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Hibbard Baker

Hibbard Baker

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  • Name Hibbard Baker 
    Birth 9 May 1858  Michigan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 5 Jul 1860  Hastings, Barry, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Charles, age 2, born MI, living with parents 
    Census 14 Jul 1870  Wyandotte, Wayne, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Charles, age 12, born MI, living with parents 
    Census 14 Jun 1880  East Saginaw, Saginaw, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 22, born MI, single boarder, school teacher, parents born NY/NY 
    Census 25 Jun 1900  Manhattan, New York, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 41, born May 1859 in MI, lawyer, parents born NY/PA, mother & sister living in house 
    Person ID I14814  Family Tree
    Last Modified 11 Feb 2019 

    Father George Payson Baker,   b. 20 Jan 1831, Lancaster, Coos, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 28 Aug 1903, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years) 
    Mother Celestia W J Hibbard,   b. 6 Apr 1835, Sugar Grove, Mercer, PA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 1910, Chicago, Cook, IL Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 17 Jan 1857 
    Family ID F5546  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Lola B Butterfield,   b. 22 Jun 1866, Pontiac, Oakland, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1960, Brookline, Norfolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years) 
    Marriage 18 Aug 1886  Detroit, Wayne, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Divorce 1 Feb 1896  Detroit, Wayne, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • from "Michigan, County Marriages, 1822-1940" (familysearch.org)
      On 18 Aug 1886 in Detroit MI, Hibbard Baker, 28, a lawyer, residing Detroit, b. MI, married Lola B Butterfield, 21, residing Detriot, b. MI.
    Children 
     1. Harold Sanford Baker,   b. 7 Mar 1888, Detroit, Wayne, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Feb 1936, Detroit, Wayne, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years)
     2. Grace Baker,   b. 2 Oct 1893, Detroit, Wayne, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 30 Jan 1970, Boston, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years)
    Family ID F5562  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 7 Apr 2018 

  • Photos
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    Hibbard Baker Sketch
    Hibbard Baker campaigned for office of US Congress, 1st district, in 1890 and lost to J. Logan Chipman. (from "The Detroit Plandealer", 31 Oct 1890

  • Notes 
    • from "The Detroit Free Press", 2 Feb 1896 (newspapers.com) [high profile case that someone tried to suppress from the the newspaper]
      Hibbard Baker was a promising young lawyer in this city when he was nominated for congress by the Republicans and defeated by the late H. Logan Chipman. The bill for divorce was filed and suppressed on October 23 last, and it alleged non-support and desertion. With a few day of that date the appearance of the defendant was entered by Bethune Duffield, and two weeks later the answer, which was also suppressed, like all the records in the case. At the hearing Mrs. Baker and her father, L.S. Butterfield, testified that for a number of years after the marriage, which place about ten or twelve years ago, Mr. and Mrs. Baker led a happy life together, but that Mr. Baker's attitude toward his wife changed when he went south to look up lands for speculators, in the summer of 1893. The complainant stated that after her husband had been absent a short time she visited him in the south at his request. After awhile he asked her to return home, agreeing to send for her if he made up his mind to stay in the south, or else he would come back to Detroit. Mrs. Baker declared he did neither, but that instead he went to New York city, where he is now engaged in the real estate business. The desertion took place in August, 1893. At that time the Bakers had one child, Harold, who will be 7 years old on the 4th next month. Another child, Grace, was born on October 2, 1893. Mrs. Baker introduced proof that her husband had not supported her or their children for more than two years. Judge Donovan called the attention of the lawyers to the fact that the statutory four months from the beginning of the suit had not elapsed and that he could not grant a decree on that ground. However, as desertion for more than tow years had also been shown by undisputed evidence, a decree was given on the that ground, the law allowing a divorce for that cause in less than four months from the filing of the bill.