From: Leslie Gunter 
To: BAKER_BOLIN-L@rootsweb.com 
Subject: Biography of Samuel L. Baker Sr.
Date: Wednesday, January 21, 1998 11:03 PM

SAMUEL L. BAKER, SR.
A native of the township in which he now resides, was born June 23,
1825, the youngest of three children born to Valentine and Nancy
(Overton) Baker, both natives of Virginia, the former of German, the
latter of English descent, who came to this State in a very early day.  His
mother died when he was but twelve years of age;  his father remarried and
Samuel remained at home until the age of twenty years, when he married Sarah
Tash.  To their union were born three children, of whom only one is now
living--Nancy A., consort of Mr. George Robinson.  July 24, 1854, Mr. Baker
suffered the bereavement of losing his wife, and in 1856 the nuptials of his
marriage with Harriet O. Green were celebrated, by whom he was father of
eleven children, these seven now living:  William T., Mary, Martha, Erasmus
S., Charlie, and Edna and Ethel who are twins.  He has been a successful
business man, doing carpenter and joiner work together with his principal
occupation, which is farming, and now owns 160 acres of well improved land.
Formerly he was a member of the Masonic fraternity, but is now a demit
member of the order.  In politics he is a Democrat, and he and his wife are
members of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
History of Lawrence, Orange and Washington Counties, Indiana
copyright 1884  Goodspeed Brothers and Company, ChicagoData Entry by Diana
Flynn

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