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Henry Baker

  

Frederick County was formed in 1743 from Orange County. It became Dunmore County in 1772. The name changed to Shenandoah County in 1778. Augusta County became Rockingham County in 1778. In 1881 Page County was created from Rockingham and Shenandoah Counties.

Jacob and Elizabeth Rust
Jacob and Elizabeth Rust
photo courtesy of
Robert Pilcher

Henry Baker was born about 1760 Shenandoah County, Virginia which is now Page County. His parents were Philip Baker and Anna Catherine Gramm. 

He married Magdalena Miller about 1779 in Virginia. Magdalena was born March 3, 1766 in Virginia and was the daughter of Christian and Mary Miller.

Their children, listed in his probate records, were Henry Baker, Jr. (1780), Catherine Baker Nawman (1785, married Samuel Nawman), Samuel Baker (1788), Jacob Baker (1789), Daniel Baker , John Baker (married Susannah Nawman), Magdalena Baker Kemp (Solomon Kemp), and Elizabeth Baker Rust (married Jacob Rust).

Henry and Magdalena were early settlers in Clark County, Ohio.

At the time of the 1830 census there were three Henry Baker households in German Township, Clark County. One household consisted of a man between 60 and 69 (Henry age 70) and a woman between 50 and 59 (Magdalena age 64). They lived next to David and Adam Baker and the Rust Family.

Henry, Sr. died on April 2, 1839 in Clark County, Ohio. Magdalena died on March 3, 1847.

Springfield
Springfield, Ohio - 1846 - Henry Howe
Children of Philip Baker
and Anna Catherine Gramm
  • Jacob Baker
  • John (Johannes) Baker
  • Philip Baker
  • Henry Baker
  • Conrad Baker
  • Samuel Baker
  • Daniel Baker
  • Martin Baker
  • Rudolph Baker
  • Anna Elizabeth Baker Ransbarger

    • Clark County, Ohio was formed March 1, 1817, from Champaign, Madison and Greene Counties. The first settlement was in 1796. The inhabitants of German Township were German Lutherans who came from Virginia.

     

    Unknown Rust Family Photos
    Courtesy of Robert Pilcher.
    Click on the thumbs to see a larger photo.

    		  
     

    A Henry Baker married Frances (Fanny) Baker on December 5, 1825 in Clark County, Ohio.

    At the time of the 1830 census there were three Henry Baker households in German Township, Clark County. One household included a man between 30 and 39, a woman between 20 and 29, 2 boys and a girl under 5. He lived next to Benjamin Miller and was on the same page as Henry Baker, Sr.

    In 1840 there were also 3 households a man between 40 and 49, a woman between 30 and 39, a boy and a girl between 10 and 14 (Levi 14 & Catharine 12), 2 boys and 2 girls between 5 and 9 (Ambrose, Joshua, Rebecca & Mary), and a boy and a girl under 5 (Frances & Henry). This Henry was on the same page with Samuel and David.

    In 1850 there was only one Henry Baker in Clark County. He was 55 and married to Frances Baker 51. His children were Levi 24, Catharine 22, Ambrose 20, Joshua 18, Rebecca 16, Mary M. Baker 14, Frances Baker 13, Henry Baker 12, Rudolph Baker 11, Elizabeth Baker 9, Susanna Baker 8, and Samuel Baker 4.

    		  
    Jacob Rust Family

    from Biographical and Genealogical History of Cass, Miami
    Jacob Rust, the father of Isaac Rust, was born February 28, 1804, in Rockbridge county, Virginia. When he was six years old he moved with his parents to Clark county, Ohio. He married in that county, Miss Elizabeth Baker, born in August. 1803, in Rockbridge county, Virginia, of strong German ancestry.

    After marriage, Mr. Rust cleared up eighty acres of land in Clark county, Ohio, and by thrift and industry added to it until he owned two hundred and seventy acres. His children were: Henry, Simon, Magdalena, David, Aaron, Isaac, Mary and William. Mr. Rust was a member of the Reformed church. He took an active interest in church affairs and was for thirty years an elder. In politics he was a Republican. He was a strong Union man, and his sons Isaac and Aaron served in the Civil war. Aaron was in the marine service on a gunboat in the Mississippi and served one year. Jacob Rust reached the venerable age of nearly ninety-two years, and died on his farm. He was a good citizen, an industrious and highly respected man, benevolent and pious. He gave all his children a start in life.

    Isaac Rust, the subject of this sketch, was born in Clark county, Ohio, February 2, 1841. He received a common-school education, and enlisted February 15, 1865, at Springfield, Ohio, as a private in Company K, Eighty first Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, for one year or during the war. He served until the close of the war and was honorably discharged and mustered out of the United States service, July 13, 1865. Mr. Rust was an active soldier, and always did his full duty promptly and cheerfully, and was never in a hospital. After the war he returned to Clark county, Ohio, and married, September 27, 1874, Mary F. Friermood, daughter of George and Catharine (Michael) Friermood, who was born October 18, 1852, in Delaware county, Indiana.

