Bibliography: Herringshaw, Thomas William. Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century, Chicago, IL:American Publishers' Association, 1902. page 68 BAKER, CHARLES JOSEPH, merchant, manufacturer, was born May 28, 1821, in Baltimore, Md. It was through his efforts that the Union railroad and tunnel were constructed; and, having bought control of The Baltimore Gazette, he was enabled to advance reform movements. He died Sept. 23, 1894, in Baltimore, Md.