Lucy Baker

1848 - 1873  (24 years)

• Name	Lucy Baker
  Birth	13 Jul 1848	Houston, Harris, TX
  Gender	Female
  Census	5 Sep 1850	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 2, born TX, living with parents
  Census	19 Oct 1860	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 12, born TX, living with parents
  Census	9 Jul 1870	Houston, Harris, TX ; age 22, born TX, she and husband living with parents
  Death	2 Jun 1873	New York, New York, NY
  Burial		Glenwood Cemetery, Houston, TX
  Person ID	I1665	Family Tree
  Last Modified	18 Feb 2017

  
  

  Father	William Robinson Baker,   b. 21 May 1820, Baldwinsville, Onondaga, NY d. 30 Apr 1890, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 69 years)
  Mother	Hester Eleanor Runnels,   b. 22 May 1825, Monticello, Lawrence, MS d. 14 Feb 1880, Houston, Harris, TX (Age 54 years)
  Marriage	15 Dec 1845	Houston, Harris, TX
  Histories		History of Texas, together with a biographical history of the cities of Houston and Galveston
  Family ID	F417	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Capt Edmund Pendleton Turner,   b. 20 Dec 1835, New Kent Co, VA d. 31 Jul 1907, Sewanee, Franklin, TN (Age 71 years)
  Marriage	15 Jun 1869	Houston, Harris, TX
  Children	+ 1. William Baker Turner,   b. 1873, Houston, Harris, TX d. 18 Dec 1907, Manhattan, New York, NY (Age 34 years)
  Family ID	F419	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  from "The New York Herald", 3 June 1873 (fultonhistory.com) TURNER - At Grand Hotel, very suddenly, Mrs. E.P. Turner, daughter of Mr. William Baker, of Houston, Texas. Notice of funeral hereafter. from "The Galveston Daily News", 28 Jun 1873 Letter from New York / New York, Jun 21, 1873 TEXANS IN THE METROPOLIS Wm. R. Baker, Esq., of Houston, has been here for some time, having been summoned by his wife and son-in-law, Capt. Turner, on the sad occasion of the demise of Mrs. Turner. from "The Galveston Daily News", 6 Mar 1874 Interment of Mrs. Turner - Capt. E.T. Turner returned from the North on Tuesday with the remains of his beloved wife, nee Lucy Baker, whose untimely death was reported several weeks ago. The remains of the amiable and universally respected lady were met at the depot by numerous friends of the family, and escorted to the residence of her father, Wm. R. Baker, Esq., by one of the largest funeral corteges ever seen in Houston. The funeral service was conducted by Rev. Dr. Zealy, of the Baptist Church. By direction of the sorrowing mother of the deceased, an elegant tomb had been erected in the garden, where the resting place of her idolized daughter will always be in view. The grounds were beautifully decorated with the most exquisite flowers and wreaths of immortelles, and everything was done that could be to testify grief for the death or respect for the memory of the dear departed.