Fountain Summerfield Baker

Fountain Summerfield Baker

• Father: Jesse S. Baker b. 10 July 1810, d. 3 January 1871
• Mother: Levina Gober b. 19 January 1821, d. 19 November 1889

• Fountain Summerfield Baker was born in June 1843 in Tennessee.
• Jesse S. Baker and Levina Gober appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1850 in DeSoto County, Mississippi. Other members of the household included Fountain Summerfield Baker, James F. Baker, George C. Baker, John W. Baker, Mary I. Baker, Levina E. Baker and Anna Baker. Part of the family appears also to have been enumerated (quite inaccurately) back in Fayette County, Tennessee.
• Jesse S. Baker and Levina Gober appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1860 in Chappell Hill PO, Washington County, Texas. Other members of the household included Fountain Summerfield Baker, Levina E. Baker, Anna Baker, Emma Baker, Texanna Baker, William P. Baker, Thomas D. Baker and Susan Eliza Baker.
• He was working on the farm, according to the 1860 census.
• He married Elizabeth McWhorter, daughter of William Parks McWhorter and Nancy Emeline Barry, circa 1865.
• Fountain Baker and his small family likely were enumerated in the 1870 census in the vicinity of Chappell Hill, Washington County, as farm laborer Frank Baker (27), Elizabeth Baker (22) and Arrella Baker (1). Minnie is omitted, but the household also includes Pinck and Hettie Collins and their daughter Florence, which may have resulted in some confusion about the young children in the household.
• Fountain Summerfield Baker and Elizabeth McWhorter appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1880 in Grimes County, Texas. Other members of the household included Nancy Rosella Baker, Minnie Jane Baker, Lula Baker, Robert Edward Baker, John Milton Baker and William A. Baker. Also enumerated in the household were Morgan and Harriet March and their two children.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1880 census.
• Fountain Summerfield Baker and Elizabeth McWhorter appeared in the US federal census of 1 June 1900 in Madison County, Texas. Other members of the household included William A. Baker, Thomas D. Baker, Richard N. Baker and Millie M. Baker.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1900 census.
• Fountain Summerfield Baker and Elizabeth McWhorter appeared in the US federal census of 15 April 1910 in Madison County, Texas. Other members of the household included William A. Baker, Millie M. Baker and Richard N. Baker.
• He was a farmer, according to the 1910 census.
• Fountain Summerfield Baker died on 8 October 1913 at age 70 in Grimes County, Texas.
• His wife Elizabeth McWhorter became a widow at his death.

• Last Edited: 29 Sep 2011