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Sarah Alice Ratliff

Female 1867 - 1967  (99 years)


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  • Name Sarah Alice Ratliff 
    Birth 26 Aug 1867  Van Zandt Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Census 12 Jun 1900  Floyd Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Alice, age 32, born Aug 1867 in TX, marr 15 yrs, 7/7 children living, grocer, parents born TN/TX 
    Census 18 Apr 1910  Lockney, Floyd, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 43, born TX, mx1 for 25 yrs, 11/12 chilren living, merchant of general merchandise, parents born US/US 
    Death 2 Jun 1967  Lockney, Floyd, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Llano Cemetery, Llano, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I14981  Family Tree
    Last Modified 23 Mar 2017 

    Father Steven F Ratliff 
    Mother Nancy Virginia Schmidt 
    Family ID F5625  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family James Artemas Baker,   b. 22 Sep 1859, Lancaster, Dallas, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 1917, Lockney, Floyd, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 58 years)  [1
    Marriage 1 Jan 1885  Ohio, Hamilton, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Meda Mozelle Baker,   b. 21 Mar 1886, Hamilton, Hamilton, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Sep 1976, Lockney, Floyd, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 90 years)
     2. Alice Genella Baker,   b. 28 Oct 1888, Hamilton, Hamilton, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 May 1991, Boulder, Boulder, CO Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 102 years)
    +3. France H Baker,   b. 9 Jun 1890, Hamilton, Hamilton, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 29 Jul 1984, Lubbock, Lubbock, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
    +4. Norton E Baker,   b. 21 Apr 1892, Floyd Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 23 Dec 1985, Amarillo, Randall, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 93 years)
    +5. Robin Baker,   b. 22 Feb 1894, Lockney, Floyd, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Dec 1965, Plainview, Hale, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years)
    +6. James Artemas Baker,   b. 22 Sep 1896, Lockney, Floyd, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Oct 1975, Pecos, Reeves, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 79 years)
     7. Lois Dimple Baker,   b. 16 Nov 1898, Lockney, Floyd, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 18 Jun 1991, Lockney, Floyd, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
     8. Eula Lee Baker,   b. 26 Dec 1900, Lockney, Floyd, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Mar 2002, Roff, Pontotoc, OK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 101 years)
     9. Walter B Baker,   b. 7 Apr 1902, Lockney, Floyd, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Apr 1902, Lockney, Floyd, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +10. William Dorsey Baker,   b. 7 Sep 1903, Lockney, Floyd, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1998, Lockney, Floyd, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 94 years)
    +11. Joseph Latimore “Larry” Baker,   b. 20 May 1906, Lockney, Floyd, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 26 Nov 1957, Lubbock, Lubbock, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years)
     12. Mary Baker,   b. 22 May 1908, Lockney, Floyd, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jun 2000, New Braunfels, Comal, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 92 years)
    +13. Helen Gerald Baker,   b. 5 Feb 1914, Lockney, Floyd, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Apr 2017, San Antonio, Bexar, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 103 years)
    Family ID F5624  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Mar 2017 

  • Headstones
    James & Sarah (Ratliff) Baker Gravestone
    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)
      Sarah Alice (Baker) Smith, a retired dry goods merchant, widowed, born 26 Aug 1867 in TX to Steven F. Ratcliff & Nancy Virginia Schmidt, died on 2 Jun 1967 in Lockney, Floyd, TX of congestive heart failure. Burial in Lockney cemetery in Lockney TX. Informant Mrs. L.M. Honea.
    • from "The Amarillo Globe-Times", 26 Aug 1964 (newspapers.com)
      Founder of Lockney Marks 97th Birthday
      LOCKNEY - Mrs. Alice Baker, Lockney's co-founder and second oldest citizen, today was observing her 97th birthday with several of her 11 children and number ofther descendants at the Lockney Convalescent Home, where she now lives. The only Lockney resident older than Mrs. Baker, "Aunt Fannie" Brown was 102 on July 22. Alice Baker has spent 74 of her 97 years here. Until about three years ago, when her health failed, she managed the Baker Mercentile Co., which she still owns. Mrs. Dimple McGavock and Mrs. Lee Seaman, her two daughters, now operate the firm. The former Alice Ratliff was born Aug. 26, 1867, in Van Zant County, and was married at 18 to J.A. Baker. From their home in Hamilton, Baker came to Floyd County, staking claim to a section of land five miles south of Lockney. He move his family west in June, 1890, and camped for six weeks on the courthouse lawn of Floydada while lumber was being brought from Amarillo to build a home. Baker Mercantile Co. was established in 1894, with Mrs. Baker serving as storekeeper, banker and postmaster while her husband was freighting. Baker died in 1917. Twleve children were born to Mrs. Baker, 11 of whom are living. They are Mrs. L.M. Honea, Mrs. Seaman, Mrs. McGavock and Dorsey Baker, all of Lockney; Robin Baker, Plainview; Mrs. Ed Gross and Mrs. Melvin Phillips of Port Lavaca; Francis Baker, Lubbock; Artie Baker, Pecos; Mrs. A/J. Deavenport, Boulder, Colo. and Norton Baker of Amarillo.

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