Descendants of Joseph Wiley Baker

Descendants of Joseph Wiley Baker

Joseph W. and Mary Harris Baker were early settlers of Batesville. They owned a blacksmith shop on the site of the Episcopol Church and they lived on Baker St.

 

Generation No. 1

1. JOSEPH WILEY BAKER was born September 1822, and died September 05, 1901. He married MARY HARRIS Abt. 1850, daughter of CHARLES HARRIS and MARTHA GOOCH. She was born November 18, 1835 in Orange County, NC, and died February 12, 1917.

Children of JOSEPH BAKER and MARY HARRIS are:

i. DORA BAKER, b. 1853; d. Unknown; m. COX; b. 1850; d. Unknown.

ii. WILEY BAKER, b. 1856; d. 1898, Batesville, Panola Co.,MS.

iii. VICTORIA BAKER, b. January 01, 1858; d. January 11, 1944, Batesville, Panola Co.,MS.

iv. WALTER BAKER, b. June 11, 1866, Mississippi; d. May 02, 1911, Batesville, Panola Co.,MS.

v. WILLIE BAKER, b. 1874; d. Unknown; m. FIELDS; d. Unknown.

 

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Generation No. 2

2. WILEY BAKER (JOSEPH WILEY) was born 1856, and died 1898 in Batesville, Panola Co.,MS. He married JANIE YARBROUGH, daughter of THOMAS YARBROUGH and SUSAN WALDER. She was born December 1869, and died December 22, 1922 in Memphis, Shelby Co., TN.

Children of WILEY BAKER and JANIE YARBROUGH are:

i. MYRTLE BAKER, b. March 1890, Mississippi; d. March 23, 1919, Escambia County Pensacola Florida.

ii. MAUDE BAKER, b. October 1894; d. Unknown; m. E. C. STEADMAN

iii. RUTH LEE BAKER, b. August 11, 1897; d. October 1971; m DALE VERNON LADD, b. October 29, 1892, d. November 15, 1968

iv. WYLEY BAKER, b. May 20, 1898; d. July 1985: m. Ed McNeil, b. August 16, 1886; d. May 15, 1967

 

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3. WALTER BAKER (JOSEPH WILEY) was born June 11, 1866 in Mississippi, and died May 02, 1911 in Batesville, Panola Co.,MS. He married LILLIAN JONES December 12, 1894 in Panola County, MS. She was born January 01, 1876 in Batesville, Panola Co.,MS, and died November 07, 1956 in Memphis, Shelby Co., TN.

Children of WALTER BAKER and LILLIAN JONES are:

i. WILEY MILTON BAKER, b. February 21, 1896; d. Unknown.

ii. ALBERT BAKER, d. Unknown.

iii. KATIE BAKER, d. Unknown.

iv. EVELYN BAKER, b. February 22, 1898, d. January 21, 2001; m. CRIDER

 

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Generation No. 3

4. MYRTLE BAKER (WILEY, JOSEPH WILEY) was born March 1890 in Mississippi, and died March 23, 1919 in Escambia County Pensacola Florida. She married CHARLES FARNCIS JEROME, son of RICHARD JEROME and MARY MOLONEY. He was born September 22, 1891 in Memphis, Tennessee, and died October 11, 1945 in Memphis, Shelby Co., TN.

Children of MYRTLE BAKER and CHARLES JEROME are:

i. EVELYN JEROME, b. September 29, 1911; d. March 1978, Hattiesburg, Forrest, MS; m. LESLIE JONES; b. October 15, 1912; d. October 1976, Hattiesburg, Forrest, MS.

ii. ROBERT EDWARD JEROME, b. November 09, 1912, Memphis, Shelby Co, TN; d. October 15, 1957, Pasadena, TX.

iii. CHARLES JR. JEROME, b. June 30, 1915; d. January 28, 1998, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN.

iv. BABY JEROME, b. August 30, 1917, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN; d. September 05, 1917, Baptist Hospital, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN.

v. BABY JEROME, b. August 30, 1917, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN; d. August 30, 1917, Memphis, Shelby Co., TN.

 


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