Baker, Joseph,

 

 

                                      Farmer, Sec. 27; P.O. Edenville; born Oct. 20, 1830, in Muskingum Co., Ohio; in 1855, came to Scott Co., Iowa, then to Louisa Co., then to Wisconsin; in 1855, went to California; in 1864, returned to Scott Co.; in 1865, came to Marshall Co., Iowa; in 1877, came to his present farm; owns 440 acres of land, valued at $30 per acre. Married Mary Tiffin Nov. 6, 1864; she was born July 18, 1846, in Ohio; had seven children, five living—William D., Clara J., Maryetta, George E. and Samuel H.

                                      p.586, Eden Township

 

 

 

                             --Taken from “The History of Marshall County Iowa, Containing A History of the County, its Cities, Towns, &r.,” and published by Western Historical Company of Chicago in 1878.

 

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