Taken from the "History of Grover Hill" by Laurence R. Hipp, published in 1971.)
John Baker was well-known and respected throughout the Latty Township community. His name was closely associated with the production and sale of drain tile and with the operation of his sawmill. He was born on a farm in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, September 10, 1841, the son of Adam and Delilah (Vance) Baker. He was reared on a farm, receiving his education from the common schools of the neighborhood. Responding to the call to arms and fighting for what he believed right in 1861, he enlisted in Company K of the 12th Virginia Volunteer Regiment, Confederate States of America. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Winchester and was sent to Camp Chase, thence to Johnson's Island where he was held as a prisoner of war until 1864. At that time he took the oath of allegiance to the government and was released. In 1866, John Baker was married to Amanda Krall, daughter of Jacob and Mary Krall of Columbus, Ohio. John and Amanda were the parents of the following children: Mary Catherine; Anna; John Irvin; William Henry, born in 1876; Elsie Barbara; Charles Raymond, born November 22, 1883; and Bessie Lee, born August 8, 1890.
Following the war, Mr. Baker migrated to Ohio, and after being engaged in several occupations for a number of years, settled in Latty Township about 1887. He first settled and installed a sawmill within a few rods of the corner, one mile north of the present site of Grover Hill in Section 24 of Latty Township. He operated this mill for about eighteen months, during which time he sawed the lumber for the home of Joseph Goodwin, located just south of the mill on the west side of the road. Mr. Baker then moved his residence and the sawmill to his small farm located in the extreme southwest corner of Section 10, also in Latty Township. The sawmill operated here until about 1890, during which time the lumber for the Methodist Episcopal Church, located one-half mile north of Latty Center, was sawed. The sawmill covered about one acre of land, and when it was discontinued, a mill for the making of tile and brick was started. Bessie Baker (Kempher), the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Baker, has related that her father also operated a can mill and gristmill at this same location. The gristmill was equipped with stone buhrs, and a steam engine furnished the required power for both the gristmill and the cane mill. To house the tile and brick manufacturing business, two buildings were erected, each measuring 20 feet in width and 100 feet in length. Power for the plant was provided by a twenty-horsepower engine. The mill employed four men and had a daily output of about 8,000 tile and 6,000 brick. The manufacture of tile was discontinued about 1911, and the plant was dismantled the following year. Mrs. John Baker died in 1914, to be followed in death by her husband, in 1927. They are buried in the Mt. Zion Cemetery.
John Baker was well-known and respected throughout the Latty Township community. His name was closely associated with the production and sale of drain tile and with the operation of his sawmill. He was born on a farm in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, September 10, 1841, the son of Adam and Delilah (Vance) Baker. He was reared on a farm, receiving his education from the common schools of the neighborhood. Responding to the call to arms and fighting for what he believed right in 1861, he enlisted in Company K of the 12th Virginia Volunteer Regiment, Confederate States of America. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Winchester and was sent to Camp Chase, thence to Johnson's Island where he was held as a prisoner of war until 1864. At that time he took the oath of allegiance to the government and was released. In 1866, John Baker was married to Amanda Krall, daughter of Jacob and Mary Krall of Columbus, Ohio. John and Amanda were the parents of the following children: Mary Catherine; Anna; John Irvin; William Henry, born in 1876; Elsie Barbara; Charles Raymond, born November 22, 1883; and Bessie Lee, born August 8, 1890.
Following the war, Mr. Baker migrated to Ohio, and after being engaged in several occupations for a number of years, settled in Latty Township about 1887. He first settled and installed a sawmill within a few rods of the corner, one mile north of the present site of Grover Hill in Section 24 of Latty Township. He operated this mill for about eighteen months, during which time he sawed the lumber for the home of Joseph Goodwin, located just south of the mill on the west side of the road. Mr. Baker then moved his residence and the sawmill to his small farm located in the extreme southwest corner of Section 10, also in Latty Township. The sawmill operated here until about 1890, during which time the lumber for the Methodist Episcopal Church, located one-half mile north of Latty Center, was sawed. The sawmill covered about one acre of land, and when it was discontinued, a mill for the making of tile and brick was started. Bessie Baker (Kempher), the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Baker, has related that her father also operated a can mill and gristmill at this same location. The gristmill was equipped with stone buhrs, and a steam engine furnished the required power for both the gristmill and the cane mill. To house the tile and brick manufacturing business, two buildings were erected, each measuring 20 feet in width and 100 feet in length. Power for the plant was provided by a twenty-horsepower engine. The mill employed four men and had a daily output of about 8,000 tile and 6,000 brick. The manufacture of tile was discontinued about 1911, and the plant was dismantled the following year. Mrs. John Baker died in 1914, to be followed in death by her husband, in 1927. They are buried in the Mt. Zion Cemetery.
