William Robinson Baker

William Robinson Baker

• Father: Asa Baker
• Mother: Hannah Robinson

• William Robinson Baker was born on 21 May 1820.
• He married Hester Eleanor Runnels, daughter of Hosea H. Runnels and Lucy Jackson, on 15 December 1845.
• William Robinson Baker became a widower at the 14 February 1880 death of his wife Hester Eleanor Runnels.
• The following appeared on 30 September 1881 in The Galveston Daily News: (Houston, Sept. 29) Hon. W. R. Baker returned last night from Washington, D. C., accompanying Miss Daisy Bates, who has just completed her education in Virginia. Mayor Baker was present in Washington at the obsequies of the late President J. A. Garfield.
• William Robinson Baker died on 30 April 1890 at age 69 in Houston, Harris County, Texas.
• The following appeared on 1 May 1890 in The Galveston Daily News: (Houston, April 30) This evening at 7.30 o'clock Houston sustained a loss that can not be repaired in the death of Hon. Wm. Robinson Baker, one of her oldest and most highly esteemed citizens. . . .
       ". . . He married in December, 1845, Miss Hester E. Runnells, a daughter of Hosea A. Runnels, a prominent merchant of Mississippi and brother of Governor Hiram G. Runnels of that state, in whose family Mrs. Baker was raised after the governor had settled as a planter in Brazoria county, Tex."
       . . . The funeral will take place to-morrow afternoon at 4.30 o'clock.

• Last Edited: 26 Dec 2012