Notes: GlendaFae Genealogy

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1	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Family: F00006
2	Cheshire Marriage Record AXON James William ARMITAGE Ann Ashton Civil Marriage Tameside ASH/RM/85/27	Family: F01534
3	Could not find a death for James Edge but did find marriages in June 1863 either to Anne Holliday or Sarah Barratt in Manchester. There was a possible death for James Edge in Bury, but it came after Susannah's marriage to Samuel Bonser.	Family: F00017
4	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Family: F00060
5	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Family: F00061
6	England and Wales Civil Registration - Ann Park June 1840 Manchester, Lancashire Vol 20/Pg 555 PARK Ann BONSER Richard Manchester Registrar Manchester MCR_RM/5/24	Family: F00204
7	Hampshire: - Marriage Licences, Bishop of Winchester, 1689-1837 Allegations for Marriage Licences in Hampshire, in the Registry of the Bishop of Winchester. Addenda. County: Hampshire Country: England Hellyer, John, of Portsea, mercer, 21, b., & Betsey Maine, of the s., a minor, with c. of her f., William Maine, at P., 04 Oct 1785.	Family: F00488
8	Irene Elizabeth STEVENSON had her marriage to Leslie ZEUGOFSGE dissolved in 1940 and returned to her maiden name.	Family: F00897
9	King's Norton Created 1st July 1837. Abolished 1st January 1925 (incorporated into Birmingham North and Birmingham South districts). Mainly in Worcestershire, but included parts of Staffordshire and Warwickshire. Sub-districts : Balsall Heath; Edgbaston; Harborne; Kings Norton. GRO volumes : XVIII (1837-51); 6c (1852-1924). Balsall Heath (1837-94), Beoley, King's Norton, Northfield, Wythall (1837-1911). Registers now divided between Birmingham, Sandwell and Bromsgrove districts.	Family: F01350
10	Long Clawson Parish Records - Marriage Samuel Bonser, of Kinolton, Notts., & Alice Taylor 22 Aug 1815	Family: F01507
11	Marriage Certificate on file Witnesses- Henry & Mary Leitch Henry & Mary came out to Australia on the same ship as Charles & Emily & Mother Jones 1878 Henry Leitch was a carpenter, lived on Park St, Balmain.	Family: F00020
12	Marriage Record per Cheshire Records office. Chester St JOhn 1833 May 27 Edward FRANCIS, bachelor, Founder, of this place married Jane CHADWICK, spinster, of this place marriage by Banns.	Family: F00797
13	Married again on 27 NOV 1884 in Queensland. I don't know if this was because the marriage in Scotland was not considered legal or what. But I have a copy of the statuatory marriage from Scotland.	Family: F00926
14	Married in Solicitors office Brown Street, Newtown. Act of Council #19 Victoria No. 30 & 34	Family: F00015
15	Nottinghamshire: - Abstracts of Marriage Licences, 1701-1853 Marriages. Marriage Bonds and Allegations at Southwell. 1755 to 1853 County: Nottinghamshire Country: England 24 Sep 1846 William Bonser, of Bradmore, butcher, 21, & Elizabeth Mallison, of Southwell, spr., 21; at Southwell. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------	Family: F00833
16	On the Pallot's marriage index, it shows Samuel Bonser (w) = Widower and Catherine Davies (w) = widow	Family: F01508
17	St Mary's Magdalene, Penrith, NSW	Family: F00119
18	They had the most wonderful relationship. A marriage of 58 years, full of ups and downs. Laughter seemed to be the cure of all. Loved and relied on each other until the end. Roy died in his sleep, still holding hands with Alma.	Family: F00012
19	Two Marriage Entries on the IGI 1)HARRIET EUSTACE MEREDITH Marriage: 24 SEP 1811 Saint Thomas, Portsmouth, Hampshire, England 2) Harriet Enstace Meredith Marriage: 21 SEP 1811 At St Thomas-Becket, , Hampshire, England John Hellyer was born about 1786 Of, Newington, Surrey, England	Family: F00491
20	William Brideson was listed as a Border with Mrs Fogarty from 1889. However, together they bore several children, while Mrs Fogarty was still bearing children from her husband William Fogarty. William Fogarty was a drover and obviously away a lot of the time.	Family: F00123
21	Witnesses on the Marriage Certificate John BYRNE and Robert JOYCE	Family: F00886
22	Witnesses: William Fogarty & Judith Schahan	Family: F00885
23	[BinsteadGeo.FTW] [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 13, Ed. 1, Tree #1762, Date of Import: 18 Oct 2001] Married the same date and place as Graham Boag (her brother) and Jean Brown	Family: F01021
