 1859 - 1903 (44 years)
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| Name |
Mary Simon Baker [1] |
| Birth |
Apr 1859 |
Wake Co., North Carolina  |
| Gender |
Female |
| Death |
15 Sep 1903 [1] |
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| Burial |
In family cemetary at Baker homeplace [1] |
| Person ID |
I16775 |
Gregory Gen |
| Last Modified |
12 Aug 2023 |
| Father |
Archibald A. Baker, b. 1814, Franklin Co., North Carolina d. Abt 1881 (Age 67 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Mother |
Arabella Strickland, b. Between 1829 and 1837, Franklin Co., North Carolina d. Between 1869 and 1880 (Age 40 years) |
| Relationship |
natural |
| Marriage |
19 Mar 1856 |
Franklin Co., North Carolina [1] |
| Family ID |
F9098 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
Solon Baker, b. 17 Jul 1869, Little River Township, Wake Co., North Carolina d. 26 Aug 1942, Wake Co., North Carolina (Age 73 years) |
| Marriage |
15 Jul 1895 |
Little River Township, Wake Co., North Carolina [2] |
| Children |
| | 1. Minnie Ada Baker, b. 13 Jul 1895, Wake Co., North Carolina d. 4 Jun 1983, Wake Co., North Carolina (Age 87 years) [Father: natural] [Mother: natural] |
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| Family ID |
F4921 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
12 Aug 2023 |
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| Notes |
- [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #0173]
Mary Simon Baker, Minnie's mother, was the oldest of 5 children. Mary's mother died sometime between the time Mary was 11 and 21 (according to census information). She kept house and took care of her brothers. The 1870 Census shows she attended school. Sometime between the age of 18 and 20 her oldest brother, John Perry Baker, evidently took charge of running the household and farm. After John Perry Baker and Charlie R. Baker ( I do not yet know when Archibald died), she married Solon Baker. The marriage took place 3 years after Charlie's death. Solon and Mary were married on July 21, 1894 in the Little River Township by R. C. Mitchell. The Marriage Register cites 1895. However, Minnie Baker Lockleair said July 21, 1894. The 1870 Census, taken while Mary's mother was living (mothers usually know), was taken August 20, 1870 and shows her age as 11. Therefore her birthday would be 1859. When she married an July 21, she had already celebrated her birthday. The Marriage Register listed her age at 35. The 1900 Census shows her birthday as April 1859.
1859 birth
+ 35 age at marriage
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1894 year married
1894 is the correct year. She died September 15, 1903 when Minnie was only 8 years old. She was buried in the family cemetery at the home place. The land that had been left to her through John P. Baker's (Mary's brother) will was left to Solon Baker his lifetime. Will was dated October 21, 1902. Probated September 14, 1903. After Solon's death, It was to go to Minnie Ada Baker. Her will began "IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN!" Mary died at the age of 44 of tuberculosis.
information found and wrote by Doris L. Bell 1989
copied by Michele Lockleair 1995
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| Sources |
- [S127] World Family Tree Vol. 07, Ed. 1, Tree #0173.
- [S278] Marriage License of Solon Baker & Mary Baker.
July 15, 1895
Solon Baker, age 26, s/o Rich S. and Bettie Baker. Married
Mary J. Baker, age 35
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