Taken from the "History of Grover Hill" by Laurence R. Hipp, published in 1971.)
John Baker was well-known and respected throughout the Latty Township community. His name was closely associated with the production and sale of drain tile and with the operation of his sawmill. He was born on a farm in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, September 10, 1841, the son of Adam and Delilah (Vance) Baker. He was reared on a farm, receiving his education from the common schools of the neighborhood. Responding to the call to arms and fighting for what he believed right in 1861, he enlisted in Company K of the 12th Virginia Volunteer Regiment, Confederate States of America. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Winchester and was sent to Camp Chase, thence to Johnson's Island where he was held as a prisoner of war until 1864. At that time he took the oath of allegiance to the government and was released. In 1866, John Baker was married to Amanda Krall, daughter of Jacob and Mary Krall of Columbus, Ohio. John and Amanda were the parents of the following children: Mary Catherine; Anna; John Irvin; William Henry, born in 1876; Elsie Barbara; Charles Raymond, born November 22, 1883; and Bessie Lee, born August 8, 1890.
Following the war, Mr. Baker migrated to Ohio, and after being engaged in several occupations for a number of years, settled in Latty Township about 1887. He first settled and installed a sawmill within a few rods of the corner, one mile north of the present site of Grover Hill in Section 24 of Latty Township. He operated this mill for about eighteen months, during which time he sawed the lumber for the home of Joseph Goodwin, located just south of the mill on the west side of the road. Mr. Baker then moved his residence and the sawmill to his small farm located in the extreme southwest corner of Section 10, also in Latty Township. The sawmill operated here until about 1890, during which time the lumber for the Methodist Episcopal Church, located one-half mile north of Latty Center, was sawed. The sawmill covered about one acre of land, and when it was discontinued, a mill for the making of tile and brick was started. Bessie Baker (Kempher), the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Baker, has related that her father also operated a can mill and gristmill at this same location. The gristmill was equipped with stone buhrs, and a steam engine furnished the required power for both the gristmill and the cane mill. To house the tile and brick manufacturing business, two buildings were erected, each measuring 20 feet in width and 100 feet in length. Power for the plant was provided by a twenty-horsepower engine. The mill employed four men and had a daily output of about 8,000 tile and 6,000 brick. The manufacture of tile was discontinued about 1911, and the plant was dismantled the following year. Mrs. John Baker died in 1914, to be followed in death by her husband, in 1927. They are buried in the Mt. Zion Cemetery.
John Baker was well-known and respected throughout the Latty Township community. His name was closely associated with the production and sale of drain tile and with the operation of his sawmill. He was born on a farm in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, September 10, 1841, the son of Adam and Delilah (Vance) Baker. He was reared on a farm, receiving his education from the common schools of the neighborhood. Responding to the call to arms and fighting for what he believed right in 1861, he enlisted in Company K of the 12th Virginia Volunteer Regiment, Confederate States of America. He was taken prisoner at the battle of Winchester and was sent to Camp Chase, thence to Johnson's Island where he was held as a prisoner of war until 1864. At that time he took the oath of allegiance to the government and was released. In 1866, John Baker was married to Amanda Krall, daughter of Jacob and Mary Krall of Columbus, Ohio. John and Amanda were the parents of the following children: Mary Catherine; Anna; John Irvin; William Henry, born in 1876; Elsie Barbara; Charles Raymond, born November 22, 1883; and Bessie Lee, born August 8, 1890.
Following the war, Mr. Baker migrated to Ohio, and after being engaged in several occupations for a number of years, settled in Latty Township about 1887. He first settled and installed a sawmill within a few rods of the corner, one mile north of the present site of Grover Hill in Section 24 of Latty Township. He operated this mill for about eighteen months, during which time he sawed the lumber for the home of Joseph Goodwin, located just south of the mill on the west side of the road. Mr. Baker then moved his residence and the sawmill to his small farm located in the extreme southwest corner of Section 10, also in Latty Township. The sawmill operated here until about 1890, during which time the lumber for the Methodist Episcopal Church, located one-half mile north of Latty Center, was sawed. The sawmill covered about one acre of land, and when it was discontinued, a mill for the making of tile and brick was started. Bessie Baker (Kempher), the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Baker, has related that her father also operated a can mill and gristmill at this same location. The gristmill was equipped with stone buhrs, and a steam engine furnished the required power for both the gristmill and the cane mill. To house the tile and brick manufacturing business, two buildings were erected, each measuring 20 feet in width and 100 feet in length. Power for the plant was provided by a twenty-horsepower engine. The mill employed four men and had a daily output of about 8,000 tile and 6,000 brick. The manufacture of tile was discontinued about 1911, and the plant was dismantled the following year. Mrs. John Baker died in 1914, to be followed in death by her husband, in 1927. They are buried in the Mt. Zion Cemetery.
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