BIO: William Stansbury BAKER, Huntingdon County, PA

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McElroy, James Thomas Jr., McElroy's Family Memories, 
Huntingdon, PA: (Author), 1930, page 18.
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WILLIAM STANSBURY BAKER
Alexandria, Pa.

Coal Dealer:  Born at Newry, Blair County, Pennsylvania, a son of Thomas J. 
Baker, of Newry, Pa.  He was a Civil War veteran, a Justice of the Peace, a 
School director, and was a deacon in the Lutheran Church for thirty years; owned 
a farm, was a graduate of Pittsburgh Business College, and a useful citizen, now 
deceased.  He was married to Nancy (Graybill) Baker, whose father owned and 
operated the turnpike from Hollidaysburg to Martinsburg, Pa.  She is deceased.  
William Stansbury Baker began his school career in Blair County.  He is a 
graduate of Indiana State Normal, Indiana, Pa., and also the Zenarian Art 
College of Columbus, Ohio   He was a teacher for fourteen years in Blair and 
Huntingdon counties.  He has been a coal dealer for twenty years.  The family 
all belong to the Presbyterian church.  He has been a trustee, he has been a 
councilman for years, and a member of the P.O.S. of A. at Alexandria, Pa.  He 
has five brothers:  H. F., at Kansas City, Mo.; Frank, Kansas City, Mo.; Edward 
W., of Altoona, Pa.; B. A., Hollidaysburg, Pa., and G. G., at Newry, on a farm, 
the old homestead.  One sister, Gertrude, is a twin to her brother B.A.  William 
Stansbury Baker was married to Cecelia McCartney, a daughter of Alan and Anna 
Elizabeth McCartney, natives of Blair County, Pa.  They were married at Altoona, 
Pa.  Mrs. Baker's mother before marriage was Anna Elizabeth Cox, daughter of 
Rev. S. M. and Nancy Cox, of near Bellwood, Pa.  Mrs. Baker has one brother, 
J.C. McCartney, Claysville, Pa.; one sister, Mrs. G. W. Wagner, St. Louis, Mo.  
Alan Coleman McCartney is a grandson of the old Indian hunter.  The Indians 
called him Colie.  He was a machinist at Altoona, Pa.  He is living at 
Alexandria, Pa.  His wife died in 1928, at the age of seventy-four years.  Mr. 
and Mrs. Baker have the following children:  Victor W. is a coal dealer at 
Milroy, Pa.  He is a twin to Donald Allen, deceased.  Elizabeth Ann is a music 
supervisor at Montrose, Montgomery County, Pa.  Margaret Jean, eleven years, in 
sixth grade at school and Alan Barkley, fourteen years of age.