The next reunion is July 19, 2015 for all Baker family descendants. We are also inviting Kennedy descendants this year. If you would would like details of the location let me know. More to come.

Some memories of past Baker Reunions. Next reunion is Sunday, July 19, 2015, 12 - 4, Location to come. Please plan on attending.





Left -Earl and Maida Baker, behind Bonnie and Roland Hildebrand
Right - Beulah Baker



Leo Brassett, husband of Ruth Simmons Brassett, daughter of Hertha Baker and Frank Simmons

Leo Lieux Brassett Sr.

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Beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-grandfather, Leo Lieux Brassett, Sr. succumbed to pancreatic cancer at 12:15 p.m. on March 31, 2015, surrounded by his loved ones. Leo Brassett was born on July 13, 1923, in New Roads, Louisiana. He always said he was born lucky because it was Friday the 13th. His parents were Philomena Lieux Brassett and Leo Gracien Brassett. One of his greatest prides was that he was of French heritage, and he did extensive genealogical research on his family through Pierre St. Denis De La Ronde. He graduated Catholic High School in Baton Rouge in 1940 as the class Valedictorian. He went on to LSU and graduated from the College of Commerce with a B.S. in Business Administration in 1948. In 1949 he graduated from Louisiana State University Law School with an L.L.B, later changed to Juris Doctorate. His interests in school included: O.D.K. Leadership Fraternity, Phi Eta Sigma Honorary Scholastic, Phi Gamma Mu, also Honorary Scholastic, Gamma Eta Gamma – Legal Fraternity, Delta Sigma Pi, Commerce Fraternity, and ATO Social Fraternity. Leo volunteered in 1943 to serve in the United States Army during World War 2. While in the Army, he was in the O.C.S. (Ordinance Department, 1944). He was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in 1944 and assigned to Staff and Faculty, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, where he served for two years at Aberdeen as Platoon Leader, Company Commander, and Adjutant/Training Supervisor for a Battalion. The largest part of his service was as a Training Officer in the, "Leadership Training Co.", a company which trained pre-O.C.S. and non-commissioned officers. He left the service in 1946 as a 1st Lieutenant. On July 3, 1946, he married Ruth Simmons of Waldorf, Maryland. From 1949 to 1950 he was an employee of Maryland Casualty Company. In 1950 Leo became General Counsel for Louisiana Companies (35 years). In this position he was Vice-President of Louisiana Insurance Agency, Inc. and Louisiana Companies, Inc. and staff attorney for the Louisiana Fire Insurance Company. He also did law work and notary work, as needed, for the three corporations of Louisiana Companies. He belonged to Rotary Club, St. Aloysius Church, Chamber of Commerce, Louisiana Land Title Association, Baton Rouge Bar Association and American Bar Association. He was on the Greater Baton Rouge Safety Council, Louisiana Land Title Rating Bureau, and the American Legion. He was a well-liked and well-respected gentleman who enjoyed recounting his personal stories about his family and Army experiences. He will be sorely missed by all who knew him. He leaves behind Ruth, his beloved wife of 68 years, sons, Leo Lieux Brassett, Jr. and wife Milam, Michael Brassett, David Brassett and wife Anne, and daughters, Janine DeMars and Renee' Dunbar Stelly and husband Kenneth. Grandchildren Michael Brassett, Jr. and wife Lindsay, Danielle and husband Jeremy, Samantha DeMars, Kristen Brassett, Noel Brassett, David Brassett and wife Kayla, and Amanda Camel and husband Nick and Shawn Dunbar. Great-grandchildren: Hudson Camel and Atticus Hebert and numerous nieces and nephews. Leo is predeceased by his son, Donald Brassett, twin of David; brother, Dr. Lynwood James Brassett, and sister, Carolyn Brassett Walker and husband Bob. Visitation is to be from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 4, 2015, at St. Aloysius Catholic Church with service to follow. Interment in Greenoaks Memorial Park. Pallbearers are Michael Brassett Jr., David Brassett Jr., Steven Brassett, Mark Brassett, Paul Sevin and Nick Camel. Honorary Pallbearers are J.B. Olinde and Richard Simmons. Donations may be made to Baton Rouge Eye Bank, Animal Alliance, ALS Association, orcharity of your choice .

