Background
Baker, Charles Hinckley was born on November 30, 1864 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William T. and Eliza A. (Dunster) Baker.
Baker, Charles Hinckley was born on November 30, 1864 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of William T. and Eliza A. (Dunster) Baker.
Civil Engineer, Cornell, 1886.
Resident engineer C.,B.&Q. Railway, C., Rhode Island&P. Railway, and C.&North.-West. Railway, 1884-1887. Resident engineer Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern Railway, 1887-1890. Civil engineer and contractor, 1890-1895.
Receiver Merchants’ National Bank, Seattle, 1895-1898.
Built 3d Saint and Suburban Railway, Seattle. Organized and completed Snoqualmie Falls Power Company (now Seattle-Tacoma Power Company), transmitting, electrically, 19,000 half-pay
30 miles to Seattle and 44 miles to Tacoma, 1898, also White River Power Company. Promoter reclamation Florida Everglades.
President Westchester—Putnam Company Life Society Delaware Democratic National Convention, 1896.
Bolted and started Gold Democratic movement in State of Washington Owner Mohegan Holstein and Knickerbocker farms, Moore Haven, Florida Home: Mohegan Lake, New York Deceased.
Married Gladys France, June 13, 1888.