The Leon Reporter Leon, Decatur County, Iowa Thursday, October 09, 1913, Page 1 Baker - Fitch. Married on Sunday, Oct. 5, at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Fitch, Mr. William Elva Baker and Miss Christina Fitch, both of Eden township. The ceremony was performed by Justice Frank Cox. After the happy pair were made as one, the guests were invited into the dining room where a grand wedding feast was served. The bride is the youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Fitch, and is known to all as a most accomplished young lady, and will make a happy home for the man of her choice. Mr. Baker was born and raised in Eden township and is known by all as a hustling young farmer and a good citizen. They will go to housekeeping at once on a farm in Eden township where the groom has a new home prepared. May their sorrows be few and their joys as many as the sparkling drops of dew. Transcriber's Note: Christina, the daughter of John Fremont and Myriah Elizabeth (Goble) Fitch, born September 3, 1895, tragically died at age 19 on November 21, 1914, and was interred at Bethel Cemetery.. "Elva", the son of Thomas Raleigh and Julia Ann (Gravatt) Baker, was born May 11, 1888, and died in 1968, Leon, Iowa. Elva and Christina's son, Carl James Baker, Sr., was born August 19, 1914, Decatur County, Iowa, was a U.S. Army Veteran, and died July 4, 1992, Des Moines, Iowa. Elva married second May M. Hill (1890 - 1962); they were interred at Leon Cemetery. Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, February of 2018

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