James Artemas Baker

1859 - 1917  (58 years)

• Name	James Artemas Baker
  Birth	22 Sep 1859	Lancaster, Dallas, TX
  Gender	Male
  Census	27 Jun 1860	Dallas Co, TX
  	age 8/12, born TX, living with parents
  Census	6 Jul 1870	Dallas Co, TX
  	age 11, born TX, living with parents
  Census	2 Jun 1880	Hamilton Co, TX
  	J.A., age 20, born TX, farmer, living with parents
  Census	12 Jun 1900	Floyd Co, TX
  	age 40, born Sep 1859 in TX, marr 15 yr, grocer, parents born OH/TX
  Census	18 Apr 1910	Lockney, Floyd, TX
  	age 50, born TX, mx1 for 25 yrs, manager of general merchandise, parents born OH/TX
  Death	16 Oct 1917	Lockney, Floyd, TX
  Burial	18 Oct 1917	Lockney Cemetery, Lockney, TX
  Person ID	I14887	Family Tree
  Last Modified	8 May 2017

  
  

  Father	William Thatcher Baker,   b. 10 Oct 1830, Licking Co, OH d. 12 Aug 1884, Ohio, Hamilton, TX (Age 53 years)
  Mother	Emily Elvira Beeman,   b. 8 Jan 1841, Bowie Co, TX d. 22 Feb 1920, Hamilton, Hamilton, TX (Age 79 years)
  Marriage	1856
  Family ID	F5582	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah Alice Ratliff,   b. 26 Aug 1867, Van Zandt Co, TX d. 2 Jun 1967, Lockney, Floyd, TX (Age 99 years)  [1]
  Marriage	1 Jan 1885	Ohio, Hamilton, TX
  Children	1. Meda Mozelle Baker,   b. 21 Mar 1886, Hamilton, Hamilton, TX d. 21 Sep 1976, Lockney, Floyd, TX (Age 90 years)   2. Alice Genella Baker,   b. 28 Oct 1888, Hamilton, Hamilton, TX d. 3 May 1991, Boulder, Boulder, CO (Age 102 years) + 3. France H Baker,   b. 9 Jun 1890, Hamilton, Hamilton, TX d. 29 Jul 1984, Lubbock, Lubbock, TX (Age 94 years) + 4. Norton E Baker,   b. 21 Apr 1892, Floyd Co, TX d. 23 Dec 1985, Amarillo, Randall, TX (Age 93 years) + 5. Robin Baker,   b. 22 Feb 1894, Lockney, Floyd, TX d. 10 Dec 1965, Plainview, Hale, TX (Age 71 years) + 6. James Artemas Baker,   b. 22 Sep 1896, Lockney, Floyd, TX d. 5 Oct 1975, Pecos, Reeves, TX (Age 79 years)   7. Lois Dimple Baker,   b. 16 Nov 1898, Lockney, Floyd, TX d. 18 Jun 1991, Lockney, Floyd, TX (Age 92 years)   8. Eula Lee Baker,   b. 26 Dec 1900, Lockney, Floyd, TX d. 9 Mar 2002, Roff, Pontotoc, OK (Age 101 years)   9. Walter B Baker,   b. 7 Apr 1902, Lockney, Floyd, TX d. 7 Apr 1902, Lockney, Floyd, TX (Age 0 years) + 10. William Dorsey Baker,   b. 7 Sep 1903, Lockney, Floyd, TX d. 19 Feb 1998, Lockney, Floyd, TX (Age 94 years) + 11. Joseph Latimore “Larry” Baker,   b. 20 May 1906, Lockney, Floyd, TX d. 26 Nov 1957, Lubbock, Lubbock, TX (Age 51 years)   12. Mary Baker,   b. 22 May 1908, Lockney, Floyd, TX d. 13 Jun 2000, New Braunfels, Comal, TX (Age 92 years) + 13. Helen Gerald Baker,   b. 5 Feb 1914, Lockney, Floyd, TX d. 21 Apr 2017, San Antonio, Bexar, TX (Age 103 years)
  Family ID	F5624	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2017

  
  

• Headstones

  James & Sarah (Ratliff) Baker Gravestone BAKER JAMES ARTEMAS / SEPT. 22, 1859 / OCT. 16, 1917 MARRIED / JAN. 1, 1885 SARAH ALICE / AUG. 26, 1867 / JUN 2, 1967

  
  

• Notes

  from "Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982" (ancestry.com) J.A. Baker, a merchant, born 22 Sep 1859 in TX to W.T. Baker b. TX & Emily Beeman b. Dallas, TX, died 16 Oct 1917 in Lockney, Floyd, TX of erysipelas due to a ??ick on chin. Burial on 18 Oct in Lockney cemetery, Informant Mrs. JA Baker of Lockmer.

  
  

• Sources

  [S187] Kathryne Baker Witty and Alma Baker Rea, The William Thatcher Baker family, 1830-1971, (self published (1971)).