Ancestry of
David Jewett Baker
(1792–1869)
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- 1st Generation
- Ahnentafel No:
- 1
- Father:
- Bayze Baker
- Mother:
- Joanna Minor
- Birth Date:
- 7 Sep 1792
- Birth Location:
- East Haddam, Middlesex, Connecticut
- Christening Date:
- Christening Location:
- Death Date:
- 6 Aug 1869
- Death Location:
- Alton, Madison, Illinois
- Burial Date:
- Burial Location:
- Alton Cemetery, Alton, Madison, Illinois
- Notes:
United States Senator from Illinois
His opposition to the introduction of slavery into Illinois was so aggressive that his life was frequently threatened.
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Marriages for David Jewett Baker
- Spouse:
- Sarah Tennery Fairchild
- Spouse:
- Elizabeth Swanwick
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Sources for David Jewett Baker
- 1 Gravestone image at FindAGrave.com, (accessed 04/29/2015).
- 2 Barns, Chancy Rufus, The Commonwealth of Missouri: A Centennial Record, St. Louis: Bryan, Brand and Co., Publishers (1877), 686.
- 3 Bateman, Newton and Paul Selby, et. al., Historical Encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Hancock County, Vol. 1, Chicago: Munsell Publishing Company (1921), 32.
- 4 Phillips, Isaac Newton, reporter, Reports of Cases at Law and in Chancery Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of Illinois, Vol. 183, Bloomington, Illinois: Pantagraph Printing and Stationery Co. (1900), 9.
- 5 Roberts, Gary Boyd, The Mayflower 500: Five Hundred Notable Descendants of the Founding Families on the Mayflower, Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society (2020), 312.
- 6 Smith, George W., History of Illinois and Her People, Vol. 6, Chicago and New York: The American Historical Society, Inc. (1927), 11-12.
- 7 Wikipedia, "David J. Baker", (accessed 04/29/2015).