Jessie Irene Beal was born on March 17. 1870, in Chicago, Illinois. She was the daughter of William James and Hannah A Proud Beal.
Her father was a professor at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University), teaching botany for forty years.
Jessie Beal attended and graduated from Michigan Agricultural College.
On January 2, 1896, Jessie Irene Beal and Ray Stannard Baker were married in Lansing, Michigan. He was the son of Joseph Stannard and Alice Potter Baker. Ray Stannard Baker was a reporter.
They went on to have four children: Alice Beal Baker, born May 16, 1897; James Stannard Baker, born July 17, 1899; Roger Denio Baker, born April 10, 1902; and Rachel Moore Baker, born June 28, 1906.
The family moved to Amherst, Massachusetts, about 1910, and raised their children there.
Her husband Roy Baker was a journalist and wrote children’s stories using the pen name David Grayson. He was a close friend of President Woodrow Wilson, acting as his press secretary during the peace conference at Versailles after World War I. He later wrote books about President Wilson, and won the Pulitzer Prize for two of the volumes.
Mrs Jessie Baker’s father William James Beal died on May 12, 1924 in Amherst. He had been living with his daughter and family for a number of years. Mrs. Baker’s mother had died on December 22, 1909, in East Lansing, Michigan.
In 1925, Mrs. Jessie Beal Baker co-wrote with her husband Ray Stannard Baker, a book entitled An American pioneer in science: the life and times of William James Beal. It was printed in Amherst, Massachusetts, private print, and was about her father.
Ray Stannard Baker died on July 12, 1946. A private funeral was held. Survivors included Mrs Jessie Baker; children Mrs. Alice Hyde; James Stannard Baker; Dr Roger Denio Baker; and Mrs. Rachel (Robert) Napier.
Mrs Baker died on May 11, 1962, at the age of 92 in Brookline, Massachusetts. She may have been living with her daughter, Mrs Alice Hyde, who also resided in Brookline. Mrs. Baker was also survived by her two sons, James Baker of Glencoe, Illinois; and Dr Roger B Baker of New Orleans, Louisiana; and Mrs. Rachel (Robert) Napier of Larchmont, New York; ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
The obituary, which was published in The Boston Globe on May 14, 1962, page 14, also stated that graveside services were held at Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester, Massachusetts. However, according to the general manager of Wildwood Cemetery, Amherst, Mrs. Jessie Baker is buried with her husband.
Her father was a professor at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University), teaching botany for forty years.
Jessie Beal attended and graduated from Michigan Agricultural College.
On January 2, 1896, Jessie Irene Beal and Ray Stannard Baker were married in Lansing, Michigan. He was the son of Joseph Stannard and Alice Potter Baker. Ray Stannard Baker was a reporter.
They went on to have four children: Alice Beal Baker, born May 16, 1897; James Stannard Baker, born July 17, 1899; Roger Denio Baker, born April 10, 1902; and Rachel Moore Baker, born June 28, 1906.
The family moved to Amherst, Massachusetts, about 1910, and raised their children there.
Her husband Roy Baker was a journalist and wrote children’s stories using the pen name David Grayson. He was a close friend of President Woodrow Wilson, acting as his press secretary during the peace conference at Versailles after World War I. He later wrote books about President Wilson, and won the Pulitzer Prize for two of the volumes.
Mrs Jessie Baker’s father William James Beal died on May 12, 1924 in Amherst. He had been living with his daughter and family for a number of years. Mrs. Baker’s mother had died on December 22, 1909, in East Lansing, Michigan.
In 1925, Mrs. Jessie Beal Baker co-wrote with her husband Ray Stannard Baker, a book entitled An American pioneer in science: the life and times of William James Beal. It was printed in Amherst, Massachusetts, private print, and was about her father.
Ray Stannard Baker died on July 12, 1946. A private funeral was held. Survivors included Mrs Jessie Baker; children Mrs. Alice Hyde; James Stannard Baker; Dr Roger Denio Baker; and Mrs. Rachel (Robert) Napier.
Mrs Baker died on May 11, 1962, at the age of 92 in Brookline, Massachusetts. She may have been living with her daughter, Mrs Alice Hyde, who also resided in Brookline. Mrs. Baker was also survived by her two sons, James Baker of Glencoe, Illinois; and Dr Roger B Baker of New Orleans, Louisiana; and Mrs. Rachel (Robert) Napier of Larchmont, New York; ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
The obituary, which was published in The Boston Globe on May 14, 1962, page 14, also stated that graveside services were held at Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester, Massachusetts. However, according to the general manager of Wildwood Cemetery, Amherst, Mrs. Jessie Baker is buried with her husband.
