Anna B (Burroughs) Baker (1856 - 1932)

Born 25 May 1856 in Lafayette, Tippecanoe, Indiana, United States

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Died 10 Jan 1932 at age 75 in Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, United States

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Biography

Anna B. Burroughs was born May 25, 1856, at Lafayette, Ind. She was educated in the schools of Lafayette. She was united in marriage on Oct. 18, 1877, with Samuel Brown Baker.

Samuel Brown Baker was born in Dover, England, Jan. 4, 1853. He was a son of Henry Baker, who was long connected with the Civil Service Department of the English Government.

Samuel Baker came to Lafayette, Ind., in 1869 and was associated with The Lafayette Journal fourteen years. In 1883 he removed with his family to Parkersburg, W. Va., where for eighteen years he was engaged with A. B. White in the publication of the State Journal. In 1901 he was appointed by Gov. A. B. White as Adjutant General of West Virginia. He was reappointed to that office in 1905 by Gov. M. O. Dawson. He removed with his family to Huntington, W. Va., in 1904, and became a partner in the Huntington Herald. He disposed of his interest in the Herald in 1906 and moved with his family to Clarksberg, W. Va., where he became business manager of the Clarksberg Telegram.

On April 27, 1907, he accompanied Gov. Dawson to the opening of the Jamestown Exposition. He then went with the governor to Charleston, W. Va., on the transaction of official business. He left Charleston on May 1st. to return home. Their train met with a terrible accident in which many people were killed or wounded. Regardless of the danger to himself from exposure to the cold, he removed both his coats to be used as pillows by ladies seriously injured. He contracted a serious cold which developed into pneumonia, of which he died on May 17, 1907. He was buried in Parkersburg, W. Va. His family now resides in that city.

Mrs. Anna B. Baker is a member of Trinity Episcopal Church.

Sources

• History and Genealogy of the John Shepherd Family compiled by R.N. Hodgman, Cleveland Ohio 1913. A copy of the book is in the possession of Bonnie Nilsen who has constructed a website about it at (http://www.johnshepherdfamily.com).

"Indiana Marriages, 1780-1992", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XFXC-1J4 : 13 January 2020), Anna V. Burroughs in entry for Samuel B. Baker, 1877. Anna died about 1932 in West Virginia.