Bio: James Baker :Ashland, Grafton County, New Hampshire

From Gazetteer of Grafton County, NH 1709-1886 -Ashland
Compiled & published by Hamilton Child 1886


James Baker, son of Andrew, was a farmer, married Jane, daughter of Samuel
and Peggy Smith, and died at the age of seventy-two years, while his wife
died at the age of eighty-three years. His second son, Samuel S., married
Avis Drew, of Ashland. Seven of his eight children are living, four
daughters residing in Grafton county, and two sons in Massachusetts. His
third son, Daniel S., married twice, first, Henrietta A. Elkins, who bore
him one son, now at home, and second, Edna M., daughter of Jeremiah and
Mahala (Veasie) Smith, of Laconia. He now resides in this town, on a farm
on road 23. His second daughter, Francis O. married Paul Perkins, a stone
mason and son of Timothy and Sarah Perkins, of Center Harbor, N. H. They
have one child, Ella F., and reside here on road 23. Andrew, son of James
and brother of Samuel S., married Sarah Mudgett, of New Hampton, who bore
him three sons. One of them, James S., married Arabel A., daughter of Arad
and Sophronia (Drew) Simonds, has two children and resides in Ashland
village. Mr. Baker served three years in the late war, enlisting in Co. E.,
12th N. H. Vols., was at the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville,
Gettysburg, Cold Harbor and at the siege of Richmond.


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Submitted by: rickman@worldpath.net
Date: November 11, 2000
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