Western Pennsylvania Genealogy
Compiled by Douglas H. Lusher


Family Group Record



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George Kirkpatrick Baker and Martha Foster Russell




Husband George Kirkpatrick Baker 1 2 3

           Born: 7 Dec 1837 - Big Beaver Twp, Beaver Co, PA 3
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         Father: Richard Baker (1799/1800-1882) 1 3 4 5
         Mother: Catherine Thompson (1807-1884) 1 3 4 5


       Marriage: 20 Sep 1860 1 3



Wife Martha Foster Russell 1 2 3

           Born: 9 Jul 1834 - Venango Co, PA 1 3
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         Father: William Russell (      -1893) 6 7 8
         Mother: Elizabeth "Betsey" McCandless (      -1860) 2 6




Children
1 M Thompson M. Baker 9 10 11 12

           Born: 24 Apr 1862 - near Homewood Station, Beaver Co, PA 9 10 11
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         Spouse: Nannie E. Painter (      -      ) 10 11 12 13
           Marr: 24 Feb 1887 10 11 13


2 F Elizabeth R. Baker 1 12

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         Spouse: W. Lowrey Stoops (      -Bef 1895) 1 2 12
         Spouse: L. S. Byers (      -      ) 2


3 F Mary C. Baker 1 14

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         Spouse: Oliver D. Pisor (      -      ) 1 2 14


4 M William R. Baker 1 14

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         Spouse: Mary Ralston (      -      ) 15



General Notes: Husband - George Kirkpatrick Baker


His education was acquired in the public schools of Beaver County, Pennsylvania, and from his early years he was identified with agricultural pursuits. At the age of twenty-two years he rented a farm in Center township, Butler County, Pennsylvania, and lived on this for six years. He then purchased eighty acres in Clay township, where he lived until 1898, engaged in general farming and stock raising. In the above mentioned year he retired, selling his farm, and lived in Butler County after that time. March 28, 1865, he enlisted in Company I, Sixty-seventh Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry, and served until July 20, 1865, during this time being engaged in guard duty, and not being called upon to take part in any battle. He and his wife were members of the Methodist Episcopal church, and he was a member of A. G. Reed Post, No. 105, Grand Army of the Republic.

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Sources


1 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1057.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1406.

3 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 56.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Beaver County, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Co., 1914), Pg 641.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1405.

6 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 345.

7 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 907.

8 James A. McKee, 20th Century History of Butler and Butler County, Pa., and Representative Citizens (Chicago, IL: Richmond-Arnold Publishing Co., 1909), Pg 1414.

9 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 720, 1057.

10 C. Hale Sipe, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Topeka - Indianapolis: Historical Publishing Co., 1927), Pg 759.

11 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1252.

12 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 60.

13 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 721.

14 Joseph A. Ferree, The McCandless and Related Families, Pioneers of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Natrona Heights, PA: Self-Published, 1977), Pg 57.

15 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 1407.


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