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Isabella Hempstead

Female 1825 - 1900  (75 years)


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  • Name Isabella Hempstead 
    Birth 15 Jan 1825  St Louis, St Louis, MO Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Census 15 Aug 1850  McDonough Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 25, born MO 
    Census 20 Jun 1860  Macomb, McDonough, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 34, born WI 
    Census 2 Jun 1870  Macomb, McDonough, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 45, born MO, keeping house 
    Census 14 Jun 1880  Macomb, McDonough, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 55, born MO, keeping house, parents born CT/Cascasca(?) 
    Death 1 Jun 1900  Macomb, McDonough, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Census 19 Jun 1900  Macomb, McDonough, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 75, born Jan 1825 in IL, widowed, 4/4 children living, parents born CT/FRA, living with family of dau Clara Chandler 
    Burial Oakwood Cemetery, Macomb, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14160  Family Tree
    Last Modified 7 Sep 2023 

    Father Stephen Hempstead 
    Mother Mary L LeFevre 
    Family ID F5285  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jonathan Haskell Baker,   b. 8 May 1817, Walpole, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Aug 1891, McDonough Co, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Marriage 14 Mar 1843  Macomb, McDonough, IL Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Clara A Baker,   b. 6 Jan 1844, Macomb, McDonough, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jun 1929, Indianapolis, Marion, IN Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
     2. Mary C Baker,   b. 1846, Macomb, McDonough, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Feb 1925, Macomb, McDonough, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     3. Isabelle Baker,   b. 6 Dec 1864, Macomb, McDonough, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Mar 1925, Chicago, Cook, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years)
     4. Joseph Haskell Baker,   b. 31 Oct 1866, Macomb, McDonough, IL Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Dec 1947, Macomb, McDonough, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years)
    Family ID F5284  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Feb 2017 

  • Headstones
    Joseph Haskell Baker Gravestone
    Joseph Haskell Baker Gravestone
    CAROLINE H. UPDEGRAFF / born / June 7, 1819 / died / May 3, 1892
    [likely a sister of Isabella Hempstead]
    JOSEPH HASKELL BAKER / 1866 - 1947
    Plot: Lot 66, Block 4
    Joseph Haskell Baker Gravestone Side 2
    Joseph Haskell Baker Gravestone Side 2
    JONATHAN HASKELL BAKER
    Born at / Walpole N.H. / May 8, 1817. / Died at Mabcomb Ill. / Aug. 31. 1891
    ISABEL HEMPSTEAD BAKER. / Born at St. Louis, Mo. Jul 13, 1825. / Died at Macomb, Ill. / June 1, 1900.

  • Notes 
    • from newspaper obituary (findagrave.com)
      Mrs. J.B. Baker
      Above named, one of the oldest residents of our city, died at the home of her son-in-law, C.V. Chandler of West Carroll street, Friday, June 1st, 1900. Funeral services at Universalist Church at 3 p.m. Sunday. Isabella Hempstead, fifth daughter of Steven Hempstead and Marie LeFebree, was born in St Louis, Mo., on Jan. 15th, 1825. After her mother's death she came to Macomb to live with an older sister Mrs. James M. Campbell, at whose house, in 1843, she was united in marriage to J.H. Baker of this city. Mr. Baker served as judge of McDonough county for a number of years, and died Aug. 31st, 1891. To them were born four children: Clara A., wife of C.V. Chandler, Mary C., wife of the late Edward L. Wells, Sarah Isabel, wife of George d. Tunnicliff, and Joseph Haskell, all of whom are living. Mrs. Sarah F. de Lorimer of Neola, Ia., a sister of Mrs Baker, is the only surviving member of a family of eight children.