William Baker14 was born 1800 in Georgia, and died 1855 in Americus, GA. He married Sophia Somers.
Notes for William Baker: http://ftp.rootsweb.com/pub/usgenweb/al/henry/bios/gbs627baker.txt
JOSEPH BAKER, capitalist, speculator and cotton buyer of Dothen, is one of the most widely known men in southeastern Alabama. He was born in Lee county, Ga., March 9, 1836. He was the son of William and Sophia (Somers) Baker, the former being a native of Georgia, born in 1800, and in that state growing to manhood. Early in life he learned the trade of a cooper, and died at Americus, Ga., in 1855. Mrs. Baker was born in Wright county, Ga., and was of Irish parentage, of which fact Joseph has always been justly proud. Her father came from the Emerald Isle at an early day, settled in Georgia, and was well known throughout certain portions of that state. Mrs. Baker grew to womanhood in Twiggs county, Ga., and was married in her fourteenth year. She became the mother of nine children, eight of whom still live. Early deprived of the protection of her husband, the support of this large family of children devolved upon her. But she took hold of her task like the noble woman that she was, and by good and judicious management she reared and educated them to the best of her ability, and all remember her self-sacrificing devotion to their interests with affection. She was a member of the Missionary Baptist church, and died in 1875, in her sixty-third year of her age.
More About William Baker: Occupation: trade of a cooper.
Children of William Baker and Sophia Somers are:
+Joseph Baker, b. Mar 09, 1836, Lee County GA14, d. Aft. 1893.
William Baker (b. 1800, d. 1855)
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