Frederick County, Maryland

Equity Court Abstracts
DHH-3

These are abstracts from Equity Court Records of Frederick County, Maryland, Liber DHH-3; many times providing family data on the defendant and sometimes on persons not mentioned on the docket. Some of the listings are quite informative while others, being dismissed, may only have the date and name of plantiff and defendant. However, the cases brought before the judge consisted of sworn testimony and each one holds a story. Perhaps you will find a story connected to your search.
[Records Located at Maryland State Archives]

518-537 - BAKER, DUSING, GARNAND, MARKER, SUMMERS, LONGMAN, HAYNES - c1900

Estate of James H.P. BAKER - Case# 7245

James H. (Hiram) P. BAKER  d/ Jan 1898 intestate, leaving
widow - Elizabeth (age 72 in Dec 1900) and 11 children
  
s/ Romanas E. BAKER and w/ Mary E. - Washington Co, MD
d/ Elmira V. (Baker) w/o Thomas DUSING
d/ Olivia (Bannie) A. (Baker) w/o Ezra GARNAND   
s/ Fulean C. BAKER (41 in 1900), single    
d/ Effie May BAKER, single           
d/ Temperance C. (Baker) w/o James MARKER - Washington Co, MD
s/ Henry BAKER and w/ Edith J. (Eva) - Washington Co, MD 
d/ Celia Anna (Baker) w/o Isaiah E. (Isaac) SUMMERS - Washington Co, MD
s/ Walter BAKER and w/ Katie - Indiana

d/ Cebert Ann (Baker), dec'd w/o Elias LONGMAN - Ogle Co, IL
.....Rena, Effie, Grace, Harry BAKER (ages 5-15 in 1900)                

d/  Sarah M. (Baker) w/o Samuel C. HAYNES -   Iowa

James Baker originally purchased 164 acres from John C. Motter, 
trustee, in 1880.
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Additional data -
Tombstone Inscriptions from Names In Stone
  Garnand, Ezra  17 Feb 1856-21 Mar 1947  Myersville UB Cem
       Olivia A. 6 Oct 1858-10 Feb 1932   "

  Dusing, Thomas S. d/13 Mar 1908 @ 57.2.0   Pleasant Walk UB Cem
      Elmira V. d/22 May 1922 @ 70.11.12         "  (b/Jun 10, 1851)  

  Baker, Frelan Clayton, 1860-1941   Myersville UB Cem
         Mary Ellen, 1879-                 "  
  (Couldn't find Effie May or Sarah)

  Baker, Davis A. s/o _________ & Elizabeth d/24 Feb 1851 @ 1.?.?
            @ Wolfsville Lutheran Cem

  James H. Baker, died 1 Jan 1898 age 75.9.23
   Elizabeth Baker, died 22 Jul 1915 age 87.3.15
    buried at Wolfsville United Bretheran Cemetery


Marriages -
    James H.P. BAKER to Sarah Ann SMITH, Mar 14, 1845, Fred Co, MD
    Romanus BAKER, 28, single, FC, laborer
      to Mary Ellen SWOPE, 24, single, FC 
      - married 4 Apr 1877 by Rev. John W. Forsyth in FC

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  Additional Abstracts To be continued
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