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Basil Caleb Baker Sr.

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Basil Caleb Baker Sr.

Birth
Virginia, USA
Death
19 Oct 1876 (aged 71)
Texas, USA
Burial
Decker Prairie, Montgomery County, Texas, USA Add to Map
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Born in Virginia. Patriarch of the Baker clan in southern Montgomery and northwestern Harris Counties. Basil Baker Sr was married three times and fathered 14 children over a 36 year period from 1834 to 1870. One son, Benjamin Franklin Baker, served in Company C of Terry's Texas Rangers during the Civil War. Another son, Erasmus McGruder Baker, was a Houston Police Officer. Erasmus is also buried in Baker Cemetery in an unmarked grave.
Born in Virginia. Patriarch of the Baker clan in southern Montgomery and northwestern Harris Counties. Basil Baker Sr was married three times and fathered 14 children over a 36 year period from 1834 to 1870. One son, Benjamin Franklin Baker, served in Company C of Terry's Texas Rangers during the Civil War. Another son, Erasmus McGruder Baker, was a Houston Police Officer. Erasmus is also buried in Baker Cemetery in an unmarked grave.

Gravesite Details

unmarked grave. There is a common memorial stone for all the known decedents who do not have individual grave markers. His name appears on this stone in the middle of the cemetery.



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