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James Artemas Baker

Male 1896 - 1975  (79 years)


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  • Name James Artemas Baker 
    Birth 22 Sep 1896  Lockney, Floyd, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 12 Jun 1900  Floyd Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Artie, age 3, born Sep 1886 in TX, living with parents 
    Census 18 Apr 1910  Lockney, Floyd, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    J Artis, age 13, born TX, living with parents 
    Census 10 Jan 1920  Lockney, Floyd, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 23, born TX, manager at dry goods & grocery store, parents born TX/TX 
    Census 10 Apr 1930  Lockney, Floyd, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Artie J, age 32, born TX, marr at 20, bank president, parents born TX/TX 
    Death 5 Oct 1975  Pecos, Reeves, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Lockney Cemetery, Lockney, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I15004  Family Tree
    Last Modified 8 May 2017 

    Father 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) 
    Mother Sarah Alice Ratliff,   b. 26 Aug 1867, Van Zandt Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jun 1967, Lockney, Floyd, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 99 years) 
    Marriage 1 Jan 1885  Ohio, Hamilton, TX Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F5624  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Stella Effie Stalcup,   b. 27 Apr 1896, Texas Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1976, Lubbock, Lubbock, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 80 years)  [1
    Marriage 1916 
    Children 
     1. Mary Alice Baker,   b. 12 Feb 1921, Lockney, Floyd, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Jan 1994, Houston, Harris, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)
     2. James Andrew Baker,   b. 17 Jul 1928, Floyd Co, TX Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Feb 1934, Lockney, Floyd, TX Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 5 years)
    +3. Kevin Lynn Baker,   b. 10 Jan 1935, Texas Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F5636  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 22 Feb 2023 

    Family 2 Maria Gertrudis “Truss”,   b. 24 Dec 1906 
    Family ID F5657  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 23 Mar 2017 

  • Headstones
    James & Maria (Gertudis)  Baker Gravestone
    James & Maria (Gertudis) Baker Gravestone
    BAKER
    "ARTIE" / JAMES ARTEMAS / Jr. / SEPT. 22, 1896 / OCT. 5, 1975
    "TRUUS" / MARIA GERTRUDIS / DEC. 24, 1906
    [Photo courtesy of the Volunteers of The Floyd County Historical Museum]
    Plot: Plot: R10, Space 75 & 76

  • Notes 
    • from "The Odessa American", 6 Oct 1975 (ancestry.com)
      JAMES BAKER
      PECOS (Staff) - Services for James Artemus Baker, 79, of Pecos, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Lockney with burial in Lockney Cemetery under the direction of Pecos Funeral Home. Baker died at 5 a.m. Sunday in Reeves County Memorial Hospital in Pecos following a long illness, Born Sept. 22, 1896, in Lockney, he had been a resident of Pecos since 1947. He was in the irrigation business. Survivors include his widow, Truus; a daughter, Mary Alice Gonzales of Lubbock; a son Keven Baker of Lubbock; three brothers Franc Baker of Lubbock, Norton Baker of Amarillo and Dorsey Baker of Lockney; six sisters, Mrs. Meda Honeny and Mrs. Dimple McGavock, both of Lockney, Mrs. Nell Davenport of Boulder, Colo., Mrs Lee Saemen of Plainview, Mrs Mary Phillips and Mrs Helen Gross, both of Port Lavaca and three grandchildren.

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