Cumberland County, Maine - Clarence Atwood Baker, A.M., M.D. ********************************************************************** USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.rootsweb.com/~usgenweb This copy contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: C. Wendland SilverDrusilla@aol.com Copyright © 2005 by C. Wendland Caitlin's Gold Award Project, Girl Scouts USA, Rio Grande Girl Scout Council, El Paso, Texas ********************************************************************** Biography Clarence Atwood Baker, A.M., M.D. Biographical Review Cumberland County, Maine Boston Biographical Review Publishing Company 1896 Page 457 Clarence Atwood Baker, A.M., M.D., one of the leading physicians of Portland, was born at New Castle, Lincoln County, this State, January 3, 1852, being the representative of one of the early families of that county. His paternal grandfather, Snow Baker, spent the greater portion of his lifetime in that section of the State, as a resident of Boothbay or Alna. John P. Baker, the Doctor's father, was born May 16, 1816, at Alna, where his parents were then residing. He was a millwright by trade, and followed that calling in various towns, including Bristol, and spending many years at New Castle. He came to this city in 1874, and resided here until his decease, November 22, 1887. He married Abbie W. Ford, a native of Marshfield, Mass., and a daughter of Benjamin Ford, who removed from that place to Bristol, Lincoln County, when she was eight years old. Five children were born of their marriage, as follows: Augusta, who died in 1881; Edward L., of Portland; Clarence Atwood, the subject of this sketch; Charles W., of Boston; and Annie H. Dr. Baker received his preliminary education in the public schools of Bristol. He was prepared for college at the Lincoln Academy, New Castle, and in due course graduated in 1878 from Bowdoin College, with the degree of A. B. Three years later he was honored with the degree of A. M. While a collegian he partly paid his expenses by teaching in the public schools. On leaving college he read medicine at the Portland Medical School, a preparatory institution. He subsequently graduated from the Medical Department of Bowdoin College in 1882. He entered upon his profession in this city at 284 Congress Street. Two years later he purchased his present property at 312 Congress Street, where he has been located since. Dr. Baker, who has met with eminent success from the first, took a post-graduate course at Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1887, and devoted the succeeding year to gathering practical experience in his profession at the hospitals of Vienna, Berlin, and London. He has a very large practice, which demands his entire time and attention. The marriage of Dr. Baker with Miss Mary Whitman, daughter of Thomas Whitman, of Providence, R. I., was performed June 4, 1884. Religiously, the Doctor attends and supports the Second Congregational Church, of which Mrs. Baker is a conscientious member. He is a prominent member of the Portland. Medical Club, the State of Maine Medical Association, of the Maine Academy of Medicine and Science, of the British Gynecological Society of London, and of the American Academy of Medicine. He is one of the foremost Masons of the city, being a member of Bristol Lodge, No. 70, A. F. & A. M.; of Greenleaf Chapter; of St. Albans Commandery; of the Portland Council; of the Scottish Rites of Portland; of the Maine Consistory, being a thirty-second degree Mason; and of the Mystic Shrine, Kora Temple, of Lewiston.