Oliver Harrison Baker

1834 - 1902  (68 years)

• Name	Oliver Harrison Baker
  Birth	17 Apr 1834	Haverhill, Grafton, NH
  Gender	Male
  Census	24 Sep 1850	Haverhill, Grafton, NH ; age 15, born NH, living with parents
  Military Service	30 Jun 1863	Thomaston, Knox, ME ; Oliver H Baker, age 29, single, jeweler, b. NH
  Census	1 Mar 1885	Topeka, Shawnee, KS ; O.H., age 48, born NH, from IL, jeweller
  Death	11 Jul 1902	Topeka, Shawnee, KS
  Burial		East Haverhill Cemetery, East Haverhill, NH
  Person ID	I16797	Family Tree
  Last Modified	28 Apr 2022

  
  

  Father	Hosea Swett Baker,   b. 1 Jun 1797, Stoddard, Cheshire, NH d. 20 May 1885, Haverhill, Grafton, NH (Age 87 years)
  Mother	Fannie Huntington,   b. 15 Nov 1801, Haverhill, Grafton, NH d. 6 Apr 1874, Haverhill, Grafton, NH (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	7 Aug 1822	Haverhill, Grafton, NH
  Family ID	F6443	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Ellen Catharine Beane,   b. Sep 1839, Massachusetts d. 1925 (Age ~ 85 years)
  Marriage	27 Jan 1869	Detroit, Wayne, MI
  Notes	from "Michigan Marriages, 1822-1995" (familysearch.org) On 27 Jan 1869 in Detroit, Wayne, MI, Oliver Harrison Baker married Ellen Catharine Beane. from "The Detroit Free Press", 23 Jul 1879 (newspapers.com) Ellen C. Baker has commenced suit in the Wayne Circuit Court for a divorce from Oliver H. Baker, whom she charges with desertion and refusal to support. The complainant is employed in the office of the Register of Deeds, and is a very plucky and self-reliant little lady.
  Children	+ 1. John Huntington Baker,   b. 27 Apr 1870, Detroit, Wayne, MI d. Apr 1967 (Age 96 years)
  Family ID	F6450	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Jul 2017

  
  

  Family 2	H Rozelia “Rosa” Goding,   b. 1856, Maine
  Marriage	28 Dec 1881	Topeka, Shawnee, KS
  Notes	from "The Topeka Daily Capital", 30 Dec 1881 (ancestry.com) MARRIED. BAKER-GODING - December 28, by Rev. L. Blakesley, Mr. O.H. Baker and Miss H. Rozelia Goding, all of Topeka.
  Children	1. Baby Girl Baker,   b. 26 Dec 1889, Topeka, Shawnee, KS
  Family ID	F7869	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2018

  
  

• Photos

  Oliver H Baker Jeweler Ad from "The Topeka Medical Journal", 1890 (googlebooks)

  
  

  Headstones

  East Haverhill Cemetery, East Haverhill, NH OLIVER H. BAKER / APR. 17, 1834 / JULY 11, 1902

  
  

• Notes

  from "History of the town of Haverhill, New Hampshire", 1918 (archive.org) Oliver H. Baker died July 11, 1902, aged 68; Chastina B. Baker died Jan. 31, 1897, aged 52. from "The Topeka Daily Commonwealth", 1 Jan 1880 (newspapers.com) WATCHMAKERS AND JEWELERS Oliver H. Baker, Who was for a long time associated with the Elgin Watch Company, new doing business at 201 Kansas Avenue, is acknowledged to be the best and most experienced watchmaker in this city. And as he gives his personal attention to all repairing entrusted to him, he has earned the reputation of being the best and most proficient jeweler in the city. He carries a find stock of watches and makes a specialty of eye glasses and spectacles. Mr. Baker is practical watchmaker, and to repair a watch properly one must know how to make a watch. This fact is the secret of Mr. B.'s success - he is a master of his profession. from "The Topeka State Journal", 11 Dec 1890 (newspapers.com) O.H. Baker, the well known and reliable jeweler, who for the past two years has been doing business at 803 Kansas avenue, has decided to quit the business and will on Monday, December 8, begin to sell his entire stock and fixtures at auction. Mr. Baker as been in the jewelry business in this city for the past twelve years, and the quality of his good is known by everyone. Now is the time to get your Christmas presents cheap. Everything will be sold, fixtures included. Sale will be begin Monday at 2 p.m. and doors will be open in the evening. from "The Topeka State Journal", 20 Feb 1902 (newspapers.com) O.H. Baker, a Topeka jeweler, is sick and destitute in his room over Weightman's drug store. He has lived in Topeka 25 years. from "The Topeka Daily Capital", 11 Jul 1902 (newspapers.com) O.H. Baker, an old and highly respected jeweler and optician of this city, died yesterday morning at Stormont hospital after an illness lasting three months. The immediate cause of his death was apoplexy. Mr. Baker first came to Topeka twenty-five years ago and has been in business her continuously until his recent sickness. He was a man possessed of the noblest traits.