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Personal data William Mills Baker 


Household of William Mills Baker

(1) He is married to Alafair S. Tennille.

Marriage on file in Sandersville, Washington Co., Georgia. Copy of original

They got married on August 10, 1859 at Washington County Georgia, he was 28 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Carrie Bell Baker  1862-1960 
  2. Willie Baker  1865-1918
  3. Bennett G. Baker  1870-1956
  4. Franklin M. Baker  1872-1895
  5. Mills Baker  1874-1877


(2) He is married to Martha Lee Tennille.

They got married on October 27, 1877 at Lee County Texas, he was 46 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. Martha Ann Baker  1881-???? 


Notes about William Mills Baker

Cemetery information sent to me by Annette Shaw who does cemetery lookups in Lee Co. Texas. On his headstone is the inscription "Tho lost to sight, to memory dear."

It is my personal observation that William's first wife Alafair and his second wife Martha "Mattie" were sisters.

Found in the Colorado Co cemetery listings "Baker, William M. b:unknown d:Jan 1884 cem: unknown
Committed suicide

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Found in the Nesbitt Memorial Library Online Archives:

Consider the Lily:
The Ungilded History of Colorado County, Texas

by Bill Stein

(Copyright, Nesbitt Memorial Library and Bill Stein)

Part 6 : 1861-1865

..........The third case was decided at the fall term in 1864. Low, aslave belonging to Elisabeth Oliver, and Wylie, Albert, and Edd, slaves of Samuel Betts, were indicted for breaking into and burglarizing the home of William M. Baker on March 17, 1864 at about midnight. They stole a pistol valued at $50, a fold of calico worth $10, and a coat worth $20. Low was found guilty and, like the others, sentenced to 1000lashes on his bare back to be administered in ten sessions beginning on Saturday, November 5, 1864. But Low was not given a week to recoverfrom the beatings. His sessions on the square were scheduled for every other day.

Colorado County District Court Records, Criminal Cause File No. 364: State of Texas v. John, a slave, Criminal Cause File No. 499: State ofTexas v. Allen, a slave, Criminal Cause File No. 511: State of Texas v. Low, a slave, Minute Book C 2, p. 350.

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

William Mills Baker born 8 June 1831 Thursday

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Mills Baker

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

William Mills Baker
1831-1884

(1) 1859

Alafair S. Tennille
1834-1877

Carrie Bell Baker
1862-1960
Willie Baker
1865-1918
Bennett G. Baker
1870-1956
Franklin M. Baker
1872-1895
Mills Baker
1874-1877
(2) 1877

Martha Lee Tennille
1840-1924

Martha Ann Baker
1881-????

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    Birthday June 8, 1831

    • The temperature on June 8, 1831 was about 14.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt bui. Source: KNMI
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      • August 23 » Nat Turner's slave rebellion is suppressed.
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      • October 29 » Riots in the city of Bristol as part of the 1831 reform riots against the second reform Bill of the Reform Act 1832 begin.
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    Day of marriage October 27, 1877

    • The temperature on October 27, 1877 was about 3.4 °C. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 98%. 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 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).
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      • The Netherlands had about 4.0 million citizens.
      • May 5 » American Indian Wars: Sitting Bull leads his band of Lakota into Canada to avoid harassment by the United States Army under Colonel Nelson Miles.
      • May 8 » At Gilmore's Gardens in New York City, the first Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show opens.
      • May 16 » The 16 May 1877 crisis occurs in France, ending with the dissolution of the National Assembly 22 June and affirming the interpretation of the Constitution of 1875 as a parliamentary rather than presidential system. The elections held in October 1877 led to the defeat of the royalists as a formal political movement in France.
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    Day of death January 31, 1884

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    • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
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      • The Netherlands had about 4.5 million citizens.
      • January 4 » The Fabian Society is founded in London, United Kingdom.
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      • October 14 » George Eastman receives a U.S. Government patent on his new paper-strip photographic film.
      • December 6 » The Washington Monument in Washington, D.C., is completed.
    

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