PERQUIMANS COUNTY, NC - CEMETERIES - Baker Family Cemetery
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The Baker Family Cemetery is located on farmland in the possession of the 
Perry family since 1901. Prior to that it was owned by Henry Wind (Harry) 
Baker, my great-great grandfather, whose headstone is the largest in the 
cemetery. The cemetery is located two miles from the Town of Winfall down the 
Two Mile Desert Road. Turn right on Swamp Road and go one-half mile. The 
cemetery is in the center of the field to your left. The following 
transcriptions were made personally by me on 20 June 1978. Additional notes 
come from other family records (mainly the Baker Family Bible) and the 
recollections of family members who had lived on the property since the turn 
of the century. 

The cemetery is almost square, and has many unmarked graves or graves with 
brick and mortar markers. The following inscriptions were recorded:

In Memory of 
H. W. Baker
Born Mar 2, 1820
Died May 25, 1901

Lavinia Baker
Born Mar 19, 1844
Died Apr 21, 1934

In Memory of
L. J. Baker
Consort of
Martin Smith
Born Nov 9, 1857
Died May 30, 1897

Charlie B. Smith
Born Feb 8, 1905
Died May 26, 1908

Harry M. Smith
Born Dec 25, 1906
Died Dec 30, 1906

Clarravandoe Smith
Born Feb 10, 1899
Died Sept 22, 1900

William Riley Smith
Born Nov 27, 1900
Died Aug 20, 190 (Last digit not legible)

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H. W. Baker is buried there with his four wives:

Lavinia (Louvinia) Jennings Baker
Sally Ann Baker
Cyndia Welch Baker
Permelia Trotman Baker

Lavinia Baker has the only modern marker in the cemetery. The wives are 
buried two on one side of Mr. Baker, one on the other side, and Lavinia, the 
last spouse, is buried at his head. The other spouses' graves have no 
identifiable markers.

Emma Smith died of appendicitis and was buried with her diamond engagement 
ring on at her finace's request.

L. J. (Laura Jane) Baker was the child of H. W. Baker and Permelia Trotman
Baker