Roane County, West Virginia         BIO: BAKER Family

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History of Roane County, West Virginia, 1774-1927
William H. Bishop, Esq.
p 438-439

BAKER:  Of Curtis District.
Aaron Baker, born in the State of Maine, March 17, 1812, son of Aaron and
Hannah (Smith) Baker, both of Maine; in Noble County, Ohio, 7th day of April,
1842, he and Sarah Jennings of that county were married; of this, five
children were born: Hanna, David N., Elizabeth Jane, Ruth and Gamaliel.  For
a second wife Aaron Baker married Emily Jane McMun in Sharon, Noble County,
Ohio, February 28, 1858, she being a daughter of Isaac and Maria (Moore)
McMun; of this mar-riage, ten children were born, five sons and five
daughters, all in Noble County, Ohio. Their names in order of dates of their
births are: Aaron W., Lydia M., Cordelia A., Elmer Ellsworth, James Grant,
Isaac A., Martha F., Mary Viola, died at two years, Margaret Luella, and
Henry Clarence Baker. H. Clarence yet resides on the old farm just above the
post office Clarence in Curtis District. Aaron Baker, the father above
mentioned, came to this part of Roane County in the year 1881; he was a
devout member of the Methodist Episcopal Church; gave of his time and means
to building and support of his church, while clearing away the heavy forest
and making the farm and home. But for a shoTt men-tion of the above facts of
his life found in Hardesty's History to which he or some member of his family
subscribed, name and memory of this
good citizen would have been lost to the public; he has been dead so long,
only two or three of the oldest citizens remember him.  His children seek no
public mention.