Silas Sawyer Baker

1869 - 1943  (73 years)

• Name	Silas Sawyer Baker
  Birth	17 Nov 1869	Hampton, Rock Island, IL
  Gender	Male
  Census	15 Jul 1870	Hampton, Rock Island, IL ; age 8/12, born IL, living with parents
  Census	1 Jun 1880	Hampton, Rock Island, IL ; age 10, born IL, living with parents
  Census	2 Jun 1900	Hampton, Rock Island, IL ; age 30, born Nov 1870 in IL, marr 2, yrs, dealer in dry goods, he & wife living in father's house
  Census	27 Apr 1910	Hampton, Rock Island, IL ; age 40, born IL, mx1 for 11 yrs. head salesman for dept store, parents born MA/MA, father in house
  Census	5 Jan 1920	Edgington, Rock Island, IL ; age 50, born IL, retail merchant of groceries & dry goods, parents born MA/MA
  Census	28 Apr 1930	Reynolds, Rock Island, IL ; age 60, born IL, 1st marr at 28, retail mechant at general store, parents born MA/MA
  Census	22 Apr 1940	Reynolds, Rock Island, IL ; age 70, born IL, H1 ed, residing here in 1935
  Death	18 Apr 1943	Reynolds, Rock Island, IL
  Burial		Hampton Township Cemetery, Hampton, IL
  Person ID	I16161	Family Tree
  Last Modified	31 Mar 2018

  
  

  Father	Leonard Fiske Baker,   b. 5 Dec 1824, Phillipston, Worcester, MA d. 18 Mar 1912, Chicago, Cook, IL (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Milla Wright Sawyer,   b. 25 Dec 1829, Massachusetts d. 7 May 1887, Hampton, Rock Island, IL (Age 57 years)
  Marriage	7 Sep 1851	Phillipston, Worcester, MA
  Notes	from "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915" (ancestry.com) On 7 Sep 1851 in Phillipston MA, Leonard F Baker, 26, a clerk residing Phillipston, born Phillipston to Silas & Abigail Baker, married Milla W Sawyer, 21, residing Phillipston, born Phillipston to Silus & Mercy Sawyer. 1st marriage for both.
  Family ID	F6162	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Lily Myrtle Biggs,   b. Mar 1872, Pennsylvania d. 23 Oct 1951, Rock Island, Rock Island, IL (Age ~ 79 years)
  Marriage	17 Nov 1898	Rock Island Co, IL
  Children	1. Marion Baker,   b. 22 Oct 1900, Hampton, Rock Island, IL d. 12 Aug 1971 (Age 70 years)   2. Alice Frances Baker,   b. 10 Jul 1902, Hampton, Rock Island, IL d. 16 Apr 1935, Monmouth, Warren, IL (Age 32 years)   3. Mildred Baker,   b. 18 Nov 1906, Hampton, Rock Island, IL d. 19 Aug 1907, Hampton, Rock Island, IL (Age 0 years) 4. Leonard William Baker,   b. 31 Jan 1912, Reynolds, Rock Island, IL d. 3 May 1965, Kansas City, Jackson, MO (Age 53 years)
  Family ID	F6163	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2017

  
  

• Photos

  Silas S Baker Photo

  
  

  Headstones		Leonard & Milla (Sawyer) Baker Family Gravestone
  		Leonard & Milla (Sawyer) Baker Gravestone Inscription Side 4 MARION E. BAKER / BORN SEPT. 15, 1868. / DIED FEB. 6, 1896. SILAS S. BAKER / BORN NOV. 17, 1869. / DIED APR. 18, 1943.

  
  

• Notes

  from newspaper obituary posted on findagrave.com Reynolds-Silas Sawyer Baker, 73, died yesterday morning at his home in Reynolds. Death was due to a heart ailment. He was born Nov. 17, 1869, in Hampton, a son of Leonard F. and Milla W. Baker. He attended Hampton schools and Port Byron academy, and married Miss Lily Sims Biggs in Moline, Nov. 17, 1898. They moved to Reynolds in 1910. Mr. Baker was engaged in the grocery business until 1937 when he retired. He had been in the grocery business with his father and brother in Hampton before coming to Reynolds. Mr. Baker was a member of the Reynolds Methodist church and of the Hampton Old Timers club which he formerly served as secretary. Surviving are the widow; a son Leonard, at home; a daughter, Mrs. John Gauley, Reynolds; two grandsons, Clyde Gauley in the navy at New York, and Edwin, in high school. He was preceded in death by two daughters, four sisters and a brother, and was the last member of the L. F. Baker family of Hampton. Funeral services will be at 1:30 o'clock Wednesday afternoon in the home and at 2 o'clock in Reynolds Methodist church. The Rev. J. C. Gearhart will officiate and burial will be in Hampton cemetery.