BIO: Baker, I.C.  - Unknown Co

"COUNTIES OF MORGAN, MONROE & BROWN, INDIANA.  HISTORICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL."
CHARLES BLANCHARD, EDITOR.  CHICAGO:  F. A. BATTEY & CO. PUBLISHERS.  1884.
F. A. BATTEY.  F. W. TEPPLE

RAY TOWNSHIP, MORGAN COUNTY, INDIANA

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I. C. BAKER is a native of Kentucky, was born June 10, 1828, and is the
eldest of the family of James H. and Nancy (Kemper) Baker, natives of
Kentucky, and of English and German descent, respectively, who removed to
Morgan County, Ind., and located in Baker Township until 1839, when they
moved to Monroe County and occupied land entered by Mr. Baker previously  In
1847, they moved to a farm near Martinsville, then to Paragon about 1855,
and finally to Gosport about 1865, where Mr. Baker died.  I. C. Baker
remained on the home farm until he was nineteen years old, when he left to
learn cabinetmaking.  He worked by day and studied by night, thereby making
up for neglect of education in boyhood.  After finishing this trade, he
worked as a journeyman--often until 10 o'clock at night--until 1853, being
considered a master workman.   July 1, 1852, he married Cinderella, daughter
of Isaac and Lodicea (Maskel) Rogers, which union gave issue to nine
children, of whom five remain--Salem A., Charles F., Jesse B. (now Mrs.
Pierson), Maggie B. and Anna L,.  August 15, 1862, Mr. Baker enlisted in
Company H, Seventy-ninth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, and was assigned to the
Army of the Cumberland.  In 1862, during a grand review, he became
exhausted, from which effect he has never recovered;  he  also suffered from
blindness following impure vaccination, and was discharged August 11, 1863.
Since returning home, being unable to do hard labor, he has followed
wagon-making.  Mr. and Mrs. Baker are members of the Christian Church.


Transcribed by: Diana Flynn 
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Date: 16 Aug 1997