Elenor Josephine Dobbs

1878 - 1901  (22 years)

• Name	Elenor Josephine Dobbs
  Birth	17 Jul 1878	Vienna, Genesee, MI
  Gender	Female
  Census	8 Jun 1900	Highland, Oakland, MI
  	age 21, born Jul 1878 in MI, marr 0 yrs, 0 children, housekeeper, parents born MI/MI, living with spouse at farm of Jefferson Lewis
  Death	6 Jul 1901	Kingston, Tuscola, MI
  Burial	Highland Cemetery, Highland, MI
  Person ID	I15491	Family Tree
  Last Modified	3 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Alexis Abraham Dobbs
  Mother	Harriet J Stephens
  Family ID	F5853	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Cash Waldo Baker,   b. 14 May 1877, Highland, Oakland, MI d. 9 Oct 1921, Placer Co, CA (Age 44 years)
  Marriage	28 Mar 1900	Highland Park, Wayne, MI
  Children	1. Josephine Baker,   b. 1900
  Family ID	F5852	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	29 Oct 2020

  
  

• Notes

  from "Michigan, Death Records, 1867-1950" (ancestry.com) Josephine Baker, a housewife married 2 yrs with 1/1 children living, born 17 Jul 1878 in MI to Alexus Dobbs b. MI & Hatte Stephens b. MI, died on 6 Jul 1901 in Kingston, Tuscola, MI from exclampsia due to pregnancy. Burial on 8 Jul in Highland Cemetery. Informant G.W. Bales. from "The Milford Times", 13 Jul 1901 (digital michigan newspapers, digmichnews.cmich.edu) The community was shocked on Saturday morning to hear of the death of Mrs. Cash Baker, who had long been familiarly known here as Josie Dobbs. The remains were brought here and she was buried from the Congregational Church on Tuesday afternoon. The L.O.T.M. attended in a body and rendered their burial service, which, interspersed with singing, was very impressive. The father and grandfather of the deceased, Mrs. Carrie Day and Mrs. Eli Leek of Tuscola, Mrs. Wheeler and Mrs. Smith of Northville and many of Mr. Baker?s family were in attendance. Following is the obituary read at the funeral: Elenor Josephine Dobbs Baker was born at Clio, Mich., July 17, 1878, where her childhood days were spent. At the age of seventeen she came to Highland which place was her home until about four months ago. On March 25, 1900 she was united in marriage to Cash W. Baker. In March of the following year they moved to Tuscola county and resided there until her death. Besides husband and little one she leaves a father, sister and many friends to mourn her loss. In the morning of life the deceased was converted and joined the Methodist Church of Clio, of which she continued throughout her life a faithful member. She was a social member of Cornell Hive of Highland Station. from "The Milford Times", 13 Jul 1901 (digital michigan newspapers, digmichnews.cmich.edu) The community was shocked on Saturday morning to hear of the death of Mrs. Cash Baker, who had long been familiarly known here as Josie Dobbs. The remains were brought here and she was buried from the Congregational Church on Tuesday afternoon. The L.O.T.M. attended in a body and rendered their burial service, which, interspersed with singing, was very impressive. The father and grandfather of the deceased, Mrs. Carrie Day and Mrs. Eli Leek of Tuscola, Mrs. Wheeler and Mrs. Smith of Northville and many of Mr. Baker?s family were in attendance. Following is the obituary read at the funeral: Elenor Josephine Dobbs Baker was born at Clio, Mich., July 17, 1878, where her childhood days were spent. At the age of seventeen she came to Highland which place was her home until about four months ago. On March 25, 1900 she was united in marriage to Cash W. Baker. In March of the following year they moved to Tuscola county and resided there until her death. Besides husband and little one she leaves a father, sister and many friends to mourn her loss. In the morning of life the deceased was converted and joined the Methodist Church of Clio, of which she continued throughout her life a faithful member. She was a social member of Cornell Hive of Highland Station.