Thomas Renta Baker (1785 - 1854)

Born 8 Jun 1785 in Wilkes, Province of North Carolina [uncertain]

Husband of Ruth Rhodica Lloyd — married 1813 in Maury, Tennessee, United States

Descendants

Died 13 Mar 1854 at age 68 in Baxter, Arkansas, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Baker Name Study.

Thomas Renta Baker was born on 8 June 1785 in Wilkes, Province of North Carolina, son of Zebediah Baker (1737–1817). He was possibly the son of Jane Hannah Providence (1745–1823)., however, there are also possibly two distinctly different Zebediah Baker families at play here.^[1]

Thomas (27) married Ruth Rhodica Lloyd (21) (born in 1791 in Tennessee, United States) in 1813 in Maury, Tennessee, United States. Their children were:

• Sarah Ann Baker (1814–1875)
• Priscilla Caroline Baker (1815–1905)
• Thomas Wilburn Baker (1822–1885)
• Margaret Abbie Baker (1825–1912)
• Ruth Lloyd Baker (1829–1863)
• Louisa Katherine Baker (1830–1904)

In 1850, Thomas (age 64) was living in Subdivision 31, Knox, Tennessee. ^[2]

Thomas died on 13 March 1854 in Baxter, Arkansas, United States, aged 68.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Find a Grave, database and images (accessed 22 October 2020), memorial page for Thomas Renta Baker (8 Jun 1792–13 Mar 1854), Find A Grave: Memorial #21957754, citing Athens Cemetery, Baxter County, Arkansas, USA ; Maintained by Shirley Ridge (contributor 46924027) .
2. ↑ 1850 Census: 1850 United States Federal Census Ancestry.com Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2009. Images reproduced by FamilySearch. Original data - Seventh Census of the United States, 1850; (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, 1009 rolls); Records of the Bureau of the. Citing: Year: 1850; Census Place: Subdivision 31, Knox, Tennessee; Roll: M432_886; Page: 48B; Image: Note: http://trees.ancestry.com/rd?f=sse&db=1850usfedcenancestry&h=6297561&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt Note: Birth date: abt 1785 Birth place: North Carolina Residence date: 1850 Residence place: Subdivision 31, Knox, Tennessee (accessed 13 September 2020)

See also:

• Doris J Grace, How Sweet the Sound: A Memoir (iUniverse, 2009), Family Memoir, image 4-5, details on Lewis with Baker/Comer/Hale/Forrest/McClaren/Peake.
• Event:: U.S. General Land Office Records, 1796-1907, Name: Thomas Baker; Issue Date: 1 Mar 1855; Place: Baxter, Arkansas, USA; Land Office: Batesville; Meridian: 5th PM; Township: 20-N; Range: 11-W; Section: 4; Accession Number: AR0560__.303; Document Number: 5510; Original URL: https://glorecords.blm.gov/search/default.aspx.