Baker, John Wesley, 1826-1902.

John Wesley Baker, Methodist preacher, was born February 13, 1826, in Monroe, Walton County, Georgia, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Baker. He had a limited education. He was licensed to preach by the Protestant Methodist Church when he was about thirty years old. In 1868, the Methodist Episcopal Church, South received him on trial in the traveling connection. Some of the circuits he served were: Gwinnett, 1870; Hartwell, 1871-1872; Morganton, 1873; Alpharetta, 1874; Dallas, 1875; Dawsonville 1876; Belton 1877, 1882; Etowah, 1878-1879; Polk, 1880-1881; and Cobb 1883-1884. His health, long infirm from asthma, failed and he retired in 1894. He continued to do pastoral work until his death in Madison, Georgia on February 18, 1902. His wife, Nan had died one month before on January 8, 1902. They had one son Joe, a doctor in White Plains, Alabama.