West Virginia Pioneers

Elijah Baker

Male Abt 1816 - Yes, date unknown


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  • Name Elijah Baker 
    Born Abt 1816  Randolph County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Died Yes, date unknown 
    Person ID I4576  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 24 May 2005 

    Father John Baker,   d. Bef 24 Mar 1834 
    Family ID F3382  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Nancy Wolfe,   b. Apr 1815, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 30 Jun 1902  (Age ~ 87 years) 
    Married 18 Aug 1835  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Notes 

    • 1840 Jackson Co VA
      1m 20-30
      1f 5-10
      1f 20-30

      1850 Jackson Co, VA 171-175
      Baker Eliza 34 M Framer Va
      Baker Nancy 35 F Va
      Baker William 7 M Va
      Baker Poindexter 3 M Va
      Baker America 1 F Va
      Baker Sylvester 2/12 M Va

      1860 Jackson Co, VA # 895-846 all born V
      Baker, Elijah 44
      Nancy 44
      Wm H 17
      P D M M 14 (m)
      A M S 12 (f)
      A S 8 (f)
      F P 5 (m)
      Eliz J 2
      Mary S Keelly 16

      1870 Gilmore, Jackson Co, WV # 119 all born VA
      Baker, Elijah 54
      Nancy 55
      Dallas, 23
      America 21
      Alamanzia 18 (f)
      Franklin P 16
      Elizabeth S 12

      1880 Ravenswood, Jackson, West Virginia
      Elija BAKER Self M M W 64 WV
      Occ: Dry Goods Merchant Fa: WV Mo: WV
      Nancey BAKER Wife F M W 65 WV
      Almanza S. BAKER Dau F S W 28 WV
      Elizabeth BAKER Dau F S W 22 WV
      J.W. MOWDERS Other M S W 13 OH
      Fa: OH Mo: OH

      1900 Ravenswood, Jackson, WV
      Michael Tatterson 1/1858 m 20y
      Elizabeth 3/1860 m 20y 2-2 children
      Howard E 4/1883
      John F 5/1885
      Nancy Baker mil 4/1815 wd 13-5 children

      Baker, Elizabeth 5/24/1858 Elijah & Nancy Baker, Jackson Co, farmer
      Baker, Franklin 9/25/1853 Elijah & Nancy Baker farmer
      Baker, ____ 3/1854 Elijah & Nancy Baker Jackson Co, farmer (f) (dead)

      Jackson County WV Death records
      Baker, Franklin P 7/25/1938 84y9m20d (D) Jackson Co (P) Elijah & Nancy (Wolfe) Baker (B) Leroy, WVa, farmer (W)
      Baker, Madelfina 12/31/1856 1y4m (P) Elijah & Nancy Baker (B) Jackson Co.

      This sketch taken from "Pioneers of Jackson County", by John House, it appears in the section
      "Upper Sandy Valley".

      Baker

      The first settler of whom I have any account at the mouth of Fallen Timber and Rush Run after Hartley and his daughter, was Elijah Baker. He was born in 1815, and died February 12, 1896, aged eighty years. He was a son of John Baker, who lived below the mouth of Conrad's Run, on Reedy. He married Nancy Wolfe. A daughter of James Wolfe, who settled at the mouth of Elk Fork, on Mill Creek, soon after she was born.

      Nancy Baker was born in 1815, and died June 30, 1902, at the age of eighty seven years.

      Baker settled here many years ago. He kept a country store at the mouth of Rush Run several years, and was the first Postmaster at Leroy. When I first knew the country, he lived on the hill above the road, where Mike Tatterson now resides. He was a strong Union man, and had a child killed about the beginning of the war.

      Wolf family:
      Nancy Wolfe married Elijah Baker, of Reedy, and lived at Leroy, on Sandy. Their children were Dal Baker, who married a Johnson, Frank who married Alice Stout, and America, who married John Spencer.
    Children 
     1. William H Baker,   b. Abt 1843, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Poindexter Dallas M Baker,   b. 19 Sep 1846, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     3. America M S Baker,   b. Abt 1849, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Sylvester Baker,   b. 1850, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     5. Almanzia S 'Allie' Baker,   b. 19 Dec 1851, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Aug 1936, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     6. Franklin Pierce Baker,   b. 25 Sep 1853, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 Jul 1938, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 84 years)
     7. Madelfina Baker,   b. 31 Aug 1855, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 31 Dec 1856, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 1 years)
     8. Elizabeth S Baker,   b. 24 May 1858, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 24 Oct 1909, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 51 years)
    Family ID F1543  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1205] Census.

    2. [S17] Marriage Records, Jackson Co, WV.