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== JOSEPH K. BAKER 1827-1886 ==
 
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Junior Grand Warden, 1873
 
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"R.W. and Hon. Joseph Kelley Baker, of Dennis, died suddenly at his residence, on Saturday, November 13, 1886, aged fifty-nine years.
 
"R.W. and Hon. Joseph Kelley Baker, of Dennis, died suddenly at his residence, on Saturday, November 13, 1886, aged fifty-nine years.
  
"He was born in the township of Dennis, October 27, 1827. In early manhood he became a mariner and afterward engaged in the fishing and mercantile business, in which he was successful. His public, like his business life, was an active and prosperous one. He represented his District in the Massachusetts Legislature during the years 1870-1871 ; was elected to the Senate fom the Cape District in 1872-1873. January 13, 1875, he was elected by the Legislature to fill the vacancy occasioned in the Governor's Council by the death of Hon. Alfred Macy, of Nantucket, and was elected by the people in 1875, '76, '77, and '78.
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"He was born in the township of Dennis, October 27, 1827. In early manhood he became a mariner and afterward engaged in the fishing and mercantile business, in which he was successful. His public, like his business life, was an active and prosperous one. He represented his District in the Massachusetts Legislature during the years 1870-1871; was elected to the Senate fom the Cape District in 1872-1873. January 13, 1875, he was elected by the Legislature to fill the vacancy occasioned in the Governor's Council by the death of Hon. Alfred Macy, of Nantucket, and was elected by the people in 1875, '76, '77, and '78.
  
 
"He was Deputy Collector of Customs at Dennis Port from 1861 to 1871. In 1884 he was appointed on the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners, which position he was holding at the time of his death. In town affairs he was active, having served as a member of the School Board, and in many other ways, to the entire satisfaction of his fellow-townsmen. In connection with banking interests we find his name enrolled for many years as a Director of the Cape Cod National Bank at Harwich, and for nearby two years as President thereof. At the time of his death he was President of the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank of Harwich, which corporation he previously served for many years as a Trustee. He was called to act as Trustee and Director in other business and financial institutions, and was unremitting in his fidelity to their interests.
 
"He was Deputy Collector of Customs at Dennis Port from 1861 to 1871. In 1884 he was appointed on the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners, which position he was holding at the time of his death. In town affairs he was active, having served as a member of the School Board, and in many other ways, to the entire satisfaction of his fellow-townsmen. In connection with banking interests we find his name enrolled for many years as a Director of the Cape Cod National Bank at Harwich, and for nearby two years as President thereof. At the time of his death he was President of the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank of Harwich, which corporation he previously served for many years as a Trustee. He was called to act as Trustee and Director in other business and financial institutions, and was unremitting in his fidelity to their interests.

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JOSEPH K. BAKER 1827-1886

JosephKBaker.jpg

Junior Grand Warden, 1873

MEMORIAL

From Proceedings, Page 1886-133.

"R.W. and Hon. Joseph Kelley Baker, of Dennis, died suddenly at his residence, on Saturday, November 13, 1886, aged fifty-nine years.

"He was born in the township of Dennis, October 27, 1827. In early manhood he became a mariner and afterward engaged in the fishing and mercantile business, in which he was successful. His public, like his business life, was an active and prosperous one. He represented his District in the Massachusetts Legislature during the years 1870-1871; was elected to the Senate fom the Cape District in 1872-1873. January 13, 1875, he was elected by the Legislature to fill the vacancy occasioned in the Governor's Council by the death of Hon. Alfred Macy, of Nantucket, and was elected by the people in 1875, '76, '77, and '78.

"He was Deputy Collector of Customs at Dennis Port from 1861 to 1871. In 1884 he was appointed on the Board of Harbor and Land Commissioners, which position he was holding at the time of his death. In town affairs he was active, having served as a member of the School Board, and in many other ways, to the entire satisfaction of his fellow-townsmen. In connection with banking interests we find his name enrolled for many years as a Director of the Cape Cod National Bank at Harwich, and for nearby two years as President thereof. At the time of his death he was President of the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank of Harwich, which corporation he previously served for many years as a Trustee. He was called to act as Trustee and Director in other business and financial institutions, and was unremitting in his fidelity to their interests.

"His Masonic connections may be briefly stated as follows : — He received the degree of Master Mason in Fraternal Lodge, Hyannis, July 24, 1854, and was a Charter member of Mount Horeb Lodge, West Harwich, whose date of precedence is 1854. He served this new organization as Treasurer in 1865-1866; Senior Warden, 1854, '55, '79, '80; Master, 1856, '57, '58, '62, '63. In this Grand Lodge he is enrolled as District Deputy Grand Master from 1868 to 1871, inclusive (Fifteenth District), and Junior Grand Warden in 1873.

"At the Quarterly Communication held March 10, 1886, Brother Baker was elected a Trustee of the Masonic Education and Charity Trust, to fill the vacancy in said Board caused by the resignation of R.W. George P. Sanger. In all these official trusts, and, in fact, in every other committed in part or wholly to his care, we find a record of fidelity, ability and integrity. Throughout his manhood he was deeply interested in public matters, and active in the discharge of public duties. His influence extended not only throughout the County of Barnstable, but it was felt and appreciated wherever his interests, or those of his friends, called for its exercise. He may worthily be termed the representative man of the peninsula of Cape Cod; for, while many sons of that arm of our Commonwealth have prospered, become honored and noted away from their ancestral homes, Brother Baker won his laurels and became honored throughout the Commonwealth, ever retaining his ancestral home, and clinging with a never-ceasing reverence to the traditions, history and memories of the Cape.

"Influenced and strengthened by the teachings of our Order, he was kind-hearted and benevolent; the needy and suffering ever found in him a generous friend. His zeal in the discharge of obligations of every nature rendered him eminently worth of great trusts and responsibilities; and his appointment or election to many public and important positions indicated an appreciation of his noble character. He did faithfully his duty to. the town in which he lived, bringing energy and wisdom to the humblest responsibilities. His decease is a great loss to his fellow-citizens, for the town, the State, the Fraternity have been bereaved of a true patriot, a useful citizen and a faithful Brother."


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