Samuel Baker

1. Burial: JUL 1855 West Branch Cemetery, Neave Twp., Darke Co., Ohio
2. Religion: German Baptist Brethren
3. Occupation: Farmer
4. Note:

   Samuel Baker was born 5 February 1803 in Bedford Co., PA. He was the son of John and Anna (Echelman or Snowbarger) Becker. His family to Ohio in 1815 with the William Hart family. They

   settled along the old Mill Road north of Union in Randolph Twp., Montgomery Co., OH. On 13 March 1825 he married Catharine Brumbaugh (born 4 July 1807) d/o Henry and Elizabeth (Folk) Brumbaugh. About 1835 they left Randolph Township and move to Neave Township, Darke County and resided at Baker. They were members of the German Baptist Brethren Church. He was a farmer and was listed in the 1850 U>S. Agricultural Census. Samue died 3 July 1855 and Catharine on 16 August 1886. They are buried in West Branch Cemetery, Neave Township.

   Children:

   Anna (1 January 1826-1904) m. 11 Oct. 1846 Daniel Phillippi

   Jacob (16 Jan. 1828-11 May 1918) m. 14 Jan. 1855 Susanna Karn. Jacob and his uncle George Brumbaugh founded Brumbaugh & Baker Store, which later became Baker Store.

   Elizabeth (7 Dec. 1829-12 Feb. 1908) m 21 Nov. 1852 William Noll

   George (22 April 1831-15 Dec. 1908) m 15 Aug. 1852 Susan Pitsenbarger

   Samuel (28 June 183303 April 1884) m 28 Oct. 1855 William Bookwalter

   Henry (3 July 1837-24 Aug. 1884) m 7 March 1867 Lusinda Weybright

   Catharine (1 Sept. 1841-17 Oct. 1908) m 1859 Daniel J. Wagner

   Sarah (3 April 1843-4 Jan. 1867)

   Mary Ann (14 June 1844-10 Dec. 1875) m 26 Dec. 1860 Jacob Halderman

   Rebecca (11 March 1845-16 March 1847)

   Barbara E. (4 Dec. 1847-1908) m Dr. D. Clinton Calderwood

   David (3 March 1850-1898) m 24 March 1872 Lucy Schuyler

   David was an U.S. Representative and drowned in boat accident at Chautauqua, south of Dayton

   John W. (27 Maay 1851-27 Jan. 1854)

   In the MVGS-The Genealogical Aids Bulletin, Vol. XII, No. 3, Winter 1983, information from the Bible of

   Samuel and Catherine Brumbaugh Baker was printed. Here are some excerpts from it.

   "This Bible now in the possession of Ms. Jayne Baker, Worthington, Ohio. It was originally purchased by Samuel Baker (1803-1855) who married Catherine Brumbaugh (1807-1886) in 1825 in Montgomery Co., Ohio. In 1832 they moved to Darke County, Ohio and settled in Neave Township. Sam was the son of John Becker (1758-1824), an early settler north of Union, Ohio. Although the family had been in America 80-100 years, the text is in German.

   From the title page: BIBLIA, Die Ganze Heilige Schrift bes Alten und Neuen Testaments, Nach der deutschen Ubersetzung D. Martin Luthers, I. Howe, Philadelphia 1829

   Other information was the marriage record of five of their children and birthdays of relatives. Death

   records are on another page.