Frank Baker died at age 56 of tuberculosis. His mother, Fannie Ellis Baker, also died of tuberculosis, in 1901 in Tazewell County, Virginia.

1880 TAZEWELL CO VA CENSUS # 296 88th Dist, Jeffersonville:

James W. BAKER Self M Male W 46 VA Teacher VA VA
Fanny E. BAKER Wife M Female W 45 VA Keeps House VA VA
Dudly D. BAKER Son S Male W 18 VA Farm Work VA VA
Emley E. BAKER Dau S Female W 16 VA Student VA VA
Rosa BAKER Dau S Female W 14 VA At Home VA VA
Frank BAKER Son S Male W 12 VA At Home VA VA
Mildred BAKER Dau S Female W 9 VA VA VA
Margaret BAKER Dau S Female W 7 VA VA VA
Alfred BAKER Son S Male W 4 VA VA VA

A brief and simple overview of the Baker line from William Byrd to Francis (Frank) Baker:

Ursula St. Leger, great granddaughter of Joan, Countess of Westmoreland, granddaughter of Edward III of England, married Daniel Horsmanden

Warham St. Leger Horsmanden born around 1620 in Ulcombe. Kent, England, son of Ursula St. Leger, married Susanna Beeching, 1627, England.

Mary Horsmanden Byrd (1673, her second marriage) married William Byrd, both being 21 years old). Mary was the daughter of Warham St. Leger Horsmanden.

William Byrd....................married Mary Horsmanden Fillmer in 1673
Ursula Byrd......................married Robery Beverly
Ursula Beverly (Dudley)..married Col. John Geroge (his second marriage)
Catherine George...........married William Mansfield on November 16, 1798
Levi Baker........................married Emily J. Young (Yound) on September 27, 1830
James William Baker......married Frances (Fannie) Ellis Baker
Francis (Frank) Baker......married Lizzie Fudge Mitchell in July, 1887


"There is no king who has not had a slave among his ancestors, and no slave who has not had a king among his." Helen Keller