24	[newWright.FTW] MC on file	Family: F01858
25	[newWright.FTW] [Wright.FTW] Marriage Certificate BDM Indexes- list Isabella as Joabella	Family: F01863
26	[newWright.FTW] [Wright.FTW] Marriage Certificate: Carpenter of Latrobe St, Melbourne, usual residence is Richmond age 26 Gentlewoman of Church St, Carlton, usual residence is Katunga age 21	Family: F01857
27	Sir Robert Mansel, Kt Banneret, of Chicheley, near Newport Pagnell, Bucks, also held the Manor of Sedgeway, Sussex, in capite from the King, with Gilbert de Lacy, preceptor of the Knights Templar in the East, attacked and defeated Sultan Mouradin at La Bochen, near Tripoli 1163. (BIFR 1976, p. 797).	ROBERT (Saher), Mansel
28	Married Allan J Spence 1930 in Annandale	Daisy Agnes Agnew
29	Son of Edward Pusey AGNEW and Margaret KENNEDY married 1870 in Sydney	Edward Charles Agnew
30	Son of Reverend Philip Peter Agnew and Matilda Gertrude Sutton. Rev Agnew was in Sysney from the 1840's to 1869. Then the family appeared in Queensland. Rev Philip Peter AGNEW was a Government Chaplain in 1861 and appears on several Sands Directories for Sydney from 1861-1869. Edward Pusey AGNEW is buried in Brisbane. So is his mother Matilda Agnew and sister Daisy Agnew. Edward had a sister named Clara who married in Sydney 1868. I found an entry for Mr & Mrs Agnew and daughter passengers on the 'Persian' 27/12/1844 from London.	Edward Pusey Agnew
31	Lynnda had a daughter Hayley Allen.	Lynnda Louise Allen
32	Could be Mary Boys - married Henry Pullinger at East Meon, in 1803	ANN
33	I have no confirmation that Hannah is the mother of Ann. However, the census of 1871 states that Ann is the neice of John Armitage and at this time I do not know of any other siblings so I have put her with Hannah who was also living with John and Maria at the time of the 1871 Census.	Ann Armitage
34	JOHN ARMITAGE Male Birth: 03 FEB 1822 Christening: 07 APR 1822 Wesleyan Methodist, Honley, Yorkshire, England Parents: Father: JOSEPH ARMITAGE Family Mother: ELLEN SYKES	John Armitage
35	Stalybridge News Thousands out of work as mills shut their doors THE thirties opened with all Tameside struggling with the economic depression. In November 1931, 35 per cent of Ashton workers were unemployed; in Mossley more than 50 per cent. By 1932, seven of Stalybridge?s largest mills had closed and more than 7,000 were on the dole. Taylor Lang?s engineering works had closed and Summers iron works had migrated to Shotton. Whittaker?s huge mill, which had dominated Hurst Cross for nearly 90 year, was silent. Some new industry was attracted to the area, but the decline of cotton was unchecked, so that by 1938 the number of Ashton mills had halved in less than 20 years. Given this background it is surprising how much civic progress took place. In September 1930, the Bow Street extension to Ashton Market Hall was opened, complete with stained glass and six controversial stone lions on the parapet and in the same year Stalybridge co-op opened their new central premises in Grosvenor Street. In 1931 Ashton?s new fire station in Wellington Road opened with space for four engines and offices above and Mossley boasted a new gas works. Hyde mounted a 10 day celebration of the jubilee of the town?s incorporation, which included an ox roasting and a two and a half mile long procession, and Aspland maternity home at Werneth Lodge opened its doors in October. Three secondary schools, all built in neo-Georgian style, date from these years - Lakes Road, Dukinfield; Stamford Boys School, Ashton and Audenshaw Grammar School, opened in July 1932. One month earlier, a crowd of 15,000 had gathered to witness the opening of Cheetham Park, Stalybridge, left to the town under the will of John F Cheetham, along with his house, Eastwood, and his fine collection of paintings, the nucleus of Tameside?s present art collection.	William Armitage
36	Received letter and family group sheets from: Coral Gimbert 356 Back Arm Rd Goulburn 2580 Elizabeth M. was the Daughter of Frederick ARTZ 1855-1932 and Theresa KENNEDY 1861-1947 and the grand-daughter of Conrad ARTZ 1822-1890 and Catherine Elizabeth Schneider 1823-1863.	Elizabeth May Artz
37	Queensland Immigration Index - Arrived 23 August 1882 on 'Manora' EVETTS - John age 26 Eliza age 27 Thomas age 3 William age 1 Eliza age Infant	Eliza Aubery
38	[newWright.FTW] [newHolland.FTW] Safron Walden is a larger town/city. Clavering is about 11klm to the South West.	Hannah Auger
