Biographical Sketch of David N. Baker, Washington County, Missouri >From "History of Franklin, Jefferson, Washington, Crawford and Gasconade Counties", Biographical Appendix, Goodspeed Publishing Company, 1888. ********************************************************************** David N. Baker, an agriculturist of Washington County, was born in the county in which he now resides, December 22, 1830. His father, whose name was also David N., was a native of Kentucky, and was born in July, 1808, locating in Washington County, Mo., about 1827; he married Cath- erine Capeler, who was of German ancestry, and of the fourteen children born to their union twelve are still living. The father was killed on September 4, 1862, and the mother died October 4, 1881. David N. was the second son, and was born and reared on a farm in Washington County; he now owns 440 acres of land, and devotes his entire attention to the pursuit of farming. May 23, 1852, he married Margaret A. Yarbrough, who was born in Tennessee but was reared in Missouri, and is a daughter of Thomas G. and Mahala (Brown) Yarbrough. Mr. and Mrs. Baker have six children living, viz.: Sarah C., the wife of Z. T. Hale; Mary A., the wife of Tony Algire; Martha J., the wife of Peter Van Marren; Joseph H., James W. and Susan M., now Mrs. J. Compton. ==================================================================== USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor. This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by: Joe Miller Penny Harrell ====================================================================