Norton Amos Baker

1873 - 1943  (69 years)

• Name	Norton Amos Baker
  Birth	9 Sep 1873	Lancaster, Dallas, TX
  Gender	Male
  Census	2 Jun 1880	Hamilton Co, TX
  	age 8, born TX, at school, living with parents
  Census	15 Jun 1900	Calvert, Robertson, TX
  	N.A., age 26, born Sep 1873 in TX, marr 5 yrs, photographer, parents born OH/TX
  Census	18 May 1910	Dickens Co, TX
  	age 37, born TX, mx1 for 15 yrs, furniture salesman, parents born OH/TX
  Census	3 Feb 1920	Gorman, Eastland, TX
  	age 46, born TX, retail merchant at hardware store, parents born OH/TX
  Census	29 Apr 1930	Lubbock, Lubbock, TX
  	age 56, born TX, 1st marr at 22, merchant for kelvinators, parents born OH/TX
  Census	8 May 1940	Dallas, Dallas, TX
  	age 66, born TX, H4 ed, residing San Antonio TX in 1935, owner & manager of asbestos table pad manufacturing
  Death	17 May 1943	Dallas, Dallas, TX
  Burial	Graves-Gentry Cemetery, Hamilton, TX
  Person ID	I14893	Family Tree
  Last Modified	11 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	Gay Heber Miller,   b. 28 Sep 1874, White Rock, Hunt, TX d. 10 Nov 1954, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA (Age 80 years)
  Marriage	11 Sep 1895	Hamilton, Hamilton, TX
  Children	1. Erma Baker,   b. 23 Dec 1896, Calvert, Robertson, TX d. 9 Jun 1983, Encinitas, San Diego, CA (Age 86 years)
  Family ID	F5593	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 May 2017

  
  

• Headstones

  Norton Amos Baker Gravestone NORTON AMOS / BAKER / 1873 - 1943

  
  

• Notes

  from "Texas, Death Certificates, 1903-1982" (ancestry.com) Norton Amos Baker, a manufacturer of table pads, residing Dallas TX, married, born 9 Sep 1873 in TX William T Baker b. OH & Emily Beeman b. TX, died in Dallas on 17 May 1943 of chronic nephritis. Burial in Hamilton TX. Informant Mrs. Gay Baker. from "The Dallas Morning News", 19 May 1943 N.A. Baker, 69, Native Of Dallas County, Dies Norton Amos Baker, 69, a native of Dallas County and first postmaster at Spur, Dickens County, died Tuesday at his home, 837 West Davis. Mr. Baker was born Sept. 9, 1873, at Lancaster. He was in the hardware, furniture and air conditioning business before coming to Dallas, where he served as manager of the Dallas Table Pad Manufacturing Company. He was a member of the Methodist Church. Surviving are his wife, Mrs. Gay Miller Baker; a daughter, Mrs. W.H. Ostrander, Manhattan Beach, Calif.; four sister, Mrs. Jane Edgar, Hamilton; Mrs. L.C. Mathis, Lometa; Mrs Malcolm A. Boone, Dallas, and Mrs. J.F. Nicholson, Hamilton; a brother John B. Baker, Dallas, and two grandsons. Burial will be at Hamilton Wednesday at 2 p.m.