39	1891 Census also includes Maria Armitage - Visitor age 67 Widow (assume this is the mother of Anne Axon) William Axon - Boarder age 59 Born in Stockport, Cheshire (assume this could be the father of James) Irvin Platt - Boarder age 18 Birth Record- Stockport - 1870 AXON James William Marple Stockport MAR/12/50	James William Axon
40	At least one living individual is linked to this note - Details withheld.	Ian Geoffrey Bailey
41	In 1870 Ed Baker moved his family to Carrollton, Mo. In 1878 they moved by covered wagon to Wauneta, Kansas Obituary - E. H. Baker was born in Lewis County, Mo., May 20,1838 and passed away February 5, 1922 at 10:45 p.m. at his home in Sedan Kansas. He was married to Miss Anna Smith, Oct 20, 1858, at Edina Missouri. To this union 13 children were born all of whom are living but two. Their names are as follows: Tom of Bartlesville, Okla., Mrs Emma Comer of Cedar Vale, Kansas, Mrs. Nannie Smith of Pawhuska, Okla., Mrs. Sarah Bowhan of Sedan, Kansas, Willis of Oscheleta, Okla., Mrs. Lucy Smith of Sedan, Kansas, Mrs. Lizzie Copple of Molta, Mont., Wm of Sedan, Kansas, John of Grenola, Kansas, Mrs Lulu Harris of Tonkawa, Okla., Mrs. Anna Brown died Sept. 15, 1910 and Mrs. Julia Brown died Feb 11, 1889. There are 66 living grandchildren and about 45 great grandchildren, besides these and a host of friends, the deceased leaves a wife, Mrs Anna Smith Baker to mourn his loss. Mr. Baker was baptized 61 years ago in Lewis county, Mo. and has been as consistent member of the church ever since. He moved to this state in 1878 home steading in Chautauqua County. For years he has been unable to do any work and gradually grew weaker until he was called home. Loving and tender hands did all that a labor of love could do until the very end. Funeral services were conducted by L. E. Snapp, pastor of the Christian church of Sedan. Interment was made in the Greenwood cemetery east of Sedan, with his grand children, Ralph Comer, Virgil Baker, John Baker, Ira Wren, Carrol Hutton and A. L. Pate acting as pallbearers. Mr Baker was well known here, spending most of his Kansas life near Lowe, Kans. His health failing him some 5 or 6 years ago when they moved to Caney, Kansas from there to Sedan where he lived until he was called to his reward. Jim and Edmond Baker brothers married Sara and Anna Smith who were sisters. Details of the life of Ed Baker - (Taken from oral conversations with the daughters of Willis who lived in Sedan, Kansas and Pawhuska, Oklahoma) and from Jodey Miller a descendant of Willis Baker. Ed Baker was a Confederate soldier. At times he was temporarily released to plant seeds or gather crops. Immediately after the Civil War, he migrated to a farm, which he had purchased, about three miles East of Wauneta, Chautauqua County, Kansas, where the family lived the remainder of his life. He was well versed in veterinary matters and was sought out by the pioneers of Southern Kansas and Indian Territory. Some of his customers were outlaws and Osage Indians.	Edmond Hardy BAKER
42	John Baker was elected County Judge of Lewis County, Missouri John Baker's two sons Willis J. and Thomas married Henrietta M. and Cynthia Hardy who were sisters. John Baker owned a tobacco plantation near Carlyle, Kentucky until 1832 when he moved to Lewis County, Missouri. Willis and Thomas both moved their families to Lewis County, Missouri in 1832. Details of the life of John Baker (taken from oral conversations with the daughters of Willis Baker who lived in Sedan, Kansas and Pawhuska, Oklahoma) and Jodey Miller, a descendant of Willis Baker) John Baker was born in Virginia. He migrated to Kentucky when a young man, settling in Nicholas County, which is about twenty five miles Northeast of present day Lexington. The same county was the site of Daniel Boon's cabin, and is immediately west of "Blue Lick" where the white immigrants and the Shawnee Indians engaged in battle, and where Isreal Boone was shot and killed by the Indians. No doubt, John Baker was a friend of Daniel Boone. They lived in the same county and both later migrated to Missouri. John Baker married a Miss Hardy, whose family had land holdings in Kentucky and had many slaves. They raised tobacco. Hohn was quite-well educated and was often referred to as "Judge Baker", because he was versed in the law and served as a Judge. In 1832, Judge Baker migrated to Missouri, where he acquired