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GEORGE BAKER, farmer, P.O. Rock Point, was born in Big Beaver
township in 1823. About 1795, his father, Robert Baker, at the age of nine
years, came to America with his brother-in-law, James McKay, and at the
age of eighteen years purchased a tract of 400 acres in Big Beaver
township. He married Rachel, daughter of Thomas Williams, and by her had
ten children, George being the youngest. Robert Baker died at the age of
ninety-five years. George was educated in the common schools, and in 1844
married Jane, daughter of Matthew Mitchell, of Allegheny county. They had
six children, five of whom are living: Robert A., George H., Meralda,
Emeline and Sophenia. The mother of these children died in 1866, and in
1873 Mr. Baker married Elmira, daughter of James McCoy. By her he has one
son, William. Mr. Baker has a valuable farm of 170 acres, which is a part
of the tract purchased by his father. It is underlaid with rich coal veins
and a clay bank nine feet in depth. The clay is valuable for fine potter’s
work. Mr. Baker is a Democrat and a member of the school board. History of Beaver County, including its early settlement; its erection into a separate county; its subsequent growth and development; sketches of its boroughs, villages and townships; portraits of some of its prominent men; biographies of many of its representative citizens; statistics, etc. by J. F. Richard; A. Warner & Co., Publishers, 1888. More Beaver County History Books Search Hundreds of 1880s-1890s Pennsylvania County History Books for biographies and historical information on your ancestors. View the book page images on line and print them out for your genealogy file! Free Access to the old history books - plus birth & death records, census images and ALL other records at ancestry.com
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