Isabella Hempstead

1825 - 1900  (75 years)

• Name	Isabella Hempstead
  Birth	15 Jan 1825	St Louis, St Louis, MO
  Gender	Female
  Census	15 Aug 1850	McDonough Co, IL ; age 25, born MO
  Census	20 Jun 1860	Macomb, McDonough, IL ; age 34, born WI
  Census	2 Jun 1870	Macomb, McDonough, IL ; age 45, born MO, keeping house
  Census	14 Jun 1880	Macomb, McDonough, IL ; age 55, born MO, keeping house, parents born CT/Cascasca(?)
  Death	1 Jun 1900	Macomb, McDonough, IL
  Census	19 Jun 1900	Macomb, McDonough, IL ; age 75, born Jan 1825 in IL, widowed, 4/4 children living, parents born CT/FRA, living with family of dau Clara Chandler
  Burial		Oakwood Cemetery, Macomb, IL
  Person ID	I14160	Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Stephen Hempstead
  Mother	Mary L LeFevre
  Family ID	F5285	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jonathan Haskell Baker,   b. 8 May 1817, Walpole, Cheshire, NH d. 31 Aug 1891, McDonough Co, IL (Age 74 years)
  Marriage	14 Mar 1843	Macomb, McDonough, IL
  Children	1. Clara A Baker,   b. 6 Jan 1844, Macomb, McDonough, IL d. 8 Jun 1929, Indianapolis, Marion, IN (Age 85 years) 2. Mary C Baker,   b. 1846, Macomb, McDonough, IL d. 2 Feb 1925, Macomb, McDonough, IL (Age 79 years) 3. Isabelle Baker,   b. 6 Dec 1864, Macomb, McDonough, IL d. 4 Mar 1925, Chicago, Cook, IL (Age 60 years)   4. Joseph Haskell Baker,   b. 31 Oct 1866, Macomb, McDonough, IL d. 2 Dec 1947, Macomb, McDonough, IL (Age 81 years)
  Family ID	F5284	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Feb 2017

  
  

• Headstones		Joseph Haskell Baker Gravestone CAROLINE H. UPDEGRAFF / born / June 7, 1819 / died / May 3, 1892 [likely a sister of Isabella Hempstead] JOSEPH HASKELL BAKER / 1866 - 1947 Plot: Lot 66, Block 4
  		Joseph Haskell Baker Gravestone Side 2 JONATHAN HASKELL BAKER Born at / Walpole N.H. / May 8, 1817. / Died at Mabcomb Ill. / Aug. 31. 1891 ISABEL HEMPSTEAD BAKER. / Born at St. Louis, Mo. Jul 13, 1825. / Died at Macomb, Ill. / June 1, 1900.

  
  

• Notes

  from newspaper obituary (findagrave.com) Mrs. J.B. Baker Above named, one of the oldest residents of our city, died at the home of her son-in-law, C.V. Chandler of West Carroll street, Friday, June 1st, 1900. Funeral services at Universalist Church at 3 p.m. Sunday. Isabella Hempstead, fifth daughter of Steven Hempstead and Marie LeFebree, was born in St Louis, Mo., on Jan. 15th, 1825. After her mother's death she came to Macomb to live with an older sister Mrs. James M. Campbell, at whose house, in 1843, she was united in marriage to J.H. Baker of this city. Mr. Baker served as judge of McDonough county for a number of years, and died Aug. 31st, 1891. To them were born four children: Clara A., wife of C.V. Chandler, Mary C., wife of the late Edward L. Wells, Sarah Isabel, wife of George d. Tunnicliff, and Joseph Haskell, all of whom are living. Mrs. Sarah F. de Lorimer of Neola, Ia., a sister of Mrs Baker, is the only surviving member of a family of eight children.