extensive holdings. Site of his land was near Williamstown, a village west of present-day Hannibal. Here John's first planting was tobacco, but, being a failure, he planted corn, which was abundant. The soil here is a glacial residue, which is nutritive and aerated because of the heterogeneity of the constituent grains. Since 1833 until 1933 there had never been a failure of corn. John had brought with him nearly a hundred slaves who panicked when the Indians (Osages) appeared. Consequently the Osages took great delight in shooing at the Negroes. John died in August 1850 and was buried beside his wife, Nancy, a few feet beyond the back part of their house. The burial plot is now encircled within an iron-picket fence. Because of later events, the plot has been suggested as a Missouri State shrine.	Judge John BAKER
43	Obituary - Ex-Pawhuskan Dies in Bartlesville Mrs. Nanny Baker Smith, 80, one time resident of Pawhuska passed away , Monday, in the Municipal hospital in Bartlesville, following a long illness. Mrs. Smith, widow of the late Thomas Edgerton Smith, was born November 15, 1864, on a farm near Willimstown, Mo. Her father was a confederate soldier, and her grand-father was one of the victims of the Palmyra massacre. In 1870 the family moved to Marrillon, Mo. and eight years later came to Wauneta, Chautauqua county, Kansas in a covered wagon. In 1883 she was married to Thomas Edgerton Smith in Sedan, Kan. In 1893 the family moved to Dicken, Tex. and later to Guthrie, Okla. Mr. Smith made the "run" into Oklahoma. Returning to Sedan in 1894 the family remained there until 1899, when they moved to Cedarvale, Kansas., and eight years later came to Pawhuska, where they lived until the death of Mr. Smith in 1933. After her husband's death, Mrs. Smith made her home with her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Weirich, in Bartlesville; and another son-in-law and daughter. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wootan in Fairfax. Mrs. Smith was a member of St. Thomas' Episcopal church here. Besides Mrs. Weirich and Mrs Wootan, she leaves two other daughters, Mrs. James Mosier of Tulsa and Mrs Janet Leedy of Wichita, Kan.; and one son Wayne Smith of Barnsdall. Three grandsons are in the service. Two sons, Edgar Smith of Arkansas City, Kan. and Erle Smith of Tulsa, passed away a number of years ago. Funeral services were held at 2 o'clock, Wednesday afternoon, in the Church of the Epiphany, Sedan, Kan., with the Rev F. J. Raasch, pastor of the Church of the Epiphany, Independence, Kan., conducting the rites, and burial was in the Sedan cemetery, beside her husband and their sons. All information regarding this family was verified by Lela and Gene Weirich.	Nancy Belle BAKER
44	The following is a letter written by T. Eugene Wierich to his sister-in-law Pauline Mosier regarding preliminary background information leading up to the Palmyra Massacre. Willis Baker was executed by a firing squad composed of Union soldiers. Pauline, Janet Leedy and Lela Wierich were sisters. Janet was Justine Leedy's mother. August 13, 1940 Dear Pauline, In conjunction with the trials of your maternal ancestors set out in Frank Sosey's book "Robert Devoy", I have made additional investigations which are described in the following paragraphs. John Baker was a rather wealthy tobacco planter near Carlyle, Kentucky. He came to Lewis County, Missouri in 1832, arriving with a large number of Negro slaves. It is said that the Indians of Northeast Missouri learned of these strange Negro people and nearly frightened them out of their wits at the Indians first visit at the Baker plantation. The site chosen by John Baker for his plantation was some 5 miles Southeast of Williamstown. The farm is still producing excellent crops after 100 years of use. Bakers slaves hewed timbers and erected a rather large dwelling house for their master. The abode is now being used as a barn and a part of the old hewed timbers are still used as framework. Tobacco proved to be an impractical crop in Northeast Missouri and John Baker became a planter of corn. Early in his Missouri citizenship he was elected as County Judge of Lewis County and he has since been referred to as "Judge Baker". In his latter years the Judge attempted to manufacture brick for a new home. This site was about 1/2 miles south of his pioneer home. The bricks failed to burn properly but were used for some other