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 Elias Baker's Tombstone Lawrenceville Cemetery photo by Scott Baker |
Samuel Baker was born on January 26, 1787 in Dunmore County Virginia which is now Page County. He was the son of Jacob Baker and Magdalene Kibler. He was one of the early pioneers in Clark County, Ohio. He settled there in 1811. Samuel, with his brothers, Philip and John, was a soldier in the War of 1812. He may have married Mary Nawman on July 4, 1815 in Clark/Champaign County, Ohio. There were two Samuel Bakers who were born about the same time. One was the son of Henry Baker and the other the son of Jacob. It isn't clear which Samuel married Mary. . Mary's siblings married children of Henry. Samuel and Mary's children included: The family helped organize and worshiped at Mt. Pisgah Church in Lawrenceville. Samuel inherited one fifth of his father's land. The family appeared in the 1830 census of German Township. The household consisted of a man and a woman between 20 and 30 and one boy under five and two girls under five. They remained in German Township in 1840 and 1850. In 1850 the family consisted of Samuel age 62, Mary age 53, Elias age 17, and Mary J. age three. Samuel died on May 1, 1858 and was is buried at Lawrenceville Cemetery. In 1860 the household consisted of Elias age 27, Mary age 62 and Mary J. age 13. In 1870 Mary was living with Elias and his family. Elias was 36 and classified as a retired farmer. Mary died in 1876.
|  Samuel Baker's Tombstone Lawrenceville Cemetery photo by Scott Baker
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