Bio: Stephen Chase Baker :Ashland, Grafton County, New Hampshire From Gazetteer of Grafton County, NH 1709-1886 -Ashland Compiled & published by Hamilton Child 1886 Stephen Chase Baker, son of Joseph Baker, was born in Holderness in 1821. His great grandfather, Joseph Baker, when a lad of 12 or 14 years, ran away from his home in England, came to America and settled in New England. His children were born in Nottingham, N. H. He was one of the grantees of Holderness, and his right was improved by his son Andrew, who settled in the township about 1772, and became the ancestor of the Baker family in Ashland and Holderness. Joseph A. Baker, his grandson, occupies his original homestead. Andrew Baker was an only son, had two sisters, one of whom married John Shaw, from whom are descended the Shaws of Holderness. One married Levi Drew, grandfather of Asa Drew, of Ashland. Andrew Baker married Anna Knowlton, and had three daughters, and six sons who reached manhood, viz.: James, Andrew K., Stephen, Ebenezer, Col. Nathan and Joseph. Joseph Baker inherited his father's farm, married Hannah Piper and reared five sons and four daughters. He was a drum-major in the old militia companies. Stephen C. Baker, the eldest son, followed farming, teaching school winters until about 1845, when he became interested in the manufacture of paper, in the employ of George Hoyt. In 1854 he became a partner with Joseph W. Calley in the manufacture of strw-board, and has been identified with this business and the manufacture of leather-board. He has been superintendent of the Sunday school about twenty years and chorister about nineteen years. He has filled various town offices, and has also been an earnest temperance worker for many years, and for the past two years has filled the position of Grand Worthy Patriarch in the New Hampshire Grand Division Sons of Temperance. **************************************************************************** USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free genealogical information on the Internet, data may be freely used for personal research and by non-commercial entities as long as this message remains on all copied material. These electronic pages may not be reproduced in any format or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for profit or any form of presentation, must obtain the written consent of the file submitter, or his legal representative and then contact the listed USGENWEB archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. http://www.usgwarchives.net. Submitted by: rickman@worldpath.net Date: November 11, 2000 ****************************************************************************