Pope, Eleanor Holley Baker (1905-1981) | Sargeant Memorial Collection

Name: Pope, Eleanor Holley Baker (1905-1981)

Historical Note: Eleanor Holley Baker was born on October 18, 1905 in Culebra, Puerto Rico. She was the daughter of Cecil Sherman Baker and Lillie Holley Baker. Eleanor had a younger brother, Cecil Sherman Baker, Jr., who was born on October 23, 1906 in Norfolk, Virginia. Eleanor grew up as the daughter of a naval officer; therefore, she lived in many different places, including Princeton, New Jersey; Washington D. C.; Brooklyn, New York; Newport, Rhode Island; Norfolk, Virginia; United States Virgin Islands; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Los Angeles, California; and San Diego, California. She died on February 20, 1981 in San Diego, California and was buried at Glen Abbey Cemetery in Bonita, California. Eleanor was married to Earl H. Pope and they had a son, William Tecumseh Sherman Pope, who was born on February 2, 1942.

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