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Leo and Ruth Simmons Brassett
Ruth is the daughter of Herta Baker and Frank Simmons

Back Row - Richard Simmons, David Simmons, Leo Brassett
Front Row - Marian Simmons, Mary Simmons and Ruth Simmons Brassett
Taken in Baton Rouge, LA 2006

     

Hilda Jane Gibb, daughter of Vernon Baker

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MARION: Hilda Jane Gibb (nee Baker), 94, died on April 9, 2015, at Sunrise Assisted Living in Worthington, Ohio. 

Hilda was born on March 6, 1921, on a farm in Crawford County to the late Vernon J. Baker and Sadie Thew Baker. She skipped two grades at Kirkpatrick Grade School, graduated from Morral High School in 1938, and attended Kent State University on scholarship before marrying Paul Edward Gibb in 1941. She and Paul reared four sons and eight daughters on their farm in Marion and Crawford counties. In addition to nurturing her family, she assisted with farm work, kept books for the farm, grew and preserved food for the family, and sewed clothing for her daughters and herself. She found time to read everyday, thus modeling a love for education for her children. She and her husband traveled the world in the later years of their marriage. She was an active member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Marion.

She is survived by all twelve of her children, Steven Gibb (Constance) of Clermont FL, Jean Gibb Clay (Ambrose) of College Park, GA, Richard (Dick) Gibb (Andrea) of Olympia Fields IL, Mary Gibb Slife of Atlanta, GA, Greg Gibb (Karen) of Arcata, CA, Louis Gibb (Theresa) of Worthington, Ohio, Charlotte Gibb Sabino (Charles) of New Albany, OH, Loraine Gibb Herron (Richard) of Atlanta, GA, Joan Gibb Taylor (Robert) of Columbus OH, Colleen Gibb Hanna (David) of San Diego CA, Barbara Gibb Stanley (Stephen) of Del Mar, Ca, and Margaret (Peggy) Gibb McCullough (Patrick) of Kennewick, WA; and by 34 grandchildren; and 34 great grandchildren. 

She is predeceased by her husband, Paul, (June 28, 1995); and by all her siblings, Robert Baker, Virginia Baker Ralston, Wyona Baker Furniss, Donald Baker, Dean Baker and Lawrence Baker.

Friends may call at Gunder/Hall & Folk Funeral Directors on Sunday, April 19, from 2 PM to 5 PM. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at St. Mary Catholic Church on Monday, April 20, at 10 AM, in Marion, Ohio with Father John Bakle presiding. Interment will follow at the Caledonia Cemetery. Gunder/Hall & Folk Funeral Directors, a division of Snyder Funeral Homes, are honored to have been chosen to serve the Gibb Family. 

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the St. Vincent de Paul Society, which provides temporary or emergency assistance to the poor, 342 N. Main St., Marion, Ohio 43302. Online condolence may be expressed at www.snyderfuneralhomes.com.

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Hilda Gibb and Suzi Baker at the 2013 Baker Reunion

  

Hida Baker Gibb in 2013

Some of our newest Baker Family Joseph Palmisano being held by:
Hilda (Baker) Gibb, Daughter of Vernon and Sadie Baker
Joan (Gibb) Taylor, daughter of Hilda (Baker) Gibb, right, 
and Joseph Palmisano, son of Sadie (Taylor) Palmisano and grandson of Joan (Gibb) Taylor

Thomas Kennedy married Nancy Kerr in 1815 in the Upper Path Valley Presbyterian Church in Fannett Twp., Franklin County, Pennsylvania.

 

You can go to <https://archive.org/details/historyofpresbyt00camp>
Enter page 47 at the top and you can see a sketch of Rev. Amos A. McGinley, who married Thomas Kennedy & Nancy Kerr. On page 93 is a record of their 1815 marriage.