Jessie Irene Beal was born on March 17. 1870, in Chicago, Illinois. She was the daughter of William James and Hannah A Proud Beal.
Her father was a professor at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University), teaching botany for forty years.
Jessie Beal attended and graduated from Michigan Agricultural College.
On January 2, 1896, Jessie Irene Beal and Ray Stannard Baker were married in Lansing, Michigan. He was the son of Joseph Stannard and Alice Potter Baker. Ray Stannard Baker was a reporter.
They went on to have four children: Alice Beal Baker, born May 16, 1897; James Stannard Baker, born July 17, 1899; Roger Denio Baker, born April 10, 1902; and Rachel Moore Baker, born June 28, 1906.
The family moved to Amherst, Massachusetts, about 1910, and raised their children there.
Her husband Roy Baker was a journalist and wrote children’s stories using the pen name David Grayson. He was a close friend of President Woodrow Wilson, acting as his press secretary during the peace conference at Versailles after World War I. He later wrote books about President Wilson, and won the Pulitzer Prize for two of the volumes.
Mrs Jessie Baker’s father William James Beal died on May 12, 1924 in Amherst. He had been living with his daughter and family for a number of years. Mrs. Baker’s mother had died on December 22, 1909, in East Lansing, Michigan.
In 1925, Mrs. Jessie Beal Baker co-wrote with her husband Ray Stannard Baker, a book entitled An American pioneer in science: the life and times of William James Beal. It was printed in Amherst, Massachusetts, private print, and was about her father.
Ray Stannard Baker died on July 12, 1946. A private funeral was held. Survivors included Mrs Jessie Baker; children Mrs. Alice Hyde; James Stannard Baker; Dr Roger Denio Baker; and Mrs. Rachel (Robert) Napier.
Mrs Baker died on May 11, 1962, at the age of 92 in Brookline, Massachusetts. She may have been living with her daughter, Mrs Alice Hyde, who also resided in Brookline. Mrs. Baker was also survived by her two sons, James Baker of Glencoe, Illinois; and Dr Roger B Baker of New Orleans, Louisiana; and Mrs. Rachel (Robert) Napier of Larchmont, New York; ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
The obituary, which was published in The Boston Globe on May 14, 1962, page 14, also stated that graveside services were held at Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester, Massachusetts. However, according to the general manager of Wildwood Cemetery, Amherst, Mrs. Jessie Baker is buried with her husband.
Her father was a professor at Michigan Agricultural College (now Michigan State University), teaching botany for forty years.
Jessie Beal attended and graduated from Michigan Agricultural College.
On January 2, 1896, Jessie Irene Beal and Ray Stannard Baker were married in Lansing, Michigan. He was the son of Joseph Stannard and Alice Potter Baker. Ray Stannard Baker was a reporter.
They went on to have four children: Alice Beal Baker, born May 16, 1897; James Stannard Baker, born July 17, 1899; Roger Denio Baker, born April 10, 1902; and Rachel Moore Baker, born June 28, 1906.
The family moved to Amherst, Massachusetts, about 1910, and raised their children there.
Her husband Roy Baker was a journalist and wrote children’s stories using the pen name David Grayson. He was a close friend of President Woodrow Wilson, acting as his press secretary during the peace conference at Versailles after World War I. He later wrote books about President Wilson, and won the Pulitzer Prize for two of the volumes.
Mrs Jessie Baker’s father William James Beal died on May 12, 1924 in Amherst. He had been living with his daughter and family for a number of years. Mrs. Baker’s mother had died on December 22, 1909, in East Lansing, Michigan.
In 1925, Mrs. Jessie Beal Baker co-wrote with her husband Ray Stannard Baker, a book entitled An American pioneer in science: the life and times of William James Beal. It was printed in Amherst, Massachusetts, private print, and was about her father.
Ray Stannard Baker died on July 12, 1946. A private funeral was held. Survivors included Mrs Jessie Baker; children Mrs. Alice Hyde; James Stannard Baker; Dr Roger Denio Baker; and Mrs. Rachel (Robert) Napier.
Mrs Baker died on May 11, 1962, at the age of 92 in Brookline, Massachusetts. She may have been living with her daughter, Mrs Alice Hyde, who also resided in Brookline. Mrs. Baker was also survived by her two sons, James Baker of Glencoe, Illinois; and Dr Roger B Baker of New Orleans, Louisiana; and Mrs. Rachel (Robert) Napier of Larchmont, New York; ten grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
The obituary, which was published in The Boston Globe on May 14, 1962, page 14, also stated that graveside services were held at Wildwood Cemetery, Winchester, Massachusetts. However, according to the general manager of Wildwood Cemetery, Amherst, Mrs. Jessie Baker is buried with her husband.
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