Baker Family

THE BAKER FAMILY.— William Baker, a native of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania, removed to Irwin township, Venango county, in the year 1805. He was married in Westmoreland county and reared the following family: John; Peter and William, twins; Philip; Eva, who married Jacob Hoffman; Polly, who married Robert McConnell; Elizabeth, married to Philip Surrena; Katie, married to Francis Vogus; and Nancy became the wife of Jacob Jacobs. William Baker, Jr., was born in Westmoreland county in 1790, came to Venango county with his parents, and about the year 1829 purchased the land whereon his son Samuel now lives. He served in Captain McManigal’s company in the war of 1812. He married Polly, a daughter of Peter Walter, and they became the parents of thirteen children: William J., deceased; Samuel; John; Philip; Martha, wife of Israel Beach; William; Polly, who married William Daniels; Clark; David, deceased; Walter, deceased; Rosanna, wife of William Beach; Betsey, wife of William Walter, and Lewis.

SAMUEL BAKER, eldest living son of William Baker, was born August 13, 1813, on the farm of his grandfather, Peter Walter, in Clinton township, where he also spent his youth. He followed shoemaking for some years, but has principally been engaged in farming on the old place, which he purchased in 1859. He was married in the year 1838 to Miss Sarah, daughter of Stephen Whited Beach, and the fruits of this union have been ten children: John J.; Alva, who was a member of Company K., Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry, and died April 6, 1864, from disease and exposure in the Confederate prison on Belle Isle; Ezra, deceased; Martha J., deceased; Walter, deceased; Euphemia, married to John H. Lovell; William A., deceased; Manila, wife of H.B. Gilmore; Hattie, and S. Boyd. Mr. Baker and wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and in politics he is a Republican.

History of Venango County PA 1890