Bibliography: Herringshaw, Thomas William. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century, Chicago, IL:American Publishers' Association, 1902. page 68 BAKER, ALFRED, banker, was born Feb. 8, 1811, in Warren County, Ga. In 1870 he organized and became president of the National Exchange Bank of Augusta; and in 1875 he established the Augusta Savings bank, and became its president. As a wholesale merchant, manufacturer, and banker he has been one of the leading business men of his section.