Ventura County Republican Project: History and Genealogy

Ventura County Republican Project: History and Genealogy

"A Memorial and Biographical History of the Counties of Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, and Ventura, California" (1891), page 536.

Henry W. Baker

Henry W. Baker, one of the prominent ranchers of Saticoy, came to California in 1859, and to his present ranch in the fall of 1875. He was born in New Hampshire, December 28, 1828. His father, Davis Baker, was a native of that state, born about the year 1790. He was a faithful member of the Congregational Church, passed his life on a farm, and died in 1842. The ancestors of the family were English people. Mr. Baker's mother, nee Hannah Church, was a daughter of Mr. Elihu Church. Henry W. Baker was one of a family of nine children, seven of whom are now living. He received his education in the public schools of his native state, and his life has been principally devoted to agricultural pursuits. He purchased a farm in Lake County, California, in 1866, which he improved and on which he was engaged in general farming for nine years, raising both stock and grain. At the end of that time he sold out and went East on a visit. Upon his return to California, he bought his present farm of forty acres, and has since added forty acres more to it. This property he has improved by building, tree-planting, etc. In his orchard he has apples, pears, peaches, apricots, prunes, figs, oranges and lemons. He is doing a grain and bean farming.

Mr. Baker is a Republican and is one of the reliable and substantial men of Ventura County. His widowed sister, Mrs. Leavitt, keeps house for him. She is a member of the Congregational Church.

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Henry's parents were Davis Baker and Hannah Church.

Descendants of Davis Baker

1 Davis Baker b: 24 Jun 1791 in Campton, Grafton, NH d: 13 Jun 1842
.. +Hannah Church b: 1794 m: 27 Oct 1814 d: 1843
........ 2 Deborah Davis Baker b: 10 Sep 1815 in Campton, NH
............ +George Washington Keniston b: 22 Dec 1810 m: 14 Sep 1837 d: 29 Sep 1884
................... 3 Emma Elizabeth Keniston b: 11 Feb 1839 in Campton, NH
....................... +William Thornton b: Private
................... 3 George Hancock Keniston b: 29 Sep 1840
....................... +Ann Childs b: Private
................... 3 Davis Baker Keniston b: 01 Jul 1850
....................... +Elizabeth Howe b: Private m: 04 Jan 1876
............................. 4 Davis Baker Keniston II b: 14 Sep 1880 in Campton, NH. d: 20 Feb 1954 in Boston, Ma where he was a Judge.
............................. 4 Elizabeth Howe Keniston b: Private
................................. +Walter Clark b: Private in vr.
............................. 4 Sarah Thorndike Keniston b: Private
........ 2 Walter Wyatt Baker b: in Campton, NH
............ +Elizabeth L. Noyes
........ 2 Hannah Baker b: in Campton, NH
............ +Gardner Spencer
........ 2 Freeman Baker b: in Campton, NH
............ +Sarah L. Noyes
........ *2nd Wife of Freeman Baker:
............ +Ellen M. Case
........ 2 Elihu Church Baker b: in Campton, NH
............ +Adeline A. Parker
........ 2 Henry Woodward Baker b: 1828 in Campton, NH d: Aft. 1891 in Saticoy, Ventura County, California
........ 2 Henrietta Baker b: in Campton, NH d: Aft. 1891 in Saticoy, Ventura County, California
............ +Jeremiah Leavitt d: Bef. 1891
........ 2 Edward Payson Baker b: in Campton, NH
............ +Leora A. Parker
........ 2 Moses Roger Baker b: in Campton, NH
........ 2 Davis Baker b: 1820 in Campton, NH d: 1900
............ +Statira Spencer b: 1820 in Campton, Grafton, NH m: 1841 in Campton, Grafton, NH d: 1887
................... 3 Clara Baker b: in Manchester, NH


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History and Rootsweb genealogy compiled by Tony Larson and Jon Miller.