Baker Family Burial

Charles M. Baker

Born: August 26, 1832 in Licking Co., Ohio
Died: April 17, 1881 in Sherman Twp., Jasper Co., Iowa
Buried: Lot 53, plot 8A
Lot Owner: Mrs. C. M. Baker (Ellen Peacock), purchased in 1881
Married: Aurelia Trimble in Ohio
Children: Harriet Moore, Charles William, Andrew, and Fred¹
Married: Ellen Peacock on February 1, 1868 in Jasper Co., Iowa²
Children: Elva, Delphia A., Dora Wilson and Alva
Parents: John and Isabel Baker ⁴

Deaths

In Sherman township, Jasper County, Iowa April 17, 1881, Charles M. Baker, aged 48 years, 8 months and 21 days. ~ Colfax Clipper, April 23, 1881

Died

BAKER - In Sherman township, 4 1/2 miles southwest of Newton, on Sunday, April 17th, 1881, at 3 1/2 o'clock A.M., of Lung Fever, CHARLES M. BAKER, aged 48 years, 1 month and 21 days.

Deceased was born in Licking county, Ohio, August 26th, 1832, moved to this county about the year 1857, where he has since resided. He is well known to many people in Jasper county, and has always been a kind and generous neighbor to those living around him, and has by his industry, economy and temperate habits left his family in comfortable circumstances; yet his most precious legacy to them is his good name. He leaves a wife and five children and a circle of friends and relatives to mourn his loss.

The funeral services were conducted by Rev. W. G. Thorn, of Newton, at the residence of the deceased, on Monday April 18th. A large number of friends and relatives contributed their last respects to the deceased by following his remains to the cemetery.

We will miss him at the fireside;
We will miss him from his chair;
We will miss him at the table;
We will miss him everywhere.

By C. B. Westbrook

The Journal (Newton, Iowa) April 21, 1881

Ellen (Peacock) Baker

Born: June 11, 1844 in Westfield, Indiana³
Died: March 19, 1923 in Boulder, Colorado
Buried: Lot 53, plot 5
Lot Owner: Mrs. C. M. Baker (Ellen Peacock), purchased in 1881
Married: Charles M. Baker on February 1, 1868 in Jasper Co., Iowa²
Children: Elva, Delphia, Dora Wilson and Alva
Parents: Asa and Abigail Morris Peacock ⁵

Dies At Home of Daughter
Mrs. Ellen Baker Passes Away Last Evening
in Boulder, Colorado

Mrs. Ellen Baker, of Boulder, Colorado, died last evening at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Dora Baker Wilson with whom she has made her home during the past 17 years.

Mrs. Baker is a pioneer of Jasper county, having made Newton her home for more than a half a century before going west. When Mrs. Wilson's husband was killed in an explosion she left Newton and since then made her home in Colorado.

Elva Baker, the only son of the deceased, left last evening when word came that his mother, who has been suffering from nervous trouble, was in a critical condition, and it is probable that he will not know of his mother's death until he arrives in Boulder.

Mrs. Ellen Peacock Baker was 79 years old. She was married to Charles Baker. To this union two children were born, Dora and Elva. Mr. Baker, died when the children were small. The deceased was a sister-in-law of William Baker of this city.

No funeral arrangements have been announced. ~ The Newton Daily News, March 20, 1923.