West Virginia Pioneers

Franklin Pierce Baker

Male 1853 - 1938  (84 years)


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  • Name Franklin Pierce Baker 
    Born 25 Sep 1853  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Gender Male 
    Died 25 Jul 1938  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Notes 
    • JCBR
      Baker, Franklin 9/25/1853 Elijah & Nancy Baker farmer
      JCDR
      Baker, Franklin P 7/25/1938 84y9m20d (D) Jackson Co (P) Elijah & Nancy (Wolfe) Baker (B) Leroy, WVa, farmer (W)
    Person ID I6462  WVPioneers
    Last Modified 25 Sep 2005 

    Father Elijah Baker,   b. Abt 1816, Randolph County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Mother 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  [4
    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.
    Family ID F1543  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Mollie Alice Stout,   b. Jul 1858, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Married 11 Dec 1879  Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Notes 

    • 1880 E.D. 43, Jackson, West Virginia Page 453B
      Thomas STOUT Self M M W 59 VA
      Manerva STOUT Wife F M W 38 VA
      Frank P. BAKER SonL M M W 26 VA
      Alice BAKER Dau F M W 20 VA

      1900 Ripley Dist, Jackson, WV
      Frank B 10/1853 m 21y
      Mary A 7/1858 4-4
      Vaught M 1/1881
      Hattie B 8/1883
      Nannie B 2/1889
      Lulu E 6/1892
    Children 
     1. Vaught M Baker,   b. Jan 1881, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     2. Hattie Blanche Baker,   b. 3 Aug 1884, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Oct 1964, Wood County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years)
     3. Nannie B Baker,   b. Feb 1889, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown
     4. Lula Irene Elizabeth Baker,   b. 24 Jun 1892, Jackson County, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 19 Jul 1964, Parkersburg, Wood, West Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 72 years)
    Family ID F2998  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S1205] Census.

    2. [S3] Birth Records, Jackson Co, WV.

    3. [S4] Death Records, Jackson Co, WV.

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