Noble-Kosciusko County IN Archives Biographies.....Baker, Jesse September 13, 1835 - July 18, 1914
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Author: Counties of LaGrange and Noble,Indiana

Jesse Baker is a native of Kosciusko County,Ind, where he was born September 
13, 1835.  His parents moved to Noble County wnen he was about one year old, 
thus becoming associated with pioneer experiences from his earliest days.  The 
log shcoolhouse, with its greased paper windows and otherwise rude character, 
was his only opportunity for an education, and clearing the farm of his father 
gave him ample opportunity for physical development.  October 31, 1857, he 
married Eliza Lane, and by her has became the father of eight children-John E, 
Alice (deceased), Myron, Celestia, Ella, Charlie, Melvin, and an infant 
deceased.  Mr Baker's parents were John and Jane (Thompson) Baker.  The father 
was a native of Fayette County, Ohio and was left with the care of four 
children by the death of the mother in 1844.  He died Augusst 26, 1879.  Jesse 
Baker had one brother in the Union army during the late war.  Is a Democrat in 
politics, and is a well-to-do and industrious farmer.

Additional Comments:
Eliza Lane was the daughter of Vincent Lane, born 1803 in Pickaswy county, Ohio 
died 1849, Noble county, Indiana; and Sarah Hitler, born 1810 in Pickaway, Ohio 
and died in Noble County Indiana in 1896

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