... in January, 1847, he came to stay, and August 3rd of that year, he was married to Ann Logan, a sister of the late Samuel H. Logan, and from that time to present he has been identified with the interests of Decatur county. They commenced house keeping at once on the home farm, where they have since lived. He early turned his attention to livestock, and by discriminate buying and careful management, has made that a profitable line of business. ...
... To Mr. and Mrs. Baker have been born nine children, of whom four are dead. In the order of their ages they are here mentioned:
- Clara, wife of Sim Tarkington, now living at Tulare, California;
- John C., who died at the age of twenty-four:
- Benjamin Franklin, who lives at Oakland, California:
- Laura, the wife of Hon. Will R. Pleak, but who has been dead for several years:
- Samuel L., who has been for sixteen years an attorney-at-law in Minneapolis:
- David M., who was killed in this city in 1884:
- Harriet B. and Sadie, both at home, and
- Marsh, who died in infancy.
Mr. Baker has been a successful farmer. He owns four hundred and fifty acres of land in a high state of cultivation, with excellent improvements and a commodious farm residence. He never held office, but says that he served for twenty-two years as deputy school director under the late James Bennett, a neighbor, who held the office and permitted him to look after the duties. Mr. Baker was throughly identified with the public school known as the Baker school, but which has recently been annulled and the school house converted into a dwelling. He is a member of the Presbyterian church of this city, with which he united in 1847, during the pastorate of Rev. Joseph R. Monfort. Mr. Baker is in politics a Republican, though not an offensive partisian. He comes of a family noted for its longevity. His grandfather died at the age of ninety, and his grandmother at the age of ninety-five. Marsh Baker's name is a synonym for good citizen, friendly neighbor and Christian gentleman. His friends are those who know him. ...
