HENRY A. BAKER
OAKDALE (MONTVILLE): Postmaster
Henry Augustus Baker occupied the offices of judge of probate and town clerk for twenty-five years, and has been a notary public for thirty. Since 1875 he has been engaged in the fire insurance business, but was formerly a carpenter and farmer. He is also the postmaster at Oakdale, receiving the appointment in 1889 as a republican. For the past sixteen years Judge Baker has been engaged in compiling a history of Montville and a genealogy of the first settlers there. The work is now nearly ready for publication. From 1853 until 1857 he resided in Norwich. The judge is a native of Montville, the date of his birth being October 29, 1823. He received a common school education. May 18, 1846, he was married to Miss Hannah Fox Scholfield, who is still living. There are also two children living, three having died. Judge Baker is a deacon in the First Congregational church at Montville, and clerk and treasurer of the church. He is also a member of Oxoboro Lodge, F. and A. M., at Montville, and has held the position of chaplain of the organization.
Source: Illustrated Popular Biography of Connecticut - 1891, Compiled and Published by J. A. Spalding, Hartford Conn., Press of the Case, Lockwood and Brainard Company, 1891
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