ARE ANY OF THE LEAVES AND BLOSSOMS ON OUR FAMILY TREE FAMILIAR?
PERHAPS WE ARE RELATED.
Some of the branches are long and full of leaves ---
Some are as bare as a northern maple in October ---
A few of the surnames we are tracing:
o BAKE --- A common printable English four-letter word, but not a common surname; our immigrant ancestors were English Quakers (from Yorkshire) who settled in western Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio after coming to these shores in 1831. Looking for other American cousins and Yorkshire ancestors.
o POE --- Probably not Edgar Allan's kin, but pioneers and Indian fighters on the western Pennsylvania frontier before and during the Revolutionary War. My greatgrandfather, Andrew Poe (1742-1823), and his younger brother, Adam, settled in the area that is now Beaver County, PA. They were in Revolutionary War militia and were active in protecting the western frontier against Indian war parties that were armed by the English. Their most famous action was a fight with a Wyandot raiding party in September 1781 in which two sons of their chief, Half King, were killed. This battle was on the eastern bank of the Ohio River near the mouth of Tomlinson Run (now in WV just opposite and downstream of the present location of Wellsville, OH).
There are many records of descendants of Adam Poe, but records on descendants of Andrew Poe are scarce. Looking for other descendants of Andrew Poe and ancestors of George Jacob Poe (Pow? Pfau?) who we believe came from the Palatinate (Rhineland) area of Germany and settled in Maryland in the early eighteenth century.
o LOCKHART --- Scotch-Irish settlers in the same area as that where the Poes lived in the late eighteenth century. A cousin has brought out many leaves on this tree, but there are more. Looking for background of William Lockhart (1756-1834) who we think came to western Pennsylvania via Virginia after the Revolutionary War.
o FRISZ --- Another cousin has filled out this Alsace-Lorraine tree very well, but we can hope for more.
o ROMESBURG -- Pennsylvania Dutch to the core. My wife still sometimes says to "up the window put"; her grandfather, Hiram Romesberg is buried in Berlin, PA.
We have considerable Lockhart and Poe information on history from the early to mid-18th century in America, but we have almost no details of their specific places of origin in Europe.
Bake data are very limited for the period prior to the time Gilbert Bake family immigrated to Westmoreland County, PA in 1831.
Help will be sincerely appreciated, and we will share whenever it is practical,
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- Four Generation Photo (1931) (76 KB)
Earl Allan Bake (b: 1930); Mildred Lockhart Bake (1899-1984); Lena MacClelland Poe Lockhart (1872-1944); seated -Elizabeth Trimble Poe (1849-1933), wife of George Washington Poe
- George Poe (1791-1879) (21 KB)
George Poe was the younger son of Andrew Poe, a pioneer and Indian fighter in Western Pennsylvania. He lived on the Poe farm near Georgetown, PA
- Lena MacClelland Poe Lockhart (1872-1944) (24 KB)
My grandmother was the daughter of George Washington Poe and Elizabeth Trimble Poe. She was born near Hookstown, PA, and died in Wellsville, OH. Her great-grandfather, Andrew Poe,was an early settler and Indian fighter in western Pennsylvania.
- Earl Allan Bake, Engineer of the Year, 1979 (58 KB)
Received Rockwell International Engineer of the Year Award for accomplishments on valves, such as this special valve for safety in nuclear power plants.
- George Washington Poe (1846-1923)_ (13 KB)
George Washington Poe was the only surviving son of George Poe and a grandson of pioneer Andrew Poe. He was raised on the Poe farm near Georgetown, PA and later operated a livery stable in Chester, WV. He is interred in Spring Hill Cemetery, Wellsville, OH.
- Lydia Fry Poe (1804-1888) (256 KB)
Lydia Fry Poe, my great-greatgrandmother, was the wife of George Poe, the youngest son of Andrew Poe. They lived near Hookstown, PA, and my grandmother told of spending time with Lydia in her youth.
- Lottie B. Poe Lockhart (1873-1959) (209 KB)
Lottie Poe was a sister of my grandmother, Lena, and also a great-granddaughter of Andrew Poe. She married Charles Fulton Lockhart, my grandfather's brother. She was born near Hookstown,PA and died in Cleveland,OH.
- Charles Fulton Lockhart (1872-1957) (43 KB)
C. F. Lockhart, brother of James Ross Lockhart, was a locomotive engineer, an author of handbooks for trainmen, and an inventor with numerous patents, mostly on railroad apparatus.
- William Lockhart (1823-1912) (19 KB)
William Lockhart (son of Jeptha and grandson of William) operated a family farm in Hanover Twp.,Beaver County PA.
- Earl Allan Bake Family - 2001 (56 KB)
Family snapshot taken at Allan's place ----
Rear: Son, Earl Allan Bake III (Allan), Daughter, Barbara Bake Miller, Earl Allan Bake, Mary Ann Frisz Bake, Son, Robert M. Bake -----
Front: Grandchildren, David Miller, Laura Miller
- Olive Poe MacMullen (1883-1976) & Guy L. MacMullen (67 KB)
Olive Poe was my grandmother's youngest sister and also a great granddaughter of the pioneer, Andrew Poe. Her husband, Guy, was an auto salesman. They resided in Cleveland, OH, and I lived with them during my college years. My mother cared for Olive in later life, and she died in East Liverpool, OH.
