Personal Life
Baker, born in Troy, New York, was the son of Eveline Stevens Baker and George Ellis Baker, a shoe-store owner who was elected in 1850 on the Whig ticket to the New York State Assembly. At the age of 14, he entered S.S. Seward Institute in Florida, New York, where he studied geography, bookkeeping, history, and algebra. At 16, he was hired as the junior most clerk in the New York State Banking Department. He enlisted in the 18th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteers at the start of the Civil War, and rose to the rank of first lieutenant and adjutant. He married Florence Tucker Baker (daughter of Benjamin Franklin Baker and Sophronia J. Whitney) in 1869, and was the father of:
- Evelyn Baker (1870–1936) m. 1891 Howard Bligh St. George
- Florence Bellows Baker (1876–1936) m. William Goadby Loew
- George Fisher Baker Jr. (1878–1937) m. Edith Brevoort Kane
His son George Fisher Baker, Jr.'s daughter Edith married John M. Schiff of Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
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