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Jacob S. Baker

24 Nov 1766 – Feb 1845

Birth	24 Nov 1766
Death	Feb 1845
Cemetery	Wood Cemetery Muhlenberg County , Kentucky , USA
Added by	D. L. Lee on 21 Sep 2013
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/17808796

Bio

Jacob was the grandson of the immigrant Peter Studebaker , and his second wife Susannah . His parents, Peter and Mary Miller Studebaker, married, had a single son, sold off Peter's inherited lands and moved to Hempfield Twp., Westmoreland Co. PA. Jacob married Salome and they had their first child Peter. As his Father had died and his Mother remarried, Jacob settled the family inheritance and left PA. He rafted with his wife, son, and family possessions on the Ohio and settled in Shelby Co. KY, where he bought land. Within a year, in 1799, he had rafted on down the Ohio to the Green and the Mud, where he purchased extensive acreages east of present day Penrod. He returned to PA to buy a few barrels of nails and other building supplies and rafted back to KY. He then built a two-story log house sheathed in planks that stood for nearly 100 years. The picture is near its last years, but another house was built on the same foundation,(GPS 37.1127 -86.9677). Jacob and Mary had 14 children, 11 married and had children,(54 grandchildren). As Jacob shortened his name to Jacob S. Baker in about 1815, that's the start of lots of Muhlenberg KY Bakers. He was a very successful farmer and he would build a raft, stack it with produce, and go to New Orleans via the Mud, Green, Ohio, and the Mississippi. After selling the produce and raft, he would return to KY on foot. He served in the local militia as a Captain.

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Family

Parents

• Mary Miller Studebaker 1746–1822 FaG

Spouse

• Salome Nettie Grable Baker 1777–1848

Siblings

• Col John Campbell 1768–1821 FaG

Children

• Peter S. Baker 1795–1816
• David Baker 1799–1859
• Mary Studebaker Fitzhugh 1801–1864
• Samuel S. Baker 1807–1864
• Rebecca Baker Wood 1809–1867
• Elias Baker 1811–1833
• Elisha Baker 1811–1892
• Ephraim Baker 1813–1848
• Israel Jacob Baker 1815–1858
• John Airhart Baker 1817–1841

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