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Born 1881
From Leading events in Johnson County, Iowa, history (1912)
FEED M. BAKER
Fred M. Baker is a native of Fremont township, Johnson county, Iowa, where he was born in 1881. His father, Solomon Baker, married Amanda Jane Loehr, who is Fred M.'s mother. From early life Mr. Baker has been a farmer in his home township, and has been at his present location for nine years. He has a laudable ambition to make his farm one of the attractive and most productive places in the county.
As printed in Leading events in Johnson County, Iowa, history (1912). See the original pages. Wording is the original; obvious scanning errors have been corrected, and a few may remain.
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