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Below is a family biography included in Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chautauqua County, New York published by John M. Gresham & Co. in 1891. These biographies are valuable for genealogy research in discovering missing ancestors or filling in the details of a family tree. Family biographies often include far more information than can be found in a census record or obituary. Details will vary with each biography but will often include the date and place of birth, parent names including mothers' maiden name, name of wife including maiden name, her parents' names, name of children (including spouses if married), former places of residence, occupation details, military service, church and social organization affiliations, and more. There are often ancestry details included that cannot be found in any other type of genealogical record.
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DERMOUTH R. BAKER was born in the town of Charlotte, Chautauqua county, New York, on December 12, 1846, and is the son of Henry and Ella E. (Rindus) Baker, the former being born June 27, 1833, in the town of Charlotte, the latter in 1834, in the town of Gerry. Henry Baker has been a farmer, but recently has retired to the village of Ellington Centre. The Bakers were originally native to Vermont, where the grandfather of subject was born, reared and died.
Dermouth R. Baker spent his youth and early life in the town of Charlotte, and there took his first steps in education, soon leaving school to engage in the more active work of the farm. This he has continuously pursued until two years ago, when he relinquished his claim on the old homestead, and purchased in the town of Gerry what is known as the Thompson farm, containing about one hundred and fifty acres. He now occupies his time in managing his farm, raising sheep of the South-Down variety, and in the manufacture of cheese and maple sugar. In politics Mr. Baker has been a life-long republican, and is a member of the Empire State Legion of Honor.
Dermouth R. Baker united in marriage with Mary A. Brown, daughter of J. C. Brown of Ellington. To them have been born two daughters: Lita May, wife of Ransom Livermore of the town of Ellington; and Ella Amelia, wife of Dorritt C. Davis, also of Ellington.
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