This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: BAKER Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/QFB.2ACE/1692.2.1 Message Board Post: Anne-- Thank you so much for taking the time to write. I found Lewis R. Baker's father, Alpheus W. Baker and second wife Anne E. in the 1870 census of Ovid, Clinton Co., Michigan. It appears that Alpheus may have been part of the 7th day Baptist movement and an ancestor may have founded Andover college and Alfred Station, NY. Still working on the connection. I do not have access to the 1850 census of York Twp., Washtenaw Co., Michigan. So I assume that you found Alpheus W. Baker's mother, Joanna born about 1786, Connecticut in the household? Also I assume that Lora M. was the wife in the 1850 household. If so, that is a breakthrough to me. I belived that their had to have been a first wife, but you helped me break through a wall. Well, back on the hunt. Thank you for all your help and tips. Kind regards. Barry C. K. Moravek, Past President Isaac Cummings Family Association