... In 1813 Caleb Baker and Joseph Cory rode horse-back from New Jersey to look at land and stopped in Butler county, Ohio, where they both later located, and where Mr. Baker died, owning five hundred acres of land. Joseph Cory was a brother-in-law of Caleb Baker, having married his sister, Nancy Baker. He was the father of the late James Cory, and therefore the grandfather of Joseph Cory, a well known farmer of Clay township. ...
