Person:John Baker (201)

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John Mebane Baker
b.20 Mar 1875 Haw River, Alamance County, North Carolina
d.7 Nov 1948 Alamance County, North Carolina
Parents and Siblings
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m. 21 May 1874
  1. Annie L Baker1875 - 1913
  2. John Mebane Baker1875 - 1948
  3. Mittie Baker1879 - 1883
Spouse and Children
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m. 27 Oct 1917
  1. John Mebane Baker, Jr.1918 - 1975
  2. Alice Evelyn Baker1920 - 2005
  3. Robert Stiles Baker1922 - 1944
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Facts and Events
Name John Mebane Baker
Gender Male
Birth? 20 Mar 1875 Haw River, Alamance County, North Carolina
Marriage 27 Oct 1917 Alamance County, North Carolinato Effie Jane Hughes
Death? 7 Nov 1948 Alamance County, North Carolina
Burial[1] Hawfields Presbyterian Church Cemetery

Notes from Mark Faucette: He was a farmer by trade,309 but he also served as a deacon of Hawfields Presbyterian Church in Haw River, Alamance County, North Carolina.310 John Mebane Baker was a large landholder, owning 2500 acres of land. He also owned land in Texas and was involved in the oil industry there. He owned a hardware store, started a housing development in Haw River, Alamance County, North Carolina, and has the distinction of being the first man in Haw River, Alamance County, North Carolina, to be hit by an automobile.

References
  1. ↑ Gary Thompson - survey in 2006 - and from booklet from the church dated 2003, titled "The Hawfields Burying Ground". Hawfields Presbyterian Church Cemetery. (Web site by Allen Dew).
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