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INDIAN WARS AND PIONEERS OF TEXAS.
WALLER S. BAKER,
WACO.361
Hon. Waller S. Baker was born March 30, 185a,
in Lexington, Fayette County, Ky., a son of John
H. and Amanda (Saunders) Baker, came to Texas
with his parents in 1859, and was reared at the
family homestead on Tonk creek, McLennan
County. He was educated at Baylor University, in
the city of Waco, from which he graduated in June,
1875. After leaving the University he immediately
began the study of law in the office of the late
Thomas Harrison and, April 10, 1876, was admitted
to the bar, since which time he has been actively
engaged in the practice of his profession and has
made his way to a distinguished position at the
bar. From the beginning of his career he has
taken a deep interest in public affairs and for
many years past has been one of the most trusted
and capable leaders that the Democratic party can
boast in this State, but at no time has either sought
or desired public office. He has been sent as a
delegate to nearly every State Convention since
attaining his majority. He was elected Chairman of
the Democratic Executive Committee of his county
in 1884, and was unanimously, and without solicitation
on his part, nominated to the State Senate
in 1887 and overwhelmingly elected at the polls.
n 1892, at the Lampasas State Convention, he
received the Democratic nomination for elector fromthe Seventh Congressional District and January 3,
1893, cast his vote for Cleveland for President and
Stephenson for Vice-President. At the State Convention,
which met in the city of Houston, August
16, 1892, to nominate State officers, he was unanimously
and without opposition elected Chairman of
the State Democratic Executive Committee. This
was at a time when all eyes were turned in search
of a man whose generalship could lead the Democratic
hosts to victory against the combined efforts
of the Populists, Republicans and disgruntled wing
of the Democratic party. He was selected for the
trust. How well he met the great responsibility that
he was called upon to shoulder is attested by the
overwhelming victory won in favor of Hon. James
S. Hogg for Governor. Mr. Baker was married to
Miss Mary M. Mills, January 14, 1886, in Waco,
Texas. She is the daughter of Mrs. Mattie Bonner
Mills and Samuel D. Mills (deceased) of Galveston.
Mr. Baker is one of the most notable figures in
public life in Texas to-day. An excellent lawyer,
genial and affable in social life, he enjoys the contidence
and friendship of his fellow-members of the
bar and all who know him personally. A true and
tried popular leader, his name is one that needs but
to be mentioned to send a thrill through a Democratic
assembly.W. T. ARMISTEAD,
JEFFERSON.Hon. W. T. Armistead, for many years past a
leading lawyer of East Texas and for several terms
a distinguished member of the Texas Legislature, is
a native of Georgia and was born in that State on
the 25th of October, 1848. He graduated from
the University of Georgia in 1871. In 1864 he
enlisted in the Confederate army as a private,
Participated in engagements around Atlanta, was
ounded at the battle of Jonesboro, Ga., and was
made a Prisoner at Gerard Aba during the closing
scenes of the war. He had, however, been promoted
and commissioned Captain before he was
captured.Mr. Armistead came to Texas immediately after
his graduation and located at Douglassville, in Cass
County, Texas, where he taught school. He moved
to Jefferson, Texas, in 1872, and commenced the.
practice of law in 1873, which he continued for
many years as a copartner of Honorable D. B. Culberson,
under the firm name of Culberson
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Brown, John Henry. Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas, book, 1880~; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth6725/m1/435/: accessed April 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.