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Anson Waldo Baker

Male 1832 - 1901  (69 years)


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  • Name Anson Waldo Baker 
    Birth 6 Jan 1832  Pittford, Monroe, NY Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 8 Oct 1850  Highland, Oakland, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 18, born NY, living with parents 
    Census 27 Jul 1860  Highland, Oakland, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 27, born NY, farmer, farm of brother Thomas nearby 
    Census 11 Aug 1870  Highland, Oakland, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 38, born NY, farmer, brother William's farm next door 
    Census 3 Jun 1880  Highland, Oakland, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 48, born NY, farmer, parents born VT/NY, brother William's farm next door 
    Census 9 Jun 1900  Highland, Oakland, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 68, born Jan 1832 in NY, marr 44 yrs, farmer, parents born VT/NY 
    Death 30 Dec 1901  Clyde, Oakland, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial West Highland Cemetery, Highland, MI Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I15196  Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2017 

    Father Royal Baker,   b. 19 Dec 1801, Newfane, Windham, VT Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Apr 1853, Highland, Oakland, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 51 years) 
    Mother Sarah Shaw,   b. 7 Feb 1806, New York Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Aug 1854, Highland, Oakland, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 48 years) 
    Marriage 8 Feb 1831 
    Family ID F5714  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Julia A Cowles,   b. 30 Nov 1836, Michigan Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Dec 1921, Highland, Oakland, MI Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 30 Oct 1854 
    Children 
    +1. Wilson Waldo Baker,   b. 12 Jan 1860, Highland, Oakland, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Jul 1928 (Age 68 years)
     2. Edith M Baker,   b. 24 Apr 1867   d. 1 Mar 1869 (Age 1 year)
    +3. Winfred Lee Baker,   b. 7 Apr 1878, Highland, Oakland, MI Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 21 Mar 1943, Tucson, Pima, AZ Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 64 years)
    Family ID F5827  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Apr 2017 

  • Headstones
    Anson & Julia (Cowles) Family Gravestone
    Anson & Julia (Cowles) Family Gravestone
    Anson W Baker Headstone
    Anson W Baker Headstone
    ANSON W. / BAKER / 1832 - 1901

  • Notes 
    • from "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950" (ancestry.com)
      A.W. Baker, a farmer, married 22 yrs with 2/4 children living, born 6 Jan 1832 in NY to Royal Baker and Sarah Shaw, died on 30 Dec 1901 in Highland, Oakland, MI of pernicious anemia. Burial on 1 Jan in Highland Cemetery. Informant W.W. Baker.
    • From "History of Oakland County, Michigan" by Thaddeus D. Seeley, 1912
      Born at Penn Yan, New York, in 1824, Anson W. Baker was twelve years old when he came with his parents to Oakland county, and on the home farm, which was located three miles west of Clyde, grew to manhood. In his boyhood days schoolhouses, churches and costly residences were here unknown; and neither railways nor telegraph or telephone lines spanned these broad acres, few, if any, evidences of modern civilization [Begin Page 631] then existing. One of four brothers to inherit the parental homestead, he received as his share one hundred and twenty acres of timbered land, which he converted into a productive farm. Selling that, he subsequently bought out one of his brothers, becoming owner of that part of the old farm on which the house stood. He built a new house, added to the improvements previously begun, and there engaged in tilling the soil for many years. When ready to retire from active pursuits he removed to Clyde, where his death occurred at the age of seventy-six years. He married Julia A. Cowles, who is still living in Clyde, being now seventy-six years old. She has two sons, namely: Wilson W., with whom this sketch is chiefly concerned; and Winford L., of Los Angeles, California. The latter has been a railroad man all of his life, having formerly been associated with the Pere Marquette road, with office either in Detroit or Saginaw, and now being chief clerk for the Southern Pacific Railroad Company.