William Perry Baker, brother of Samuel Baker

From A Standard History of Jasper and Newton
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 3^rd 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

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)

Mary Houck Baker Ball, wife of Bennagar Baker, mother of Samuel Baker buried in Rensselaer, Indiana

Birth:	May, 1815
Death:	Jul. 24, 1888
daughter of Jacob Philip Houck & Polly Connor former wife of Bennagar Baker wife of Z. Ball Family links:  Spouse:   Bennagar Baker (1806 - 1872)  Children:   Rebecca Baker Kennedy (1834 - 1911)* *Calculated relationship
Burial: Welsh Cemetery Rensselaer Jasper County Indiana, USA

  

Bennager Baker, father of Samuel Baker buried in Rensselaer, Indiana

Bennager Baker, father of Samuel Baker

Birth:	Apr. 3, 1806 Schenectady County New York, USA
Death:	Oct. 10, 1872 Jasper County Indiana, USA
son of Robert Baker & Rhoda Sherwood Family links:  Spouse:   Mary Houck Ball (1815 - 1888)*  Children:   Rebecca Baker Kennedy (1834 - 1911)* *Calculated relationship
Burial: Welsh Cemetery Rensselaer Jasper County Indiana, USA

 

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Ralph Clarence Kennedy, son of Thomas Shanks Kennedy and nephew of Lydia Kennedy Baker

Message from Dwight Kennedy, who submitted the photos.

Ralph Clarence Kennedy, he was the 7th of 9 sons born to Thomas Shank Kennedy and Hester Frances Monnett. Born August 20, 1888, he married Ethel Vira Ford (12/27/1886-4/10/1981). Ralph moved to Fort Wayne, Indiana for some time before he moved out to California. A photo shows him in front of the Auburn Garage with fellow employees (I suppose). I also attached a photo of him with a college friend (apparently while attending college).
He later left Indiana for San Luis Obispo, CA where he was mayor in 1945.  Below are several photos of his family, years after the Baker trip to California.

Left - Ralph Kennedy

Ralph Kennedy, second from right

Left to Right
Amy Kennedy Stump, Ralph Clarence Kennedy (brother and sister) Ethel Vira Ford Kennedy, Sam Stump
Boy in front - Harold Burnside
This is a picture from the Ohio family to visit California that is detailed in a previous post below.

Ralph and Ethel Kennedy with family

Lucy (White) Ethel (Ford), Ralph Clarence, Sharon (Swain) Mervin Monnett, Ralph Clarence Jr.

L- R Ralph Kennedy, Mervin Monnett Kennedy, Ethel Kennedy, Ralph Clarence Kennedy Jr,
Grandchildren in front

Thomas Shank Kennedy Home, brother of Lydia Kennedy Baker

1985

1940

The picture was taken in 1887. The persons pictured are:

Thomas S. Kennedy & Hester Frances are seated. James Corvin (1885) in Thomas' lap. Olive Edna (1887) in Hester's lap.
Children standing (L-R): William Centennial (1876)?, Otho Walter (1878)?, Amy Elva (1883 - next to mother), farm hand, Thomas Mervin (1875)
Sitting on ground: Myron Geddis (1881), Orange Dwight (1879)



Photos courtesy of Dwight Kennedy, a family member and reader of the Ohio Baker Family website. These are pictures of the 'Big House' which Thomas Shank Kennedy (brother of Lydia Kennedy Baker) built and they had a picture taken with the family out front in 1887(not included). Dwight Kennedy found that one at the Crawford Co. Historical Society along with a long photo of the 1935 Monnett Reunion.

I took a picture in 1985 of the"'Big House" at 2570 Monnette-New Winchester Road on the NE corner of Route 98 and it is attached, said Dwight Kennedy. It was torn down sometime in the early 1990s, so I'm glad I found it when I did. I also found the farm that my great-grandfather Orange Kennedy lived on.

Thomas Shank Kennedy was born in 1848 to William Kerr and Margaret Shanks Kennedy. He married Francis Monnett and 12 children were born to this union. One son was Orange Kennedy born in 1879 that is referred to above and was Dwight's great-grandfather.

