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- from "A History of Texas and Texans, by Francis White Johnson et al, 1914
George C. Baker, Sr., was born at Houma, in Terrebonne Parish, of Louisiana, August 5, 1839, a son of Andrus and Amanda (Hurnden) Baker. His father was born in the New England state of Vermont, and his mother in Virginia, and they were married in Louisiana The father died when his son George was six years old and up to his death had been a sugar planter in Louisiana, a man of means, energetic and forceful, and the owner of broad acres and many slaves. The mother who lost her parents in Louisiana during the great yellow fever epidemic, was adopted and reared in the family of Joseph Samples, a sugar planter. Mr. Baker's paternal grandmother lived to be nearly one hundred years old. There were three children in the family, and the others are Alice of St. Louis, and W. C. Baker, who died in Calvert, Texas, of yellow fever.
- from "Genealogy and history of the Baker, Andrus, Clark, and Adams families" by Albert Clark Baker, 1920
Eldad Andrus Baker, born in Middlebury, Vermont, June 12, 1804; married Amanda Herndon, adopted daughter of Judge Joseph Herndon of Terre Bonne Parish, La., September 15, 1838. Mr. Eldad A. Baker died in Grand Caillau of Terre Bonne Parish La., March 29, 1845. Issue of this marriage: George Craven, born August 3, 1839. Alice Eliza, born July 24, 1841. William Andrus, born April 12, 1843.....In 1888 I visited George Craven Baker at Rosenberg, Texas, where he lived on a large plantation. Most of his family of five were away from home. His brother William had died at Calvert. His sister Alice was unmarried and lived with her mother at Calvert. I have not heard from George Craven for years and presume he is not living.
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1804 - 1845 (40 years)