| Joseph Stannard Baker Children |
| Written by Sam Cooley | |
| Monday, 18 August 2008 | |
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JOSEPH STANNARD BAKER’S TEN REMARKABLE CHILDREN Joseph Stannard and Alice Potter were married from 1868 until her death in 1883. They had six boys: 1. RAY STANNARD, (1870-1946) Journalist, Author Following his BS at Michigan Agricultural College and a year at the university of Michigan’s law school, Ray worked briefly at his father’s land & title Co. He then began an illustrious career, as a leading muckracker journalist. He wrote for the Chicago Record and McClure’s Magazine 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 numberous books and spent 12 years writing the eight volume Woodrow Wilson, Life and Letter winninga Pulitzer Prize. He was equally well known as Ray married Jessie Irene Beal. Their children were Alice Beal, James Stannard, Roger Denio and Rachel Moore. 2. CHARLES FULLER, (1872-1927) Scientist, Professor, Dean With a B.S. from Michigan Agricultural College and M.A., from Stanford, Charles taought biology at Pomona College (CA) and worked as a botanist in Cuba and Brazil before moving to the Philippines where for 25 years he taught and was Dean of the College of Agriculture at University of the Philippines Los Banos. He was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and member of scientific societies in 6 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 marriued Ninette Evans; they had no children. According to fmily 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 Temple, Tatsuno Japan, next to Tome Matsumoto, the Japanese woman he loved in the Philippines but never married. 3. HENRY (HARRY) DENIO, (1874-1970) Real Estate, Community Activist Following graduation from Michigan 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 hme 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 Presbyterian 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. |