Photo of Thomas Shank Kennedy's Family, brother of Lydia Kennedy Baker

What a wonderful picture of the Thomas Shank Kennedy's family that was taken about 1908

Back row (L-R, 5 people in the very back); Almet Eugene (1892), James Corvin (1885), Myron Geddis (1881), Otho Walter (1878),  Amy Elva Kennedy Stump

Middle row (4 people standing behind seated people); Ralph Clarence (1888), Olive Edna (1887), Orange Dwight (1879), William Centennial (born in 1876)

Front row (sitting in chairs); Myrtle Flossie Kennedy Lisle (1890) , Thomas Shank Kennedy (father 1848-1926), Hester Frances Monnett Kennedy (mother), Thomas Mervin ( 1875 oldest)

One child not pictured: Jay Monnett Kennedy (1894-1896)

Thomas and Nancy Kerr Kennedy's Gravesites, 16 Cemetery, Crawford County, Ohio. Parents of William Kerr Kennedy and grandparents of Lydia Kennedy Baker

Thomas Kennedy

Thomas Kennedy

Birth:

Sep. 7, 1792 Juniata County Pennsylvania, USA

Death:

Jan. 7, 1847 Marion County Ohio, USA  Children:   William Kerr Kennedy (1818 - 1897)*   Martha Kennedy (1819 - 1848)*   Margaretta Kennedy (1821 - 1901)*   John Kennedy (1824 - 1864)*   Nancy Jane Kennedy Crissinger (1827 - 1865)*   Thomas Kennedy (1829 - 1900)*   Mary Ellen Kennedy Dickson (1836 - 1901)*   George Washington Kennedy (1839 - 1909)*Burial: Sixteen Cemetery  Crawford County Ohio, USA Plot: Row 11 Lot 80

Nancy B Kerr Kennedy

Nancy Kerr Kennedy

Birth:  Oct. 13, 1795 Pennsylvania, USA Death:  Mar. 13, 1862 Marion County Ohio, USA

Parents:   William Kerr (1762 - 1844)   Sarah Abrams Elder Kerr (1766 - 1846)  Spouse:   Thomas Kennedy (1792 - 1847)  Children:   William Kerr Kennedy (1818 - 1897)*   Martha Kennedy (1819 - 1848)*   Margaretta Kennedy (1821 - 1901)*   John Kennedy (1824 - 1864)*   Nancy Jane Kennedy Crissinger (1827 - 1865)*   Thomas Kennedy (1829 - 1900)*   Mary Ellen Kennedy Dickson (1836 - 1901)*   George Washington Kennedy (1839 - 1909)*

Burial: Sixteen Cemetery Crawford County Ohio, USA Plot: Row 11 Lot 81

Location of the William Kerr Kennedy Home

Below are two pictures from Google that shows the location of the William Kerr Kennedy home. The home burnt down some time ago and none of the original buildings are there anymore. A new garage stands. This home was located in northern Marion County, Ohio in Tully Township. It is located on the corner of Timpson Road and Crawford-Marion Road. Timpson Road turns into Goldsmith Road after you cross the road and enter Crawford County.




1878 Marion County map
Published by the Marion County Historical Society
It is difficult to read but if you go to this exact location on the map you can see W.K. Kennedy's name
It is along the northern border, right under the word Crawford where it says Crawford County. I also verified this with some long time residents of the area and the Tully Township Trustees.

The road is actually Crawford - Marion Rd. The both roads changes names since it is Marion county on one side and Crawford county on the other. This makes it even more difficult to find unfortunately.

Original Home

William Kerr Kennedy and Mary Lance Kennedy home

William Kerr Kennedy & Mary Lance Family – 1895?

