Fayette County PA Archives Biographies.....Baker, George April 11, 1818 - ????
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Source: Gresham and Wiley, 1889: Biographical & Portrait Cyclopedia, Fayette Co, PA, pg 248
Author: John H. Gresham & Samuel T. Wiley

George Baker is of German origin, was born April 11, 
1818, in Springhill township, Fayette county, Penna, and is 
a son of George Baker and Julia Ann Dick Baker.
    His paternal grandfather, Peter Baker, came from 
Maryland to Springhill township in 1802, and purchased a 
farm of 291 1/2 acres of land. He was a successful farmer in 
his day and kept an apiary.
    George Baker Sr, father, was born near Boonsborough, 
Maryland, and received a very good education. He married 
Miss Julia Ann Dick, December 14, 1794, in 1800 moved across 
the mountains in wagons to Springhill, settled upon his 
father's tract of which he became heir to 141 acres, his 
brother receiving the remainder.
    He had six children: Elizabeth Baker, Mary Baker, 
Margaret Baker, Thomas Baker, Charlotte Baker and George 
Baker.
    George Baker Sr was a weaver by trade and he and his 
wife were members of the Lutheran church. He died in 1839 at 
the age of seventy five years, and in two months his wife, a 
native of Germany, passed away aged sixty nine years.
    George Baker was reared on a farm, and attended the 
subscription school until eighteen years of age. The home 
farm was willed to him on condition that he pay the other 
heirs a certain sum each, which he did. He has held the farm 
since his father's death in 1839, and has added greatly to 
its appearance and value by many valuable improvements, one 
of which was the erection of a large, tasteful and 
comfortable residence.
    He was married October 7, 1844, to Miss Margaret 
Sergent, daughter of Richard Sergent. Their union has been 
blessed with seven children: Julia Ann Baker, April 6, 1846; 
Sarah E Baker, April 10, 1848; Oliver P Baker, March 10, 
1850; James Baker, April 23, 1852; Emma C Baker, July 15, 
1854; William E Baker, February, 10, 1857; Joseph M Baker, 
August 31, 1859; and two who died in infancy.
    Mr Baker is a Jacksonian Democrat, as was also his 
father; he has held the township offices of auditor, road 
supervisor, and school director. He is a prominent citizen 
of Springhill and is a good farmer. His wife has spent half 
a century of her life in the membership and service of the 
Presbyterian church, and has been a faithful friend of the 
church to which her husband also belongs.

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