Please look over what is available on our website: Http://www.rootsweb.com/~nycnygs Thank you, Jim Hartigan Member CNYGS ----- Original Message ----- From: "Marny Howe" <marnyhow@wa.apana.org.au> To: <NYGENESE-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 2:19 AM Subject: [NYGENESE] Dr. John Follett Baker > I have just returned from a wonderful visit to the Historian's office in > Batavia where I obtained quite a bit of information on my gg grandfather > Dr. JOHN FOLLETT BAKER who was born in 1815, and practiced as a homeopathic > doctor in Batavia for many years. He married three times. > > The first to ANN MARIE (surname unknown) born c1817, died 26 May 1852, > buried Elmwood Cemetery in Batavia. They had four children, first born in > 1843, so I presume they were married in about 1842. Dr. Baker was living > in Otselic, Chenango County, from 1840 (when he graduated from the Geneva > Medical College). He practiced as an allopath in Otselic for about four > years. Therefore I imagine that he married Ann Marie ? in Otselic. The > children were born in c1843, 1845, c1847, c1850. > > His second wife was PHOEBE LOUISA WEEKS (parents not known) born 18 > November 1832 in Chautauqua Co., died 21 May 1881, married in March 1857 - > not known where. They had three children in c1860, v1863, c1865. > > His third wife was JENNIE E. COWDIN born c1836, died 1914, buried Elmwood > Cemetery. They married in 1886 in Batavia. > > Dr. John F. Baker died on 15 May 1898 and is buried in Elmwood Cemetery, > Batavia. > > I had had trouble finding out his personal information and was thrilled to > obtain the above. Now I shall have to find the name of his first > wife, the names of the parents of his second wife and her birthplace, and > the birthplaces of all his children. > > Marny in Perth Western Australia > > > ==== NYGENESE Mailing List ==== > Need to UNsub for vacation or summer?? > Forget How to UN sub??? > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/usa/NY/genesee.html >