    George Friermood was born in Clark county, Ohio. His father, Reuben [Friermood], was a pioneer, and married Sallie Kizer. Their children were Jacob, Reuben, William, George, Mary, Catharine, Elizabeth and Martha. Reuben was an early settler in Clark county and died there. George Friermood married Catharine Michael, daughter of Adam Michael. The Michaels were of English descent. Mr. Friermood, after the birth of his first two children, moved to Delaware county, Indiana, and settled in the woods. About 1853 he moved to Grant county," Indiana, and again cleared up a farm in the forest. His children were: Adam, Mary F., Simon and William. He enlisted in the Civil war, as a private, for three years, in the Ninety-ninth Regiment, Company I. He was killed in the first Atlanta campaign. Politically he was a Republican. His first wife died in 1861, and he married a second time, about 1862, just before enlisting, Christina Landis, and they had one child, Lavina, born after Mr. Friermood went to war.

    After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Rust lived in Clark county for six years, and then moved to Howard county, Indiana, October 15, 1880, making the journey with teams and being six days on the way.

    Ten years before this he had bought an eighty-acre tract, and he cleared up more land until he now owns one hundred and twenty acres. The children are Ida F., born November 15, 1875; Anna E., January 10, 1879; Warren K , April 14, 1880; Lilian B., March 22. 1889; and Hobart, July 4. 1893.

    Both Mr. and Mrs. Rust are members of the Methodist Protestant church. Mr. Rust is a Republican in politics. He has been justice of the peace for twelve years. He is a highly respected citizen and well known for his integrity. Aided by his faithful wife, he has reared an excellent family. Ida F., Warren K. and Anna E. are graduates of the public schools of Jackson township, and the two daughters are members of the church.
    tombstone
    photo courtesy of
    Robert Pilcher
       

    Samuel Nawman, farmer; P.O. Springfield. He is a native of German Township, born Feb. 3, 1819; he is a son of Thomas and Catharine (Baker) Nawman, natives of Virginia.

    The grandfather, Thomas Nawman, is supposed to have been born in Massachusetts. He was one of those resolute men who resisted the English rule and imposition of heavy duties, and assisted in throwing overboard the cargo of tea in Boston harbor, and which, followed by other acts and events, resulted in the war of the Revolution.

    Thomas Nawman [Jr.], the father, emigrated to Ohio in 1806, coming through the entire journey on horseback, and located in German Township. Soon after his arrival, he was afflicted with a white-swelling, during which time he lived with one of the early settlers by the name of Friermood, with whom he stayed two years; thence returned to Virginia, and, in 1809, came back to Ohio, the entire family of his father coming with him, and here the grandfather and the father lived and died, being truly pioneers of the county, enduring the many dangers and hardships of that early day, struggling with the wilderness, the wild beasts, the Indians, and the difficulties of the war of 1812. But Mr. Nawman, the father, lived to see these difficulties over-come, and fine farms take the place of the wilderness, and the hand of civilization to bring forth towns and cities, and the comforts and conveniences of one of the finest countries in the world. He died in January, 1863, aged 82 years. His wife died in April, 1864, aged 79 years.

    They were parents of seven children, three now living - Samuel, Magdalene and Amanda. Our subject  lived with his father until 35 years of age. He was married, Aug. 26, 1855, to Louisa M., daughter of William and Matilda Rhonemus, he a native of Clinton Co., Ohio, and she of Virginia; issue, thirteen children; nine now survive - Thomas W., Henry B., Emma, Charles L., Ida, George W., Jasper G., Oly and Carrie. Mr. Nawman, after his marriage, located upon the farm where he now resides, and which has been in possession of the Nawman family seventy-one years; the farm consists of 133 acres of land, on Mad River, with good buildings and improvements, constituting a fine farm.

    		 
     
     

    Thomas Baker, farmer; P.O. Eagle City; born in this county and township Aug. 4, 1820; is a son of John [Baker] and Susannah (Nawman) Baker, natives of Virginia (for the Nawman family, see sketch of Samuel Nawman in this work). The grandfather, Henry Baker, was a native of Virginia, but became one of the early pioneers of Clark Co., and died here.

    John and Susannah were parents of eight children; five now survive - Thomas, Elizabeth, John, Cyrus and Susanna. They located about one mile north of Lawrenceville, where they lived until their death; she died some fifty years ago. He [John] was again married, to Christiana Miller, by whom he had ten children; seven now living - Henry, Aaron, William H., George W., Catharine, Levi and Simon. He died over twenty years ago.

    Our subject made his home with his father until 28 years of age. Was married, in 1849, to Lydia daughter of John and Margaret Hause, natives of Pennsylvania. Issue, six children; three now survive - Harmon H., Emanuel A. and Cyrus W. Mr. Baker, after his marriage, located upon the farm where he now resides, and has made a continued residence of thirty-one years. His farm consists of 36 acres of fine bottomland in the Mad River Valley, most of which is in good cultivation, and constitutes him a very pleasant home and residence. From the History of Clark County, p. 998

    		  
         

     

         

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