Married to Keziah (Burns) Baker in Clay Co., KY 17 March 1821. John Baker, Sen'r was his bondsman. It is not known if John Sen'r is his father or just a kinsman. They moved to Morgan Co., IN with a group of Baker kin about 1828. They appeared in the deed records there selling land in Morgan County to John Eccles in 1837. They moved to North Salem township, Linn County, Missouri sometime after this. They remained there many years. John and his son Alfred signed an oath of allegiance to the Union in 1862:
Linn Co., MO Provost Marshal papers:
Baker, Alfred Linn North Salem Township Oath of Allegiance 02-26-1862 Reel # F 1221
Baker, John B. Linn North Salem Township Oath of Allegiance 02-26-1862 Reel # F 1221
About 1863, John & Keziah and their children & their families uprooted and migrated west in an oxen pulled covered wagon. They came via the Oregon Trail route, and then coming to Colusa from Oregon. Son Samuel had preceded them to California in the year 1852. John & Keziah appear in the 1870 Colusa County, CA census, but he does not appear in the 1880 census. John died in 1874 and Keziah died sometime after 1880.
Weekly Colusa Sun, Colusa, CA; Saturday, 14 Nov. 1874
Died.
At Colusa, November 11th, John B. Baker, a native of Russell county, Virginia, aged 75 years.
[Mr. Baker was an old and highly respected citizen of Colusa. He was the father of William, Samuel and Albert(sic- Alfred) Baker; also of Mrs. David McCollum and Mrs. William Thomas. Deceased leaves thirty grandchildren and three great grandchildren, all residing in Colusa county. Mr. Baker was a gentleman of great activity, and the very soul of honor. Although he had reached the evening of life, and served out more than the usual time of man on earth, his death was unexpected until within a very short time of his decease. His loss will be severely felt by a large circle of relatives and friends.]
Linn Co., MO Provost Marshal papers:
Baker, Alfred Linn North Salem Township Oath of Allegiance 02-26-1862 Reel # F 1221
Baker, John B. Linn North Salem Township Oath of Allegiance 02-26-1862 Reel # F 1221
About 1863, John & Keziah and their children & their families uprooted and migrated west in an oxen pulled covered wagon. They came via the Oregon Trail route, and then coming to Colusa from Oregon. Son Samuel had preceded them to California in the year 1852. John & Keziah appear in the 1870 Colusa County, CA census, but he does not appear in the 1880 census. John died in 1874 and Keziah died sometime after 1880.
Weekly Colusa Sun, Colusa, CA; Saturday, 14 Nov. 1874
Died.
At Colusa, November 11th, John B. Baker, a native of Russell county, Virginia, aged 75 years.
[Mr. Baker was an old and highly respected citizen of Colusa. He was the father of William, Samuel and Albert(sic- Alfred) Baker; also of Mrs. David McCollum and Mrs. William Thomas. Deceased leaves thirty grandchildren and three great grandchildren, all residing in Colusa county. Mr. Baker was a gentleman of great activity, and the very soul of honor. Although he had reached the evening of life, and served out more than the usual time of man on earth, his death was unexpected until within a very short time of his decease. His loss will be severely felt by a large circle of relatives and friends.]
Married to Keziah (Burns) Baker in Clay Co., KY 17 March 1821. John Baker, Sen'r was his bondsman. It is not known if John Sen'r is his father or just a kinsman. They moved to Morgan Co., IN with a group of Baker kin about 1828. They appeared in the deed records there selling land in Morgan County to John Eccles in 1837. They moved to North Salem township, Linn County, Missouri sometime after this. They remained there many years. John and his son Alfred signed an oath of allegiance to the Union in 1862:
Linn Co., MO Provost Marshal papers:
Baker, Alfred Linn North Salem Township Oath of Allegiance 02-26-1862 Reel # F 1221
Baker, John B. Linn North Salem Township Oath of Allegiance 02-26-1862 Reel # F 1221
About 1863, John & Keziah and their children & their families uprooted and migrated west in an oxen pulled covered wagon. They came via the Oregon Trail route, and then coming to Colusa from Oregon. Son Samuel had preceded them to California in the year 1852. John & Keziah appear in the 1870 Colusa County, CA census, but he does not appear in the 1880 census. John died in 1874 and Keziah died sometime after 1880.
Weekly Colusa Sun, Colusa, CA; Saturday, 14 Nov. 1874
Died.
At Colusa, November 11th, John B. Baker, a native of Russell county, Virginia, aged 75 years.
[Mr. Baker was an old and highly respected citizen of Colusa. He was the father of William, Samuel and Albert(sic- Alfred) Baker; also of Mrs. David McCollum and Mrs. William Thomas. Deceased leaves thirty grandchildren and three great grandchildren, all residing in Colusa county. Mr. Baker was a gentleman of great activity, and the very soul of honor. Although he had reached the evening of life, and served out more than the usual time of man on earth, his death was unexpected until within a very short time of his decease. His loss will be severely felt by a large circle of relatives and friends.]
Linn Co., MO Provost Marshal papers:
Baker, Alfred Linn North Salem Township Oath of Allegiance 02-26-1862 Reel # F 1221
Baker, John B. Linn North Salem Township Oath of Allegiance 02-26-1862 Reel # F 1221
About 1863, John & Keziah and their children & their families uprooted and migrated west in an oxen pulled covered wagon. They came via the Oregon Trail route, and then coming to Colusa from Oregon. Son Samuel had preceded them to California in the year 1852. John & Keziah appear in the 1870 Colusa County, CA census, but he does not appear in the 1880 census. John died in 1874 and Keziah died sometime after 1880.
Weekly Colusa Sun, Colusa, CA; Saturday, 14 Nov. 1874
Died.
At Colusa, November 11th, John B. Baker, a native of Russell county, Virginia, aged 75 years.
[Mr. Baker was an old and highly respected citizen of Colusa. He was the father of William, Samuel and Albert(sic- Alfred) Baker; also of Mrs. David McCollum and Mrs. William Thomas. Deceased leaves thirty grandchildren and three great grandchildren, all residing in Colusa county. Mr. Baker was a gentleman of great activity, and the very soul of honor. Although he had reached the evening of life, and served out more than the usual time of man on earth, his death was unexpected until within a very short time of his decease. His loss will be severely felt by a large circle of relatives and friends.]
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