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William Riley Baker 1829 – 1909 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 2 Oct 1829

Birth Location: Shiloh, Calloway, Kentucky, United States

Death Date: 24 Dec 1909

Death Location: Oneida, Clay, Kentucky, United States

Father: James Baker

Mother: Frances Jenkins

Spouse(s): Ellen Smith

Children(s): Ida Baker

According to available records, William Riley Baker was born in 1829 in Shiloh, Calloway, Kentucky, United States, the child of James Miles Baker and Frances Martha Jenkins. Following those early years, William Riley Baker married Ellen Ann Smith, and their family grew to include Ida Mae Baker. In the later years of life, William Riley Baker died in 1909 in Oneida, Clay, Kentucky, United States.

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Parents

James Baker
1786 – 1870
Birth Location: Bertie County, North Carolina, USA
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Frances Jenkins
1788 – 1872
Birth Location: Bertie County, North Carolina, USA
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Spouses(s)

Ellen Smith
1832 – 1912
Birth Location: Lisman, Webster, Kentucky
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Children(s)

Ida Baker
1870 – 1920
Birth Location: District 2, Webster, Kentucky, United States
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Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Year: 2 Oct 1829
    Event Place: Shiloh, Calloway, Kentucky, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Year: 26 Sep 1852
    Event Place: Hopkins, Kentucky, United States

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Year: 24 Dec 1909
    Event Place: Oneida, Clay, Kentucky, United States
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