Background
Baker, William Mumford was born on June 5, 1825 in Washington, District of Columbia. Son of Daniel and Elizabeth (McRobert) Baker.
Baker, William Mumford was born on June 5, 1825 in Washington, District of Columbia. Son of Daniel and Elizabeth (McRobert) Baker.
Graduate Princeton, 1846, attended Seminary, 1847-1848.
Ordained to ministry Presbyterian Church, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1850. Pastor First Presbyterian Church, Austin, Texas, 1850-1865. Unionist during Civil War.
Pastor at Zanesville, O., 1866-1872, Newburyport, Massachusetts, 1872-1874, South Boston, 1874-1876, South Church, Philadelphia, 1881-1883.
Wrote several books, 1876-1881. Author: Inside: A Chronicle of Secession (record of his life in South during Civil War), 1866.
Oak Mot, 1878. The Ten Theophanies, 1883.
Married Susan Hartman, January 5, 1850.