From A Standard History of Jasper and Newton
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A biographical sketch of Samuel Baker's brother, son of Bennager and Mary Houck Baker. The family used to live in Tully Township, Marion County, Ohio and moved to Jasper, County, Indiana is 1852. Published 1916. This is the complete entry.
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William Perry Baker. One of the pioneer personalities who gave the strength of their character and their industry to the up building of Jasper County was the late William Perry Baker and the record of his life runs like a thread of honor and integrity through the greater part of Jasper County's history since the time of early settlement. It was not in the conspicuous and abnormal events of the world that he figured, but in the commonplace routine of duty, in the fulfillment of his obligations as a man and citizen, and he deserves an enduring place in this historical record.
Found at archive.org
A biographical sketch of Samuel Baker's brother, son of Bennager and Mary Houck Baker. The family used to live in Tully Township, Marion County, Ohio and moved to Jasper, County, Indiana is 1852. Published 1916. This is the complete entry.
https://archive.org/stream/standardhistoryo02hami#page/48/mode/2up/search/baker
William Perry Baker. One of the pioneer personalities who gave the strength of their character and their industry to the up building of Jasper County was the late William Perry Baker and the record of his life runs like a thread of honor and integrity through the greater part of Jasper County's history since the time of early settlement. It was not in the conspicuous and abnormal events of the world that he figured, but in the commonplace routine of duty, in the fulfillment of his obligations as a man and citizen, and he deserves an enduring place in this historical record.
It
was on Christmas Day, 1913, that William Perry Baker went to his
final reward. He was born on a farm near Bucyrus in Crawford County,
Ohio, August 14, 1838, and had therefore completed three-quarters of
a century of life. His parents were Benajah and Mary (Houck) Baker,
and of their nine children only one is still left. In 1852 the family
moved from Ohio to Jasper County, Indiana. This county was then
sparsely settled, only a comparatively few farms had been broken out
from the wood and the prairies, and all life and customs were still
on a primitive basis. The Baker family were not rich when they came
to Jasper County and their first location was on the farm now owned
by Grantville Moody. Several years later the father acquired land of
his own, and in the more than sixty years since their advent the name
has always stood for solid attainments.
Since
he was fourteen years of age until his death William Perry Baker was
a resident of Jasper County. On May 2, 1856, he married Maria Rees.
He was an exceptionally hard working and industrious man. Both he and
his wife lived exemplary lives and through their frugality
accumulated considerable property. Mr. Baker was on of the
old-fashioned characters now fast passing away. With only limited
schooling, he possessed an unusual fund of good practical sense. His
marked characteristics were his love of home, his industry and
economy, and his rigid and unswerving honesty and his unblemished
character as a man and citizen.
Mrs.
Baker was born May 29, 1844 in Barkley Township of Jasper County, a
member of one of the first pioneer families. Her parents were Major
John and Eliza G (Hogue) Rees, who found a home in Barkley Township
along with or soon after the coming of the very first settlers. Mrs.
Baker grew to womanhood in Jasper County, became one of the early
teachers, and was her husbands valuable aid in many of his business
transactions. She died October 9, 1914. She was a Presbyterian in
early training, but in later life with her husband joined the
Methodist Church.
The
Rees family was a mingled Scotch and Welsh ancestry, and in the
various generation back as far as record goes there was a minister of
the Presbyterian faith in almost regular succession. Eliza G. Hogue,
the mother of Mrs. Baker, was of a family that settled in Virginia,
probably near Richmond, in colonial days, and she herself was a
native of that state. The Houges became extensive planters and slave
owners. Rev. Mr. Hogue, the grandfather of Mrs. Rees, left to each
of his children, among other property, two slaves. For forty years or
more he had charge of one church in old Virginia.
To
Mr. and Mrs. Baker were born two children. The son, Lawrence W., is
now a resident in the West. Vivian, the daughter married Clement
Taylor Boicourt, and is now living in Rensselear, Indiana. She is the
mother of three children: Loren Edward, Hillman Eugene and Frances
Leona. Mrs. Boicourt is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Clement
T. Boicourt was a native of White County, Indiana, born near Wolcott
July 15, 1874. He grew to manhood there and received a practical
education, having been a graduate of the Wolcott High School. He
later entered a dry goods store and continued as a salesman for some
times, and it was while engaged as a clerk that he became acquainted
with Miss Vivian Baker, to whom he was married on the 3rd
of February, 1903. He then engaged in the dry goods business in
Wolcott, thus continuing from 1903 to 1914, and closing out the
business only on account of ill health. Soon after the death of his
father-in-law, William P. Baker, he moved to Rensselaer with his
family, and resided there until his death, May 4, 1915. Mr. Boicourt
was a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, which he joined when
but ten years of age, and continued as a faithful member. He was a
gentleman of the strictest integrity and honor, and he was held in
the highest esteem by all who knew him, and his friends and
acquaintances were many. At his death he left a father, E. J.
Boicourt, and a step-mother at Wolcott, also a brother at Beach Wood,
Indiana, and his widow and three children.
Burial:
Weston Cemetery
Rensselaer
Jasper County
Indiana, USA
Plot: Sec D Bl 32 Lot 4 Sp 1
Burial:
Weston Cemetery
Rensselaer
Jasper County
Indiana, USA
Plot: Sec D Bl 32 Lot 4 Sp 1
| William P Aug. 14, 1838 Dec. 25, 1913 Baker William P Burial Dec 25 1913 Book 2 p 68 Sec D Bl 32 Lot 4 Sp 1 (Wm P Baker)  |
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