Genealogy Wylie » Joseph Harrison Baker (1830-1913)

Personal data Joseph Harrison Baker 

  • He was born on February 2, 1830 in Washington County Georgia.
  • Census in the year 1850, Washington County Georgia.
  • Census in the year 1860, Lexington, Burleson County, Texas.
  • Census in the year 1870, Fayette Co. Texas.
  • Census in the year 1880, Fayette Co. Texas.
  • Census in the year 1900, Fayette Co. Texas.
  • Census in the year 1910, Fayette Co. Texas.
  • He died on March 18, 1913 in Grapevine, Tarrant County, Texas, he was 83 years old.
  • A child of Thomas Harrison Baker and Anna Marie Mills
  • This information was last updated on June 20, 2011.

Household of Joseph Harrison Baker

(1) He is married to Martha Jane Mills.

It is my personal speculation that probably Joseph Harrison Baker andMartha Jane Mills were some kind of cousins as his mother was a Millsalso.

They got married on June 5, 1851 at Washington County Georgia, he was 21 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. John L. T. Baker  ± 1853-1879
  2. Mary A. Baker  1854-1893 
  3. Martha Jane Baker  1857-1933 
  4. William A. Baker  ± 1860-1934 
  5. Frances Emmaline Baker  ± 1863-1911 
  6. Joseph Harrison Baker  1868-1936 
  7. Virginia Baker  1871-1962 


(2) He is married to Elizabeth Rebecca Scallorn.

They got married on November 26, 1874 at Fayette County, Texas, he was 44 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. George W. L. Baker  ± 1879-> 1917 
  2. Frances Mary Baker  ± 1879-????
  3. Frank Baker  1882-???? 
  4. Emily E. Baker  1884-???? 
  5. James Luther Baker  1887-1947 


Notes about Joseph Harrison Baker

From the Fayette County website in "POSTMASTERS & POST OFFICES OF FAYETTE COUNTY, TEXAS 1846 - 1930:
TOLEDO (Fayette)
Baker, J. H., 7 Jly 1873
Discontinued 11 Sep 1877

Death certificate #1045 shows Joseph H. Baker was born February 2, 1830 in
Washington County, Georgia and died March 18, 1913 in Grapevine, Tarrant
County, Texas though his residence was still in West Point, Fayette County,
Texas. Probably in Grapevine visiting his son Joseph or his daughter
Martha Jane Baker Garrett when he passed away. Does not state where he
is buried and is blank. The maiden name of mother is filled in as DK- perhaps it
stands for "Don't Know" - but her name was Anna Marie Mills.

Transcription - paper found in John L. House Bible that was handwritten - Author -
Unknown, may have been Mzie House White or Martha Washington Baker House -
provided by Linda Walke:

Joseph Harrison Baker borned 27 of Feb, 1830 Sunday (note day shows 27th not
the 2nd?)

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Joseph Harrison Baker

Jonathan Baker
> 1778-1841
Mary Fagan McCabe
± 1762-1852

Joseph Harrison Baker
1830-1913

(1) 1851

Martha Jane Mills
1835-± 1873

John L. T. Baker
± 1853-1879
Mary A. Baker
1854-1893
Martha Jane Baker
1857-1933
William A. Baker
± 1860-1934
Frances Emmaline Baker
± 1863-1911
Joseph Harrison Baker
1868-1936
Virginia Baker
1871-1962
Green Baker
????-
(2) 1874

Elizabeth Rebecca Scallorn
1846-1924

George W. L. Baker
± 1879-> 1917
Frances Mary Baker
± 1879-????
Frank Baker
1882-????
Emily E. Baker
1884-????
James Luther Baker
1887-1947

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Birthday February 2, 1830

  • The temperature on February 2, 1830 was about -12 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1830: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.6 million citizens.
    • June 12 » Beginning of the Invasion of Algiers: Thiry-four thousand French soldiers land 27 kilometers west of Algiers, at Sidi Ferruch.
    • June 14 » Beginning of the French colonization of Algeria: Thirty-four thousand French soldiers begin their invasion of Algiers, landing 27 kilometers west at Sidi Fredj.
    • August 28 » The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's new Tom Thumb steam locomotive races a horse-drawn car, presaging steam's role in U.S. railroads.
    • September 24 » A revolutionary committee of notables forms the Provisional Government of Belgium.
    • October 4 » The Belgian Revolution takes legal form when the provisional government secedes from the Netherlands.
    • November 29 » November Uprising: An armed rebellion against Russia's rule in Poland begins.

Day of marriage November 26, 1874

  • The temperature on November 26, 1874 was about -0.8 °C. The air pressure was 4 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the south-southeast. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 79%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From July 6, 1872 till August 27, 1874 the Netherlands had a cabinet De Vries - Fransen van de Putte with the prime ministers Mr. G. de Vries Azn. (liberaal) and I.D. Fransen van de Putte (liberaal).
  • From August 27, 1874 till November 3, 1877 the Netherlands had a cabinet Heemskerk - Van Lijnden van Sandenburg with the prime ministers Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief) and Mr. C.Th. baron Van Lijnden van Sandenburg (AR).
  • In the year 1874: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
    • February 28 » One of the longest cases ever heard in an English court ends when the defendant is convicted of perjury for attempting to assume the identity of the heir to the Tichborne baronetcy.
    • May 9 » The first horsebus makes its début in the city of Mumbai, traveling two routes.
    • May 16 » A flood on the Mill River in Massachusetts destroys much of four villages and kills 139 people.
    • July 1 » The Sholes and Glidden typewriter, the first commercially successful typewriter, goes on sale.
    • July 23 » Aires de Ornelas e Vasconcelos is appointed the Archbishop of the Portuguese colonial enclave of Goa, India.
    • July 31 » Dr. Patrick Francis Healy became the first African-American inaugurated as president of a predominantly white university, Georgetown University.

Day of death March 18, 1913

  • The temperature on March 18, 1913 was between -1.3 °C and 7.6 °C and averaged 2.9 °C. There was 0.7 mm of rain. There was 8.0 hours of sunshine (67%). The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the west-northwest. Source: KNMI
  • Koningin Wilhelmina (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1890 till 1948 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • In The Netherlands , there was from February 12, 1908 to August 29, 1913 the cabinet Heemskerk, with Mr. Th. Heemskerk (AR) as prime minister.
  • In The Netherlands , there was from August 29, 1913 to September 9, 1918 the cabinet Cort van der Linden, with Mr. P.W.A. Cort van der Linden (liberaal) as prime minister.
  • In the year 1913: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 6.1 million citizens.
    • May 3 » Raja Harishchandra, the first full-length Indian feature film, is released, marking the beginning of the Indian film industry.
    • June 1 » The Greek–Serbian Treaty of Alliance is signed, paving the way for the Second Balkan War.
    • June 19 » Natives Land Act, 1913 in South Africa implemented.
    • July 31 » The Balkan States sign an armistice in Bucharest.
    • August 28 » Queen Wilhelmina opens the Peace Palace in The Hague.
    • December 14 » Haruna, the fourth and last Kongō-class ship, launches, eventually becoming one of the Japanese workhorses during World War I and World War II.


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