Seated on porch: Fern Roberts (against pillar), William Kerr Kennedy, Mary (Lance) Kennedy 

Standing on porch (back row; L-R): J. Madison Roberts, Samuel Baker, Emma (Kennedy) Roberts, Lydia J. (Kennedy) Baker, J. William Kennedy (behind pillar), Emma (Holverstott) Kennedy, Ellsworth Jones, Samira (Kennedy) Jones, Thomas S. Kennedy (behind pillar), Hester Frances (Monnett) Kennedy holding Jay M., Tommy Baker, John Hill, Davey Baker, Ella (Margaret Kennedy) Hill 

Left of steps – front row, sitting: Reina Roberts, Wesley Roberts, Wreatha Hill 

Left of steps – middle row, seated: Branch Roberts, Sylvia Baker, Thomas Mervin Kennedy, Mabel Edna Kennedy 

Left of steps – back row, standing:, Orange D. Kennedy, [?], Otho Kennedy, Della Baker 

Sitting on steps – front row: [?], Homer Jones, Vernon Baker, Vance Roberts, Ralph C. Kennedy 

Sitting on steps – middle row: Ethel Grace Kennedy (in front of pillar), [?], [?], [?], Almet E. Kennedy (in front of pillar) 

Sitting on steps – back row: Hertha Baker, Lois E. Kennedy, Myrtle F. Kennedy, Clair Hill, [?],  

Right of steps – front row, sitting: [?], James Corvin Kennedy, Olive E. Kennedy, Myron G. Kennedy

Right of steps – middle row, seated: Rhoda Baker, Lydia Idro Baker, William Baker 

Right of steps – back row, standing: Amy Kennedy, Ervin Roberts, William Centennial Kennedy

 

Biographical Sketch of William Kerr Kennedy below from the History of Marion County, published 1883, found on archive.org

William Kerr Kennedy is financially one of the most prosperous men in Tully Township. He began life by working for $6.00 a month, and is worth $60,000. He was born February 16, 1818, in Mifflin County, Penn, and is the son of Thomas and Nancy Kennedy, of Irish descent, who came to Crawford County, Ohio in 1832. The common school gave Mr. Kennedy his education. In 1843, he purchased eighty acres of land, paying $400.00 cash, wages he had previously earned working by the day or month. His subsequent labors were greatly prospered, having owned at on time 820 acres of good land; he owns 650 acres of land; 375 acres if homestead and 115 acres timbered land in Dallas Township. His stock of thirteen horses is valued at $1500, ten steers at $500, and 200 sheep at $1,000. As an index of his labor, we note that he cleared 100 acres of timberland. As a citizen, he has been quiet and successful, never suing or being sued at the bar of justice. Mr Kennedy contracted his first marriage May 28, 1844 with Miss Margaret Shank, daughter of Jacob and Lydia Shank, of Crawford County, Ohio. Nine children have blessed their union, two dying in infancy; the living are Lydia J. (wife of Samuel Baker), Thomas S., Martha (wife of George Watts), J. W. (at home), Emma (wife of Madison Roberts), Anzilla, and Ella (wife of John Hill). His wife's decease occurred June 23, 1860. In 1862, he married Miss Mary Lance. Their one child Samira, is the wife of Elsie Jones, of Iberia. Mr. Kennedy is the grandfather of twenty-six children; his attractive home cost $5,000.

Names and identification makers are listed on the two documents from Bill
Watts.

Photos courtesy of Bill Watts posted on Growing Up in Marion.

These are Watts family portraits. George Watts was the husband of both Martha and Anzilla Kennedy. Martha died and George later married her sister Anzilla. Martha and Anzilla were both sisters of Lydia Jane Kennedy Baker.

Family portrait dated 1897.  George K Watts with his wife Anzilla Kennedy Watts, George R. Watts in back,  Elva Watts, and the young man in the front is Lester D. Watts. The Watts family from Morral, O. Anzilla Kennedy is a sister of Lydia Kennedy Baker.

Bill Watts‎Growing Up In Marion Ohio

January 9 · 

Growing Up In Marion Ohio-date 1907.  George Kennedy Watts and Sadie Ardella Warner Watts. That youngster with the bangs is  Foster Ralph Watts. Photography done in the Bruns Kitt Studio, Marion.

•  Oded Watts on the right (d.o.b. 1877). Son of Martha Kennedy Watts and George Watts.  
• Unidentified man on the left.

George Watts and Martha Kennedy marriage license, State of Ohio, County of Marion, dated June 2nd, One Thousand Eight Hundred and Seventy (1870). Martha later died and George Watts then married her sister Miss Anzilla Kennedy. Both were sisters of Lydia Kennedy Baker.