Job Baker

  • Born March 27, 1843 in Melmore, Seneca County, Ohio.
  • Parents were RICHARD BAKER and FANNIE WHEELER.
  • Married ELIZA NICHOLS on November 10, 1865 in Wyandot County, Ohio. Eliza was born November 15, 1847 in Berkeley County, Virginia (now West Virginia) to HENRY M. NICHOLS and MARGARET LEMASTER; and died January 24, 1912 in Sycamore, Wyandot County, Ohio, of hemhorrage.
  • He purchased 137.05 acres in Lykens Township, Section 18, Township 1, Range 16, from Arthur and Ann E. Andrews on September 30, 1864 for $5900. Received at recorder's office September 19, 1865 and recorded October 3, 1865. W. C. Grimble, Crawford County Recorder. This property was sold to Rufus Brown on March 19, 1873 for $8000. Received at recorder's office May 7, 1873 and recorded June 26, 1873. J.L. Bryant, Deputy Recorder, Crawford County. You would find this property east of present State Route 100 and north of present State Route 103. It is between Lykens and Plankton.
  • Occupation - Farmer.
  • Member of Company B, 49th Regiment, Ohio Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War.
  • Resided in Sycamore Township, Wyandot County, Ohio. His farm also extended into Seneca County.
  • Died December 13, 1928 in Sycamore Township, Wyandot County, Ohio.
  • Both Job and Eliza are buried in Rock Creek Cemetery, Eden Township, Seneca County, Ohio.





CHILDREN

  1. MARY P. BAKER, born about 1869 in Lykens, Crawford County, Ohio. Married LINCOLN RHODES. They lived in South Charleston, Clark County, Ohio in 1912 & 1917.
  2. MAUD A. BAKER, born June 11, 1869 in Lykens, Crawford County, Ohio; and died in March, 1900 in Turner, Kansas. Married WILLIAM SHEETS.
  3. WHEELER HARRY BAKER, born September 8, 1872 in Lykens, Crawford County, Ohio; died in 1941. Married GERTRUDE L. LaRUE on October 2, 1902 in Wyandot County, Ohio.
  4. MONROE BAKER, born about 1876 in Ohio. Married ROSE DELLA ASHLOCK.
  5. NORA D. BAKER. Probably never married.
  6. CHARLES FRANK BAKER, born August 18, 1882 near Mexico, Wyandot County, Ohio; and died June 17, 1917 in Kansas City, Missouri. Buried in Rock Creek Cemetery, Eden Township, Seneca County, Ohio. Probably never married.
  7. FANNIE BAKER, born in 1884, probably near Mexico, Wyandot County, Ohio; died October, 1892 in Wyandot County, Ohio. She drowned in a stream at home. Buried in Rock Creek Cemetery, Eden Township, Seneca County, Ohio.

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BIOGRAPHY

  • Job Baker