Excerpt from A Canadian Soldier: George Harold Baker, Lieutenant Colonel 5th C. M. Killed in Action at Ypres, June 2nd, 1916

George Harold Baker came of a United Empire Loyalist family, which had already contributed largely to the public life of the Eastern Townships, the Province of Quebec, and the Dominion of Canada. His great-grandfather, Joseph Baker, after the acknowledgement of American independence, left Petersham, Mass., with his young wife (Polly Stevens), and settled in the Township of Dunham, Missisquoi County, in 1793. Joseph Baker's son, William Baker, represented the County of Missisquoi in the last Parliament of Lower Canada from 1834 to 1837, he married Harriet Clap, of Montgomery, Vt., daughter of Joshua Clap and Nabby Barnard. George Barnard Baker, the third son of William Baker, took his degrees in arts and law at Bishop's College, which subsequently conferred upon him the honorary degree of D.C.L. In 1860, he established himself in the practice of law at Sweetsburg, and early in a successful professional career, he was made a Q.C., both for the Province and the Dominion.

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