John Baylor Baker 
      Sex: M
Individual Information 
     Birth Date: 17 Oct 1860 - Jacksboro, Jack Co., Texas
    Christening: 
          Death: 12 Oct 1941 - San Angelo, Tom Green Co., Texas ( at age 80) 3
         Burial: in Miles, Runnels Co., Texas
 Cause of Death:
Parents 
         Father: Artemas Baker (1821-1889)
         Mother: Levina (Abt 1823-      )
Spouses and Children 
1. *Martha Ann (Mattie) Hinkle (26 Jun 1868 - 18 Jun 1958) 1 2 
       Marriage: 17 Feb 1885 - Ellis Co., Texas 4
       Children:
                1. Elza C. Baker (1885-1967)
                2. Estella B. Baker (1887-1892)
                3. Lou Baker (1890-1979)
                4. Georgia Baker (1892-1892)
                5. Alford Baker (1893-      )
                6. Fannie Baker (1896-1991)
                7. Mildred Baker (1898-1985)
                8. J. B. Baker , Jr. (1902-1963)
                9. Prebble Baker (1911-2002)
Notes
General:
CENSUS:

<pre>1900 Runnels Co., Texas, Justice Pct. No. 6, ED 128; June 26; sheet 16A
255/256
J. B. Baker 40 Oct 1859 M15 Tx Pa Pa Farmer
Mattie " wife 32 Jun 1868 M15/7/5 Ar Tn Mo
Elzy " son 14 Nov 1885 S Tx Tx Ar at school
Lula " dau 10 Feb 1890 S Tx Tx Ar at school
Alford " son 7 Jun 1893 S Tx Tx Ar
Fannie " dau 4 Apr 1896 S Tx Tx Ar
Mildred " dau 2 Jun 1898 S Tx Tx Ar </pre>

He rents a farm. Lavina Baker (76, Pa Pa Pa, widow) lives at 254/255 with a daughter, 4 grandchildren, and a nephew.

<pre>1910 Runnels Co., Texas, Precinct No. 6, Miles, ED 222; Apr 16; sheet 6B
119/119
J. B. Baker 51 M1/25 Tx Oh Oh Trader/Livestock
Mattie " wife 41 M1/25/8/6 Ar Tx Ar
Lula " dau 20 S Tx Tx Ar
Alford " son 16 S Tx Tx Ar
Fannie " dau 14 S Tx Tx Ar
Mildred " dau 12 S Tx Tx Ar
J. B. " ,Jr. son 8 S Tx Tx Ar </pre>

He owns an unmortgaged house. Mattie's first cousin J. W. Hinkle lives at 113/113.

<pre>1920 Runnels Co., Texas, Justice Precinct 6, ED 224; Jan 3; sheet 1A
7/7
J. B. Baker 58 Tx Oh Il Farmer/General farm
Mattie A. " wife 51 Ar Tn Mo none
J. B. " , Jr. son 17 Tx Tx Ar Laborer/Farm
Prebble " dau 8 Tx Tx Ar none </pre>

He owns an unmortgaged home. John W. Hinkle lives at 38/39 in the same precinct, in the town of Miles.

<pre>1930 Runnels Co., Texas, Miles town, ED 200-11; Apr 30; sheet 3B
68/75 Jackson Street
J. B. Backer 69 M26 Tx Oh Il Propietor/Rooming house O$4000
Mattie " 62 M17 Ar Tn Tn none </pre>

In 1940 John B. Baker (81, Tx) and Martha A. Baker (73, Ar) are living in San Angelo, Tom Green Co., Texas in the household of their daughter Prebble (28, Tx) and her husband Robert C. Crabb (35, Tx).

In 1950 Martha A. Baker (82, Wd, Ar) is living in San Angelo, Tom Green Co., Texas in the household of her daughter Prebble (38) and her husband Robert Crabb (46).

WICHITA CO., TEXAS:

See notes for his father-in-law Baltis D. Hinkle.

TEXAS DEATH INDEX:

John B. Baker died 12 Oct 1941 in Tom Green Co. Certificate # 48056.

OBITUARY:

The San Angelo Weekly Standard, Friday, 17 Oct 1941, page 12:

Retired Miles
Farmer Dies
Baker Services
Set For Today
Standard-Times News Service
MILES, Oct. 16--J. B. Baker, 81, retired stock famer of Miles, died at 1 p. m. Sunday of pneumonia. He had been ill for five weeks. Death came in a San Angelo hospital.
Graveside services were held in the Miles Cemetery at 2 p. m. Monday with the Rev T. E. Funderburk, pastor of the Harris Ave. Baptist Church at San Angelo, officiating. Woodmen of the Warld[sic] held special rites. Lacey Funeral Home had charge of arrangements.
Born Oct. 17, 1860, at Jacksboro, Tex., Mr. Baker moved to Runnels County, Dec. 18, 1889. He had been married to Miss Mattie Hinkle in Ellis County, Feb. 17, 1885.
Mr. Baker had been a member of the W. O. W. for 35 years.
Survivors include the widow; two sons E. C. Baker of Bronte and J. B., Jr., of Sinton; four daughters, Mrs. Joe E. Neill of Terrell, Mrs. H. C. Haynes of Dallas, Mrs. E. K. Whitaker of Wichita Falls, and Mrs. R. C. Crabb of San Angelo, and two sisters, Mrs. W. A. Brundage of Midlothian and Mrs. Belle Waldron, Miles.
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Sources

1 Runnels County Historical Commission, In Remembrance, Cemetery Inscriptions in Runnels County, 1985, pg 127. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

2 Suzanne Price, Tombstone pictures -- Suzanne Price.

3 "Find-a-Grave," Memorial # 132740506.

4 Ellis County Public Records, Repository: Ellis County Courthouse, Waxahatchie, Texas.

5 Runnels County Historical Commission, In Remembrance, Cemetery Inscriptions in Runnels County, 1985, pg 126. Repository: Clayton Library, Houston, Texas.

6 H. Neal Parker, Visit to Cemetery, Midlothian, Ellis Co., Texas, 7 Oct 1983 and later.

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