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Baker, Richard Henry, born December 18, 1826, at Suffolk, Nansemond county, Virginia, son of Judge Richard Henry
Baker, who was for thirty five years upon the bench of the circuit court and Lelia A. Barraud, his wife. His father's
ancestors were English people who came to this country in 1632, and his mother's were French, who settled here
in 1700. He was educated at the well known boys' school in Amelia county, taught by Mr. William H. Harrison; at
the Episcopal high school near Alexandria, Virginia; and at the Norfolk Academy, from which he entered the University
of Virginia in 1847. There he studied for two sessions, being graduated in 1850 with the degree of Bachelor of
Laws. Upon leaving the university, he began the practice of his profession in the city of Norfolk. In 1861 he enlisted
in the Confederate army as a member of the Third Virginia Battalion, and was afterwards appointed quartermaster
and organized the quartermaster's department for the city of Norfolk. In 1862 he was elected to the legislature
of Virginia, where he served until 1865. After the war he returned to Norfolk and resumed the practice of his profession.
In 1872 he was appointed a member of the board of visitors of the University of Virginia, on which board he served
for four years. Up to the time of the war he was a Whig, and after the war he voted the Democratic ticket. He was
president of the Norfolk Law Libtary Association, and a member of the Norfolk Bar Association, the Norfolk and
Portsmouth Bar Association, the Virginia Bar Association, and many social organizations. On November 12, 1850,
he married Anna Maria May, of Petersburg, Virginia. He died February 1, 1913.
FROM:
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography
Volume III
By: Lyon Gardiner Tyler, LL. D.
Lewis Historical Publishing Company
New York 1915
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