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Below is a family biography included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co. 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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JOSEPH BAKER, farmer, post office Ross, was born March 4, 1790, in Lexington, W. Va., a son of Joseph and Mary (Crider) Baker. He married, June 29, 1820, Nancy Baker, a full cousin, and following year they came to Ross township, where he purchased one hundred acres, and moved into a log house, which is still standing, and in which all their children were born; in 1849 he built a brick house, where he now resides. His wife died March 21, 1883, aged eighty-nine years. They reared a family of eight children: Sally and John W. (deceased), Josiah, Sarah J., Mary J. and Amos D. (living), and Louis L. and Amanda W. (deceased). Mr. Baker is a member of the M. E. Church (of which his wife is also a member), and was class-leader and steward for many years. He has always been an industrious man, is highly respected by his neighbors, and is well known, especially among the pioneers of Ross township. Josiah Baker married Barbara E., daughter of Ed. McCorkle, Esq., a soldier of the Revolution, well known on Deer Creek, this county. Mrs. Josiah Baker died at the age of twenty-three, leaving one child, Nancy V. E., who is now living with her maternal grandparents.
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This family biography is one of 2,156 biographies included in the History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania published in 1889 by A. Warner & Co.
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