- James Ross Lockhart (1867-1933) (8 KB)
James was a son of William Lockhart. He left the family farm to work as a cabinet maker for the Pennsylvania Railroad in Wellsville, OH. We have a china cabinet that he made for the Wellsville house.
- George Washington Poe at Livery Stable (420 KB)
My great-grandfather, known as G. W. Poe and his cousin, John McClure, operated a livery stable in Chester, WV.
- Gertrude Romesberg Thompson (1901-1979) (67 KB)
"Aunt Gertie" was the sister of Mary Ann's mother, Anne Romesberg Frisz. She was born in Garrett, PA, and married Lloyd Thompson, who died in 1965. In later years, she resided and vacationed with our family frequently as a substitute grandmother. She died in the Meyersdale, PA hospital. This picture was taken in 1965.
- Amanda Whims Lockhart (1832-1904) (128 KB)
Amanda Whims was the daughter of Caleb and Rachel Kerr Whims. She was the wife of William Lockhart.
- William Albert Bake (1844-1896) (162 KB)
William Albert Bake, my grandfather, was from a Quaker family that settled in Westmoreland County, PA and moved to Jefferson County, OH. He died when my father was still an infant.
- Three Bake Generations (1963) (209 KB)
Earl Allan Bake, Earl A. Bake, Sr. (1895-1965), Mildred Irene Lockhart Bake (1899-1984), Barbara Ann Bake Miller. Barbara was the only grandchild that Dad had the opportunity to meet. This photo was taken in Wellsville, OH, bur Dad visited our home in Pittsburgh often.
- Earl Allan. Bake Family (1997) (52 KB)
40th Anniversary Photo --- Barbara Ann Bake Miller, Robert M. Bake, Earl Allan Bake, Mary Ann Frisz Bake, Earl Allan Bake III (aka Allan) The dinner party was at the Angus Barn, Raleigh, NC.
- Elma, Arthur, and Cora Bake (about 1918) (238 KB)
Dad's brother Arthur (1890-1926) was a skilled artisan who was killed in a fall during bridge construction in Washington. His younger sister, Elma (1896-?) waa the wife of J. R. Herald. His sister Cora (1893-1960) was a registered nurse. His brother Joseph (1891-1968) is not in this picture.
- Lockharts & Buggy at William Lockhart Home (68 KB)
David Oscar Lockhart, Lidella Maud Lockhart, James Ross Lockhart, Mildred Irene Lockhart and unknown (ca 1912).
- Joseph G. Bake (1891-1968) and Odessa Bake (97 KB)
Joe Bake was my father's older brother who lived in Toronto, OH, for most of his life and worked in steel mill offices. He and Odie had one daughter, Hazel, who did not marry.
- Earl A. Bake, Sr. (1895-1965) (86 KB)
Earl A. Bake, Sr., my father, was born near Rayland, Jefferson County, OH. He worked on the Pennsylvania Railroad and in Ohio Valley steel mills, and he was an insurance agent snd school board president in Wellsville, Columbiana County, OH
- Frederick J, Frisz Family (ca 1947) (112 KB)
Anne Romesberg Frisz (1896-1955); Mary Ann Frisz (now Mary Ann Bake); Frederick J. Frisz (1887-1949).
- William Adaman Bake (1804) and Sarah Bake (704 KB)
William Adaman Bake (1804-1878), my greatgrandfather, was a Quaker from Dacre, Yorkshire, England. He immigrated in 1831 with his parents and brothers and settled in Rostraver Twp., Westmoreland County, PA. His wife, Sarah Sibson Bake, followed with their first child. They moved to Jefferson County, OH, in 1870.
- Andrew Poe in Battle with Wyandot War Party (1781) (89 KB)
This painting (River Museum, Wellsville, OH) illustrates Andrew Poe fighting with the "big Indian" in the party in the historic fight by the Ohio River at the mouth of Tomlinson Run, The smaller Indian, who wounded Andrew with a tomahawk, is at right. Andrew's brother, Adam, is coming to assist in the rear.
- Three Bake Generations (1963) (209 KB)
Earl Allan Bake, Earl A. Bake, Sr. (1895-1965), Mildred Lockhart Bake (1899-1984), Barbara Ann Bake (b. 1959). This snapshot was taken in Wellsville, OH, in the summer of 1963 while Dad was still in good health. Barbara was the only grandchild that Dad had the opportunity to meet.
- Mildred Irene Lockhart Bake (1899-1994) (6 KB)
My mother was the daughter of James Ross Lockhart and Lena MacClelland Poe, so she descended from two families who had been early settlers of western Pennsylvania. She was born in Wellsville, OH and lived there most of her life. Prior to marriage, she worked in Wellsville offices of Pennsylvania Railrosd. She died in Jefferson Boro, Allegheny County, PA.
- My "Fabulous Fifties" Ford Crown Victoria (38 KB)
This was the last of a series of new automobiles I bought before marriage. This 1955 Ford Crown Victoria had a flashy purple and white exterior and a pink and white vinyl interior. An overhead valve V-8 engine gave 182 horsepower, and power windows, a power seat, and power steering gave the most modern luxury features.
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