Thomas Baker was born March 22, 1859 at Davenport, Iowa. He married Amanda Santee in Illinois in 1887.
Mr. Baker was the president and the largest stockholder in the Livestock and Meat Produce Company in Carrington. The meat market was established in 1909. He also had the controlling interest in a livestock-buying agency. He was widely known over North Dakota, Montana, and Calgary, Alberta through his forty years as a horse buyer and trader.
In Carrington he also operated a livery barn and pool hall.
Mr. Baker held a contract to build a railroad through this region.
Mr. Baker died in 1934.
Source: A History of Foster County 1983 Page 16B