Person:William Baker (103)

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WILLIAM C. BAKER, farmer and Notary Public, P. O. Shanesville, was born in Sugar Creek Township, this county and State, June 2, 1838. His parents, Henry and Anna Baker, natives of Somerset County, Penn., were immigrants to this township in the year 1812, and were married in 1832. They at once settled on the farm which Mr. Baker already owned, and which is still in the possession of their children. Mr. Baker departed this life in 1870, followed by his widow in 1872. They were pioneers belonging to that class of the original settlers whose indomitable energy and perseverance overcame all the difficulties and hardships incident to a new country. They left a family of eight children, all of whom survive, viz.: Henry, Ephraim, Elizabeth and William C., of this township; Andrew J., of Huntington County, Ind.; Reuben H., of Holmes County, Ohio; Margaret A., wife of David G. Pershing, of this township; and Mary C., wife of Jacob Steeg, of Boone County, Iowa. W. C. Baker, the subject of this sketch, was reared on his father's farm, and educated at the common schools of the township. He adopted the profession of teaching, and followed it for several years in this State and Indiana. He also dealt in live stock, in which business he visited the States in the West and Southwest. In 1870, he was united in marriage with Miss Anna Leavengood, who was born in Auburn Township, this county and State. The results of this union have been five children, viz.: Margaret E., Franklin, Iola, Elnora and Thomas J. After a residence of eight years in Auburn Township, Mr. Baker settled on a part of the old Baker farm, where he has since lived. He has served two terms as Township Assessor, and one term as Justice of the Peace, declining a re-election. He has also an appointment as Notary Public, which he has held for several terms, and does considerable public business as Conveyancer, settling decedents' estates, etc. In politics, he is a Democrat, and is regarded as a [leading] loading business man and influential citizen of Sugar Creek Township. [History of Tuscarawas County, Ohio, 1884]

1. ↑ Edwin S. Rhodes; Tuscarawas Centennial Association. The First Centennial Atlas of Tuscarawas County, Ohio. (1908)
   171.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} tusc-essex.ged. (Admin note: source flagged for Speedy Delete, 16 Jun 2017).

   Date of Import: Oct 2, 2006

3. ↑ ^3.0 3.1 Family # 74, in Tuscarawas, Ohio, United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule: Seventh Census of the United States, NARA Microfilm Publication M432. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration).

   William Baker, 12, b. in Pennsylvania, at home

4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2} State of Ohio, Bureau of Vital Statistics. Ohio Deaths 1908-1953. (Ohio, United States: Intellectual Reserve, Inc.).

   William C. Baker, b. 02 Jun 1838 in Ohio, s/o Henry Baker b. in Ohio & Anna Middaugh b. in Ohio, d. 26 Jul 1917 in Sugar Creek Township, Tuscarawas County, Ohio, 79y 1m 24d, married farmer, b. 28 Jul 1917 in Union Hill Cemetery.

5. ↑ 42014512, in Find A Grave.