He married Elizabeth Pinder (b. Bahamas, Jan. 30, 1849; d., Aug. 30, 1910) in Key West on April 9, 1866.
They moved to Bailey's Bluff in 1880 and established a grocery store there.
In 1882 he built a home at what is now Elfers on a 40-acre tract of land he had purchased for one dollar per acre. A deed dated April 5, 1888, transferred an acre of property in S20 T26 R16 from Samuel and Elizabeth Baker to the school board.
Samuel and Elizabeth had several children:
Charles - married Sara Jane Stephens
Samuel Benjamin - married Rosalee Victoria Gaines
James Otis - married Nicey Ella Mobley
John Thomas - married Clara M. Baillie
George Henry - married Nellie Blanche Hay
Mary Jane - married William Byrd Hay
Samuel Baker died on Aug. 12, 1898. He and his wife are buried at East Elfers Cemetery.
Their 1882 house is the oldest surviving home of its type in western Pasco county and was placed on the library grounds on Moog Road, in Holiday/New Port Richey and is now a museum.
The Baker House
It seems there is no known photo of Samuel Baker.
(Info from fivay.org)
He married Elizabeth Pinder (b. Bahamas, Jan. 30, 1849; d., Aug. 30, 1910) in Key West on April 9, 1866.
They moved to Bailey's Bluff in 1880 and established a grocery store there.
In 1882 he built a home at what is now Elfers on a 40-acre tract of land he had purchased for one dollar per acre. A deed dated April 5, 1888, transferred an acre of property in S20 T26 R16 from Samuel and Elizabeth Baker to the school board.
Samuel and Elizabeth had several children:
Charles - married Sara Jane Stephens
Samuel Benjamin - married Rosalee Victoria Gaines
James Otis - married Nicey Ella Mobley
John Thomas - married Clara M. Baillie
George Henry - married Nellie Blanche Hay
Mary Jane - married William Byrd Hay
Samuel Baker died on Aug. 12, 1898. He and his wife are buried at East Elfers Cemetery.
Their 1882 house is the oldest surviving home of its type in western Pasco county and was placed on the library grounds on Moog Road, in Holiday/New Port Richey and is now a museum.
The Baker House
It seems there is no known photo of Samuel Baker.
(Info from fivay.org)
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