The Shemwell Family

Jesse T BakerAge: 69 years18471916

Name
Jesse T Baker
Given names
Jesse T
Surname
Baker
Birth September 5, 1847 27 19
Historical Event
Mexican-American War
from 1846 to 1848
Note: The Mexican-American War was an armed conflict between the United States of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War
Census November 21, 1850 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a brotherJohn Mills Baker
1851 (Age 3 years)
Birth of a sisterCynthia Helen Baker
1852 (Age 4 years)
Birth of a brotherWalter Hall Baker
1853 (Age 5 years)
Historical Event
Influenza Epidemic
between 1857 and 1859 (Age 9 years)

Note: In 1857-1859, there was an extremely severe worldwide outbreak of influenza - http://www.flutrackers.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3884
Census July 1860 (Age 12 years)
Death of a maternal grandfatherJesse B Turley
June 1861 (Age 13 years)
Historical Event
American Civil War
between April 1861 and May 1865 (Age 13 years)

Note: In the spring of 1861, tensions between the northern and southern United States over issues including state's right versus federal authority, westward expansion and slavery exploded into the American Civil War - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War
Historical Event
The Alaska Purchase
1867 (Age 19 years)
Note: The Alaska Purchase was the purchase of 586,412 square miles of new territory by the United States from the Russian Empire (a bargain at two cents an acre) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Purchase
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic
1867 (Age 19 years)
Note: 3,093 perished from yellow fever in New Orleans - http://historyengine.richmond.edu/episodes/view/306
Historical Event
Transcontinental Railroad completed
1869 (Age 21 years)

Note: The First Transcontinental Railroad was a 1,907-mile contiguous railroad line constructed between 1863 and 1869 across the western United States to connect the Pacific coast with the existing Eastern U.S. rail network - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Transcontinental_Railroad
Census June 7, 1870 (Age 22 years)
Death of a maternal grandmotherJulia Riddle
1873 (Age 25 years)
Religious marriageIsabelle BradfordView this family
January 13, 1874 (Age 26 years)
Birth of a daughter
#1
Lottie Cosette Baker
October 29, 1874 (Age 27 years)
Death of a motherMartha Jane Turley
January 11, 1875 (Age 27 years)
Birth of a daughter
#2
Ida Louise Baker
1877 (Age 29 years)
Historical Event
Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878
1878 (Age 30 years)

Note: Over 13,000 deaths occurred from yellow fever in lower Mississippi Valley - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_yellow_fever
Birth of a daughter
#3
Lavinia Baker
July 1879 (Age 31 years)
Census June 23, 1880 (Age 32 years)
Birth of a son
#4
Jesse Bradford Baker
January 30, 1881 (Age 33 years)
Birth of a daughter
#5
Margaret Baker
June 1886 (Age 38 years)
Death of a fatherJohn W Baker
November 25, 1886 (Age 39 years)
Birth of a daughter
#6
Lillian Baker
May 1893 (Age 45 years)
Historical Event
Spanish-American War
between April 1898 and August 1898 (Age 50 years)
Note: The Spanish-American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, the result of American intervention in the Cuban War of Independence - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish%E2%80%93American_War
Marriage of a childWalker Pierce HallLavinia BakerView this family
Type: Religious marriage
September 27, 1898 (Age 51 years)
Marriage of a childWilliam R EidsonLottie Cosette BakerView this family
Type: Religious marriage
November 2, 1898 (Age 51 years)
Birth of a grandson
#1
Walker Pierce Hall Jr
October 1899 (Age 52 years)
Census June 7, 1900 (Age 52 years)
Marriage of a childJesse Bradford BakerMarjorie I TerryView this family
Type: Civil marriage
January 10, 1910 (Age 62 years)
Census April 21, 1910 (Age 62 years)
Death of a sonJesse Bradford Baker
December 4, 1911 (Age 64 years)
Cause: Tuberculosis
Historical Event
Polio Epidemic
1916 (Age 68 years)

Note: Over 7,000 deaths and 27,363 cases reported in America's worst polio (infantile paralysis) epidemic - http://goo.gl/ZBEQA1
Death September 19, 1916 (Age 69 years)
Burial September 1916 (Age 68 years)
Cemetery - also add to Place of burial: St Peter's Cemetery
Family with parents - View this family
father
mother
Marriage: November 5, 1846Cooper, Missouri, United States
10 months
himself
4 years
younger brother
2 years
younger sister
2 years
younger brother
Family with Isabelle Bradford - View this family
himself
wife
Marriage: January 13, 1874Saline, Missouri, United States
9 months
daughter
Lottie Cosette Baker
Birth: October 29, 1874 27 20Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: March 22, 1946St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
3 years
daughter
Ida Louise Baker
Birth: 1877 29 22Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: November 14, 1960St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States
3 years
daughter
19 months
son
Jesse Bradford Baker
Birth: January 30, 1881 33 26Saline, Missouri, United States
Death: December 4, 1911El Paso, Texas, United States
5 years
daughter
7 years
daughter

Jesse T Baker has 11 first cousins recorded

Census1850 United States - Census transcript - John W Baker - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
John W Bakerhead32MWCarpenterVA
Jane Turleywife22FWMO
Jesse Bakerson3MWMO

Census1860 United States - Census transcript - John W Baker - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceMarSchoolR+WInfirm
John W Bakerhead40MWmaster carpenterVA
Martha Jane Turleywife32FWMO
Jesse Bakerson11MWMO
John Mills Bakerson9MWMO
Cynthia Helen Bakerdaughter8FWMO
Walter H Bakerson7MWMO

Census1870 United States - Census transcript - Jesse Baker - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameRelationAgeSexColorOccupationREPEBirthplaceFFBMFBBornMarSchoolReadWriteInfirmCitDis
Baker, Jessehead23MWclerk in storeMO

Census1880 United States - Census transcript - Jesse T Baker - Household

Saline, Missouri, United States

NameColorSexAgeMonRelationCondMYOccupationUnEmSickBlindDDIdioticInsaneDisabledSchoolReadWriteBPFBPMBP
Baker, Jesse TWM33headMfarmingMOVAMO
Baker, BelleWF28wifeMMONYMO
Baker, CosetteWF5daughterSMOMOMO
Baker, Ida LWF3daughterSMOMOMO
Baker, LaviniaWF11 monthsdaughterSMOMOMO

Census1900 United States - Census transcript - Jesse T Baker - Household

St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

NameRelationRaceSexMonthYearAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmUSNatOccupationUnempSchoolReadWriteEngHomeMortFarm
Baker, Jesse headWMSep184950M26MOVAMOmfg company
Baker, IsabellewifeWFMay185446M2666MOMOMO
Baker, LouisedaughterWFAug187723SMOMOMO
Baker, BradfordsonWMJan188119SMOMOMO
Baker, MargaretdaughterWFJun188614SMOMOMO
Baker, LilliandaughterWFMay18937SMOMOMO
Connors, HarveycousinWMNov188119SMOMOMOclerk

Census1910 United States - Census transcript - Jesse T Baker - Household

St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, United States

NameRelationSexRaceAgeCondMarrCHBCHLBPFBPMBPImmNatLangOccupationIndEmpUnempUnempRWSchHomeMortFarmCWBlindDeaf
Baker, Jesse TheadMW64M36MOMOMOpresidentdisinfectant company
Baker, Belle CwifeFW58M3676MOMOMO
Baker, Ida LdaughterFW34SMOMOMO
Baker, LilliandaughterFW16SMOMOMO
Bradford, Lavinia Mmother in lawFW83wd73MOUSUS