Huntingdon County, PA

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McElroy, James Thomas Jr., McElroy's Family Memories, 
Huntingdon, PA: (Author), 1930, page 16.
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ARD B. BAKER
Huntingdon, Pa.

Contract Painter:  Born at Alexandria, Pa., Sept. 25, 1865.  A son of G. L. S. 
Baker, a retired Civil War veteran, who served in an Indiana regiment, eighty-
nine years of age.  His wife was Lydia Isenberg, who died in 1928, at the age 
of eighty seven years.  Ard B. Baker attended the Second and Fourth Ward 
schools; also Juniata College, and early in his school career attended 
Colgate's school in Hill Valley, Huntingdon County, Pa.  For forty years he has 
been a contract painter.  Among the various contracts he has executed may be 
named the following:  Union National Bank, First M. E. Church, both of 
Huntingdon, Pa.; also the Public Library at Alexandria, Pa.  He specializes on 
interior decoration.  He belongs to the First M. E. Church; wife also; he is a 
trustee; attends Sunday School.  Is a member of the P.O.S. of A., Camp 321, 
Huntingdon, Pa., The Elks, No. 976; Knights of Pythias and Chamber of Commerce.  
Served on Second Ward election board.  He has five brothers:  Rev. Harry W., M. 
E. minister, Sacramento, Calif.; Rev. Frank K., M. E. minister, Sacramento, 
Calif.; Oscar R., a painter, Huntingdon, Pa.; Charles M, a painter, Huntingdon, 
Pa.; Fred K., Postmaster, Wilkinsburg, Pa.  He has sisters: Laura, married to 
Porter Prough, retired, Huntingdon. Pa.; Lulu, married to George Kyper, 
retired, Huntingdon, Pa.; Fannie, married to Chalmers Norris, Assistant 
Superintendent Silk Mill, Huntingdon, Pa.  Ard B. Baker was married to Ida C. 
Beaver, daughter of F.O. Beaver, dealer in memorials.  Both her parents are 
deceased.  Mr. Baker's hobby is music.