Arizona republican., 1921-03-19
MAN MAY
 SHARE IN HUGE
 EASTERN ESTATE
Joseph Baker Brown Of Phoenix One Of Heirs To Vast Property Accumula- tion Dating From Revo- lutionary Times

A Phoenix man may share in the $500, 000.0 estate of Col. Jacob Baker, Revolutionary war hero, which is re ported in a process of settlement in Philadelphia The local claimant is Joseph Baker Brown, 1925 West Mad ison street. resident here for several years. Though there are already more than 300 heirs in the field for the es- tate. MT. Browns share, if his claim is admitted. would stil be large enough to make him a. millionaire.
 Mir. Brown and his five brothers. all living in Los Angeles. base their claims in the estate on the fact that they are the only heirs of Joseph T. Baker, a veteran of the Mexican war Of 1S4S- who was a direct descendant of Colonel Baker
 T understand it may be a year be- fore the claims of all the helrs are es- tablished, but in any event the estate will be protected and funds held in trust until all heirs have been found and proper distribution made. If there is any virtue in the various reports, it would be next to impossible to est- mate the portion of the estate that would come to me, but I'm sure 1t would be at least a million was MT. Browns only comment yesterday on the subject of the immense estate.
 The $500. .000. 900 Baker estate has been much in the public eve in weeks past as reports of its coming dlvlsion increas sed and newspapers have print ed columns about it. Every city or consequence haE contributed to the small army of heirs, though of these there has always been plenty.
 Estate Century Old
 Col. Jacob Baker was one of the countless heroes of the Revolution. and during his lifetime accumulated much property So popular was he in Phlia-
 hot fl,n gave him 160 acres of land, in what is now the best business districts, and at his death he also left valuable coal lands in the AIleghanies and varied in terests in Ohio and on the Hudson river. Most of the townsite of Chilli cothe, Ohio. is said to be part of the estate. which has grown to it's present size from the orlglnal property or . century ago.
 Definite details of the prescott status of the Baker estate have not been car ried in recent press reports, but Mir. Browns information is to the effect that the property, most of which, es- pecially in Philadelphia. has been held on 99-year leases, which now have ex- pired, is to be divided among the known heirs, along with the vast ac- cdmulated revenues. The North Amer sican bank is understood to be adminr istrator of. the estate.
 While the Baker millions have leaped into prominence recently because of the prospects for division in the near future, descendants of the original Baker have been advancing their claims for years. In fact. more than ten years ago a large number of heirs formed an association. which eventual ly had more than 800 members, and sent an attorney to Philadelphia. He worked on the estate more than two years. but it appeared that the prop erty. mucl, of it still under lease, would not be divided then, and efforts were stopped for the time being. No one has dared estimate how many hundred people will share the ss00.000. .0o0 when it is finally divided.