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Edward Payson Baker

Male 1830 - 1896  (65 years)


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  • Name Edward Payson Baker 
    Birth 3 Nov 1830  Phillipston, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Gender Male 
    Census 22 Jul 1870  Winthrop, Kennebec, ME Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 39, born MA, Cong Clergyman
    Census 11 Jun 1880  San Francisco, San Francisco, CA Find all individuals with events at this location ; age 50, born MA, cleryman, parents born MA/MA
    Death 20 Jun 1896  Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz, CA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial   Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Person ID I14584  Family Tree
    Last Modified 13 May 2017 

    Father AncestorsLevi Baker,   b. 24 Jun 1796, Garry, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Dec 1864, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Mother AncestorsMary Convers,   b. 8 Feb 1791, Woburn, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Oct 1879, Marlborough, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 88 years) 
    Marriage 25 Aug 1825  Phillipston, Worcester, MA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Notes 
    • from "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988" (ancestry.com)
      Married 25 Aug 1825 at Phillipston, Mr. Levi Baker to Miss Mary Convers
    Family ID F5439  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family AncestorsLydia Maria Noble,   b. 26 May 1829, Norway, Oxford, ME Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Aug 1914, Oakland, Alameda, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years) 
    Marriage 6 Aug 1866  Norway, Oxford, ME Find all individuals with events at this location
    Family ID F5453  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 May 2017 

  • Headstones
    Edward & Lydia Maria Baker Gravestone
    Edward & Lydia Maria Baker Gravestone
    EDWARD PAYSON / BAKER / 1830-1896
    With Christ, which is far better.
    LYDIA MARIA BAKER / 1829-1914
    [Located in Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, CA]
    Plot: Plot 21

  • Notes 
    • from "Vital records of Phillipston, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849", 1906
      Edward Pason Baker, son of Levi and Mary, was born Nov. 3, 1830.
    • from "The Bangor Whig and Courier", 13 Jul 1896 (newspapers.com)
      Death of Rev. Edward Payson Baker
      Rev. Edward Payson Baker, a graduate of Bangor Theological Seminary in 1857, died at Ben Lomond, Santa Cruz County, Cal., Jun 20th, 1896, aged 66 years. His death was caused by his bicycle running off a narrow bridge, precipitating him upon the rocks below. He was born November 3, 1830 in Phillipston, Mass., the son of Levi and Mary (Converse) Baker, and was graduated from Amherst College in 1853. He preached in Dennsyville from 1857-1860, where he was ordained in 1858. He was at Jackson Brook and Freedom from 1861-1862; at East Machias, 1863-1866; Winterport, 1866-1872; San Francisco, California, 1872-1880; Foreign church, Hilo, Hawaii, Sandwich Islands from 1880. After a few year he returned to California. He married L Maria Upton in August, 1866.