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BAKER, GEORGE, farmer; Sec. 17; P. O. Payson. He was born in Hampshire county, Va., May 19, 1803. His parents, Michael Baker and Catherine (Devore) were natives of Pennsylvania, and were married in Bedford, that State, and at once removed to Hampshire county, where they remained and had a family of nine children, of whom the subject of this sketch was the third, and finally died there. Mr. Baker’s father being a farmer, he was brought up in that vocation, and did not “depart from it.” He married Anna Lyon, daughter of Elisha and Ellen (Hogelin) Lyon, who was born in the same county, Oct. 12, 1809. Their marriage took place Feb. 21, 1828. Mr. Baker came west on a prospecting tour in 1846, and bought land in Adams county; arranged to have some improvements made thereon, and returned home. He brought his family out in the spring of 1851, and settled on the farm where he now lives, that fall. They had a family of ten children: Elvina C. (wife of Henry Long), Rachel E. (deceased), Martha A. (wife of W. N. Caldwell), Michael H., Mary R. (wife of J. W. Sinnock), Sarah A. (wife of J. L. Thomas), Elizabeth E., Richard H., Virginia (deceased), and Geo. W. L., now conducting the home farm. Mrs. Baker died Aug. 29, 1878, after having passed their “golden wedding.” They had been members of the M. E. church for forty-six years, of which Mr. Baker had been a liberal supporter. He held the office of Magistrate for many years in Virginia. He owns 148 acres of land in Payson township, 148 in Fall Creek, and 190 in Pike county. His estate has been estimated at $50,000.