railroad law. The firms' first railroad clients were the Houston and Texas Central and the Missouri–Kansas–Texas Railroad, and it handled matters such as shipper's liability as a common carrier and liquidating land grants. Later the firm represented Jay Gould and the Missouri Pacific Railroad, with Baker as a key member of Gould's legal team. After 1893, the firm by then known as Baker & Botts, was general counsel for the Southern Pacific. Personal life Baker married Rowena Crawford on September 27, 1853, in Huntsville. After a first child who died in infancy, Rowena bore four more children: James, "Minnie," and Anna who survived childhood. Death and legacy Baker died February 24, 1897, and is interred in Huntsville. Baker was a partner for a law firm started in 1840 by Peter Gray, later known as Baker, Botts and Baker, and more recently known as Baker Botts, having celebrated its 175th anniversary in 2015. Baker was the father of Houston banker, lawyer, and original Rice University trustee James A. Baker (born 1857) and the great-grandfather of the Reagan and G. H. W. Bush administration political figure James A. Baker III. Citations References External links 1821 births 1897 deaths American jurists Texas state court judges Members of the Texas Legislature People from Huntsville, Texas People from Madison County, Alabama People of Texas in the American Civil War Confederate States Army 19th-century American politicians People associated with Baker Botts 19th-century American judges