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    1. [TNDECATU] Re: George Washington Baker
    2. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JeB.2ACE/120.252.253.255.257.287.292 Message Board Post: Rachel Harriet Petty Fields was married 3 times 1st to Denson Fields 1808 divorced 1813 2nd time to Dr. Benjamin Baker (Senior) about 1815 they had 4 children one of them being Benjamin Greenberry Baker, Jr. 3 rd husband was a Malugin. Rachel was listed as head of family on 1820 census in Hickman Co., TN.(Not clear what happen to Dr. Benjamin Baker he went back to NY to settle some family issues and never was heard from again) According to Godspeed's - Rachel was born in Chatham county, North Carolina. Her parents were Scott and Irish and originally from Virginia. She was a Free Will Baptist. She died at age 75. Her stone reads: Rachel, 9/1/1782-12/28/1857, "Wife of B. G. Baker, Sr." (broken, fallen) She is buried at the Baker Cemetery in Decatur County. Baker reunion held at the Cemetery every 2nd Sunday of October. Lots of relatives attend. George Washington Baker was my Grandfather's (Elmer Sylvester (Hoss) Baker) father. My Mother is Joyce Pauline (Baker) (Baker) Corizine Linda (Baker) Mangrum

    12/09/2001 10:44:43