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Martha A. Hougland Baker

7 Feb 1855 – 12 Jun 1903

Birth	7 Feb 1855
Death	12 Jun 1903
Cemetery	Lynnville Cemetery Lynnville , Warrick County , Indiana , USA
Added by	ladyN70 on 30 Mar 2010
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45670322

Gravesite details

Shares stone with Thomas U.

Bio

From a librarian in Boonville, Indiana. "Cooking was done in pots, ovens and skillets with large open stoves, wide and high enough to receive large chopped woods. The water supply came chiefly from springs, sometime quite a distance from the house. The digging of wells was frequently attempted during their time." ...... Martha A Hougland was not married to Thomas U. Baker, however, to his brother? 1850 Census shows Thomas was 7 [abt. 1843] Anderson, Warrick, Indiana 1860 Census Thomas, age 18; Columbia, Gibson, Indiana 1 Jul 1863 Civil War Reg Card ~ unmarried age 20 1870 Census Thomas, age 28 from Indiana, [the same person?] he went to Burlington, Coffey, Kansas; Interred Spouse Mary Baker of Kentucky, age 17 1880 Census Thomas U. Baker, boarder, age 35, married [to who?], home in Anderson, Warrick, Indiana No marriage lic found on them. Charles Baker....1855-1937, not the same Charles below. Thomas resided at, 1 Jul 1863, age 20, unmarried, Anderson, Warrick, Indiana; was married to someone in Skelton Township. Why was Martha buried with Thomas? Nobody knows! Maybe the sexton and engraver got confused. .... other source shows Thomas Baker Spouse Louisa Harmonds Father John W Baker Mother Elizabeth Hartley Children Elizabeth Birth 1842 Warrick, Indiana, USA Death 12 May 1897 Lynnville, Warrick, Indiana .... Not able to find what her middle initial A stands for. m. 4 Nov 1874 Warrick County, Indiana to Charles Baker b. 1848 ..... 1880 Census Boon, Warrick, Indiana Household Members Age Relationship Charles Baker 32 Self (Head) ~~~~ b.1848 Martha Baker 26 Wife ~~~ b. 1855 Jane Bake 5 Daughter Emma Baker 3 Daughter ......... 1900 census Home in 1900 Wabash, Tippecanoe, Indiana shows she was widow; born Dec 1853. Not the same individual? ......... Obit in The Warrick Enquirer on Fri, Jun 19, 1903 -page 2 (Lynnville) Mrs Martha Baker was born Feb 7th, 1855. She married Thomas Baker on Oct 5, 1870. He died May 12th 1897. To this union 6 children were born of whom 3 are still living, William, Joseph, and Allie. She died June 12th, 1903 at Woodmere. [Cuyahoga County, Ohio] Note for Bio, Spouse left by Anonymous Marriage year to Thomas Baker based on newspaper account in obit. (Obit did not mention a Charles ) ...............

Inscription

Wife of T.U. Baker.

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Family

Parents

• PVT James Abraham Houghland 1825–1904
• Melinda Jane Johnson Houghland 1827–1908

Spouse

• Thomas U. Baker 1843–1897 FaG
• Charles Baker 1848–1874 FaG

Siblings

• Abraham James Hougland 1849–1875
• Elizabeth Hougland 1851–1855
• Caroline Hougland 1856–1860
• Kella Hougland 1859–1940
• Robert J. Hougland 1862–1899
• Charles J. Hougland 1864–1943
• Anna Sophrona Houghland Mills 1868–1903

Children

• Malla "Mallie" Baker 1879–1879 FaG
• Albert Herbert Baker 1882–1959 FaG
• Mattie Baker 1890–1890 FaG
• Ausy Baker Williams 1890–1961 FaG
• Marie Elizabeth Baker Ashley 1896–1990 FaG

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