James Artemas Baker

1896 - 1975  (79 years)

• Name	James Artemas Baker
  Birth	22 Sep 1896	Lockney, Floyd, TX
  Gender	Male
  Census	12 Jun 1900	Floyd Co, TX ; Artie, age 3, born Sep 1886 in TX, living with parents
  Census	18 Apr 1910	Lockney, Floyd, TX ; J Artis, age 13, born TX, living with parents
  Census	10 Jan 1920	Lockney, Floyd, TX ; age 23, born TX, manager at dry goods & grocery store, parents born TX/TX
  Census	10 Apr 1930	Lockney, Floyd, TX ; Artie J, age 32, born TX, marr at 20, bank president, parents born TX/TX
  Death	5 Oct 1975	Pecos, Reeves, TX
  Burial		Lockney Cemetery, Lockney, TX
  Person ID	I15004	Family Tree
  Last Modified	8 May 2017

  
  

  Father	James Artemas Baker,   b. 22 Sep 1859, Lancaster, Dallas, TX d. 16 Oct 1917, Lockney, Floyd, TX (Age 58 years)
  Mother	Sarah Alice Ratliff,   b. 26 Aug 1867, Van Zandt Co, TX d. 2 Jun 1967, Lockney, Floyd, TX (Age 99 years)
  Marriage	1 Jan 1885	Ohio, Hamilton, TX
  Family ID	F5624	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Stella Effie Stalcup,   b. 27 Apr 1896, Texas d. 16 Aug 1976, Lubbock, Lubbock, TX (Age 80 years)  [1]
  Marriage	1916
  Children	1. Mary Alice Baker,   b. 12 Feb 1921, Lockney, Floyd, TX d. 7 Jan 1994, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 72 years)   2. James Andrew Baker,   b. 17 Jul 1928, Floyd Co, TX d. 22 Feb 1934, Lockney, Floyd, TX (Age 5 years) + 3. Kevin Lynn Baker,   b. 10 Jan 1935, Texas
  Family ID	F5636	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	22 Feb 2023

  
  

  Family 2	Maria Gertrudis “Truss”,   b. 24 Dec 1906
  Family ID	F5657	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2017

  
  

• Headstones

  James & Maria (Gertudis) Baker Gravestone BAKER "ARTIE" / JAMES ARTEMAS / Jr. / SEPT. 22, 1896 / OCT. 5, 1975 "TRUUS" / MARIA GERTRUDIS / DEC. 24, 1906 [Photo courtesy of the Volunteers of The Floyd County Historical Museum] Plot: Plot: R10, Space 75 & 76

  
  

• Notes

  from "The Odessa American", 6 Oct 1975 (ancestry.com) JAMES BAKER PECOS (Staff) - Services for James Artemus Baker, 79, of Pecos, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday in Lockney with burial in Lockney Cemetery under the direction of Pecos Funeral Home. Baker died at 5 a.m. Sunday in Reeves County Memorial Hospital in Pecos following a long illness, Born Sept. 22, 1896, in Lockney, he had been a resident of Pecos since 1947. He was in the irrigation business. Survivors include his widow, Truus; a daughter, Mary Alice Gonzales of Lubbock; a son Keven Baker of Lubbock; three brothers Franc Baker of Lubbock, Norton Baker of Amarillo and Dorsey Baker of Lockney; six sisters, Mrs. Meda Honeny and Mrs. Dimple McGavock, both of Lockney, Mrs. Nell Davenport of Boulder, Colo., Mrs Lee Saemen of Plainview, Mrs Mary Phillips and Mrs Helen Gross, both of Port Lavaca and three grandchildren.

  
  

• Sources

  [S187] Kathryne Baker Witty and Alma Baker Rea, The William Thatcher Baker family, 1830-1971, (self published (1971)).