Background
Northup, Beverly A. Baker was born on February 14, 1938 in Columbia, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Charles Clayton Rupard and Annie Cecil Barnes Rupard Collins.
Northup, Beverly A. Baker was born on February 14, 1938 in Columbia, Missouri, United States. Daughter of Charles Clayton Rupard and Annie Cecil Barnes Rupard Collins.
Oper. room secretary, Ellis Fischel Cancer Hospital, Columbia, Missouri, 1976-1977;
secretary, Missouri Cancer Registry, Columbia, 1977-1978;
secretary, U. Missouri Department of Fisheries & Wildlife, Columbia, 1980-1984;
secretary sterile processing, U. Missouri Hospital, Columbia, 1984-1985;
secretary, Control Missouri Regional Center, Columbia, 1985-1986;
research director, Northern Cherokee Nation, Columbia, 1986-1988;
proprietor, Physicians Eyewear & Hearing Aid Center, Columbia, since 1989;
principal chief, Northern Cherokee Nation, Columbia, since 1984. President of the board Northern Cherokee Tribe, Inc., Columbia, since 1984. Indian task force to the governor Missouri Department of Economics Development, Jefferson City, Missoury, 1994.
Tribal historian, spokesperson, consulting geneologist, Northern Cherokee Nation, Columbia, since 1984.
Delaware Boone County Republican Convention, Columbia, 1992, Ninth District Missouri Republican Convention, Columbia, 1992, Missouri Republican Convention, 1992. Board directors Boone County Elections Verification Board, Columbia, 1992. Member National American Indian Council (tribal delegate since 1994), National Organization for the Unification of Native Americans (tribal delegate since 1994), White House Committee for the Recognition of all Indian People (tribal delegate since 1995), Northern Cherokee Community Association (board directors since 1983).
Married Erbie M. Baker, September 10, 1955 (divorced September 1970). Children: Sherry, Peggy, Erbie Junior, Phillip, Jason. Married Robert Lionel Northup, June 29, 1991.