Robert Symington Baker
Robert Symington Baker | |
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| Born | 1826 |
| Died | 1894 |
came to California in 1849 and engaged in mining supplies business, also as Cook and Baker in San Francisco, California. Later he became associated with General Beale in the cattle and sheep business in the northern part of the state and in the Tejon
area.
Career
In 1872, the
John Percival Jones.[1]
Jones and Baker decided to subdivide part of their joint holdings, and in 1875 they created the town of
Rancho La Laguna and had other large business interests.[3]
He is interred at
Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles
.