Minnie I. Baker,
99,1322
15th St., born April 11, 1865- April 2, 1965 in Hailsham (Sussex)
England
to John and Sarah Ann Sinnock Hoadley. 1 of 12 children.
Named
Minnesota Indiana Hoadley by her parents who left the U.S. for England
with no hopes of returning. Her parents had resided in
Cincinnati,
Ohio where her father was Captain of a steamer on the Ohio River.
After her parents death she came to Seymour to work in her brother's
general
store, there she met Charles Louis Baker and married him Oct. 12,
1892.
2 sons Eral(?) L. and Gilbert survive her, a daughter Rachel died
in infancy. Mr. Baker died suddenly Dec. 21, 1924. Also 3
grand
children survive. Dr. Robert Baker of Savannah, Ga., Gillie
Ann Huston of Anderson, Ind. and Don Alan Baker a student at I.U.
(That's
Indiana University in Bloomington, IN). 2
great-grandchildren.
Member of Presbyterian Church. Funeral at Elmwood Chapel by Rev.
Lawrence Cater. Burial in Green Hill Cemetery.
©2000 by Tina
Hirsh