George Washington Baker (1848 - 1918)

Born 25 Oct 1848 in Ladoga, Montgomery, Indiana, USA

Ancestors

Husband of Fannie Luceba (Beal) Baker — married 21 Mar 1878 in Franklin County, Kansas

Husband of Jennie S. Ashby — married 13 Mar 1890 in Douglas Co., Kansas

Descendants

Died 18 Sep 1918 at age 69 in Princeton, Franklin, Kansas, USA

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Biography

George was born in Ladoga, Montgomery Co., Indiana on October 25, 1848 to Joshua Baker and Elizabeth Noffsinger and passed away on Wednesday, September 18, 1918. ^[1]

George married his first wife, Fannie L. Beal, daughter of J C Beal and Polly Rice, on March 21, 1878 at the home of the Bride's father (Joseph C. Beal). ^{[2] [3] [4]}

After Fannie passed away on October 5, 1888 ^[5] George married his second wife, Jenny Ashby, daughter of James Clayton Ashby and Mary Francis Foster. ^[6]

Obituary

LIVED IN COUNTY 63 YEARS GEORGE W. BAKER DIED YES- TERDAY AT FARM HOME.

Funeral of Pioneer Kansan to be Held at Baker Church Friday Afternoon

George W. Baker of Pottawatomie township died at his home on the farm six miles east of Princeton yesterday of cancer of the stomach. He is sur- vived by the widow and three children, J. Joe Baker of Fleet, Alberta, Can.; Franklin P. Baker of Princeton, and Mrs. Mary Carson of Forsyth, Mont. There are two surviving brothers, Frank A. Baker of Lane, and Joseph Baker of Greeley. He was a brother of the late Mrs. A. L. Lindgard. Mrs. Carson is now at the home near Princeton. It will be impossible for the son J. J. Baker of Fleet, to come for the the funeral. The funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Baker church three miles west of Lane. The deceased had long been a member of the congregation. Burial will be in Baker cemetery. George W. Baker was born at La- doga, Ind., Oct. 25, 1848. He came to Kansas at the age of seven years and had lived in Pottawatomie township sixty-three years. He was married to Miss Fannie Beal in 1878. Her death occurred in 1888. He was married again to Miss Jennie Ashby who sur- vives. ^[1]

Sources

• Y-DNA tests taken by two distant but direct male descendants were both linked to George's 2X great grandfather: [ [Baker-7255 | Samuel Baker] ]. See Group 4 (purple) on BakerDNA.net, #128561 and #264985.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Lived in County 63 Years,” The Ottawa Herald, (daily), Ottawa, Kansas, Thursday, 19 September 1918, page 1, column 4, George W. Baker obituary. KSHS microfilm O354.
2. ↑ Marriage License of George W. Baker (1878), State of Kansas, County of Franklin, Office of Probate Judge. Personal copy in the files of Denise Baker
3. ↑ "Died," Ann Arbor Courier, March 18, 1881, page 3, column 5; http://oldnews.aadl.org/; Accessed online: 22 Mar 2014.
4. ↑ “County Chit-Chat,” Ottawa Journal and Triumph, (weekly), Ottawa, Kansas, Thursday, 21 November 1889, page 2, columns 5-6, Grandpa [Joseph] Beal death notice. KSHS microfilm O616.
5. ↑ "Died," The Commercial Bulletin, 11 Oct 1888. Page 3, column 3. Lane, Kansas. Newspapers.com : online database, Accessed March 6, 2019.
6. ↑ "Kansas State Census, 1865", database online. Palmyra Township, Douglas County, Kansas, USA; Family 614, pg. 92, lines 12-177; August 8, 1865; Kansas State Historical Society; Topeka, Kansas; 1865 Kansas Territory Census; Roll: ks1865_3; Line: 1.