Charles Fuller Baker

JOSEPHSTANNARDBAKER’S TEN REMARKABLE CHILDREN Joseph Stannard and Alice Potter were married from1868 until her death in 1883 They had six boys. 1. RAY STANNARD, (1870-1946) Journalist, Author Following his B.S. at Michigan Agricultural College and a year at the University of Michigan’s law school, Ray worked briefly at his father’s Baker Land &Title Co.He then began an illustrious career, as a leading muckracker journalist. He wrote for the Chicago Record and McClure’s Mag- azine and was a founder of American Magazine. He went to Europe as a reporter on assignment for the State Department. Later he was director of the Press Bureau for the American Commission at the Paris Peace Conference in Versailles, France. He wrote numerous books and spent 12 years writing the eight volume Woodrow Wilson, Life and Letters, winning a PulitzerPrize.Hewas equallywell knownas David Grayson, author of essays and books celebrating nature and humanity. Ray married Jessie Irene Beal, daughter of a Michigan Agricultural College professor. Their children were Alice Beal, James Stannard, Roger Denio and Rachel Moore. JSB, 1885 or 1890Alice, 1875 2. CHARLES FULLER, (1872-1927) Scientist, Professor, Dean With a B.S. fromMichigan Agricultural Col- lege and M.A. fromStanford, Charles taught biology at Pomona College (CA) and worked as a botanist in Cuba and Brazil before mov- ing to the Philippines where, for 25 years, he taught and was Dean of the College of Agri- culture at University of the Philippines, Los Banos.He was a fellowof the American Association for the Advancement of Science and member of scientific societies in six countries.He published over 100 scientific articles and conducted numerous scientific expeditions, mainly in Central American and Asian tropics. His collection of over 300,000 insects is in the Smithsonian Museum, Washington, D.C. In California he married Ninette Evans; they had no chil- dren. According to family lore, she could not compete with his love of science, especially insects. She did not grant the divorce he sought. He is buried in Saye Tem- ple, Tatsuno Japan, next to Tome Matsumoto, the Japa- nese woman he loved in the Philippines but could not marry. 3. HENRY (HARRY) DENIO, (1874-1970) Real Estate, Community Activist Following graduation fromMichigan Agricultural College, Harry joined his father at the Cushing Land Agency, later Baker Land & Title Co., in St. Croix Falls, WI. (That building is now home to the St. Croix Falls Historical Society) He managed the company for 72 years and was president of nine banks. A community activist, he was elected to local government offices and had leading roles in Red Cross, Salvation Army, Hospital board and Presbyte- rian Church. He was instrumental in establishing Wisconsin’s first state park at the Dalles of the St. Croix River. He and his wife, Helen Gower, had a son John Gower and lost a second child in infancy.Following the loss of his first and second (also Helen) wives, he married Fannie Heller. Their children were Harriet and Robert Denio. 4. CLARENCE DWIGHT, (1876-1906) Teacher, Publisher’s Rep The first Baker born in St. Croix Falls WI, Clarence studied at Macalester College (Minnesota). where he was editor of the paper and captain of the football team, and at the University of Chicago. While a student he spent summers in Alaska as a railroad worker and prospector. He taught high school for three years and authored a physics textbook. In 1902 he became an education/textbook representative for D. Appleton Publishers. His marriage to Carolyn Chubb was a mere six months before he died of a brain tumor at 29. Carolyn and their daughter, Mary Dwight continued to be very much part of the Baker family, as was Carolyn’s half sister, Helen Sutton. Mary Dwight and Helen were married in a double wedding at the home of their uncle, Ray Stannard Baker. Helen’s children, the Gulicks, are consid- eredpart of the Baker tribe withthe number 4s. L-R: Helen, Carolyn and Mary D