Wiley Baker (1850 or 1851 – ?) was a state legislator in North Carolina. He represented Northampton County in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1883. [1] [2] [3]
He was born in 1850 or 1851 and educated following the American Civil War. [4] He was African American. [4] A farmer who lived in Dogwood, North Carolina, [5] he also served as a county official. [6] He was one of a few Republicans – alongside William Belcher, Turner Speller, and Edward H. Sutton, among others – who generally opposed the creation of public schools for white cities in counties with significant black populations. [4] He served on a committee for the state's Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Asylum alongside Jacob Montgomery, James Harris, and William Johnson. [4]
There is no record of his life after the 1890s, and he may have died outside of North Carolina. [4]
Wiley Baker (1850 or 1851 – ?) was a state legislator in North Carolina. He represented Northampton County in the North Carolina House of Representatives in 1883. [1] [2] [3]
He was born in 1850 or 1851 and educated following the American Civil War. [4] He was African American. [4] A farmer who lived in Dogwood, North Carolina, [5] he also served as a county official. [6] He was one of a few Republicans – alongside William Belcher, Turner Speller, and Edward H. Sutton, among others – who generally opposed the creation of public schools for white cities in counties with significant black populations. [4] He served on a committee for the state's Deaf, Dumb, and Blind Asylum alongside Jacob Montgomery, James Harris, and William Johnson. [4]
There is no record of his life after the 1890s, and he may have died outside of North Carolina. [4]