purposes in the new frame house. Judge Baker died in this new home. He was buried a few steps beyond the rear of the house and some years later the body of his wife was laid beside him. The last home Judge Baker owned was abandoned and there are no remains except for a few disintegrating bricks which lie about near the home site. Shortly after Judge Bakers' arrival in Missouri, his two sons and families arrived. These two sons, Willis and Thomas, had married sisters, Maria and Cynthia Hardy. The Hardys were wealthy planters of Nicholas County, Kentucky. As late as 1905 your grandfather was receiving money as an heir of the Hardys of Carlyle. Willis and his wife, Maria settled about 2 miles West of Judge Hardy's plantation. Their children were John, Jim, Ed, Willis, Ambrose, Nancy and Robert. Thomas Baker and his wife Cynthia had five children, Wash, Thomas, Belle, Joe and Robert. Your grandfather was Ed Baker, son of Willis. In their early manhood Jim and Ed married sisters, Sarah and Anna Smith, respectively. The mother of these girls died when the children were very young, Anna being but nine. Upon the death of his wife, the father, William Smith, left for California in the hopes of finding gold with other 49ers. He wrote one letter home but was never again heard from. He left his five children Hiram, Anna, Sarah, George and Jim with a relative. They were therefore reared as orphans. Ed and Anna Baker settled on a farm about 1 mile Northwest of the original "Judge Baker" homestead. It was here their 13 children, including your mother, were born. Prior to the Civil War, the majority of the people in Northeast Missouri were sympathetic to the North although the original settlers were mainly from Bluegrass, Kentucky and slavery was common. However, later immigrants resented the slave labor and bad blood existed between various families separated by the slave issue. Willis Baker had slaves. He and his immediate kin were quite prosperous farmers and Northern sympathizers were envious. Ezekial Pratt was among these. Northern people, being in the majority, might subject the Southerners to petty indignities without legal retaliation. Although such actions were not common certain ruffians took advantage of the condition. John Baker, eldest son of Willis, lived with his father and mother on the farm. One day in the autumn of 1862 Ezekiel Pratt came to the home of Willis Baker at a time when all the men were absent. He obtained John Baker's saddle from its place in the barn and, disregarding the protests of Mrs. Willis Baker, returned to his home with his booty. John was informed of the incident upon his return to the house and left immediately for the home of Pratt to recover his property. He rode into the yard and found no one at home except a hired man. Although he searched through all the sheds and barns he was unable to find his saddle. The hired man began expressing resentment toward John for his accusations and supposedly unwarranted searching. Just before ending his fruitless search, John could no longer endure the nagging of the hired man. A fist fight resulted. The hired man was beaten badly and John left for home. Next day Maria Baker was very nervous over the events of the preceding day. Her husband and John were working in the field near the house. Suddenly she noticed 3 horsemen on the road coming in the direction from Pratt's home. One of the men was Pratt and he carried a rifle with a bayonet attached. Maria called excitedly to the men. John ran to the barn and obtained a double-barreled gun and a pistol. He then walked down the road toward the approaching Pratt. Willis then reached his home and after some hesitation, followed John. The duelists, Pratt and John Baker approached one another, their "seconds" following. They were now but a few feet apart when Pratt suddenly raised his rifle and shot point blank at John. But John fell prone on the ground split second before Pratt's finger pressed the trigger and the shot went harmlessly over his head. After the shot, Pratt leaped from his horse onto the body of his opponent, jabbing with the fixed bayonet. Meanwhile John had pulled both triggers of his double barreled gun but the aged powder, after a period of laying about the barn, failed to fire. Pratt now had bayoneted John through the lower leg. The boy's cry of pain was answered by his father's "Steady, John" and his presence of mind returned. He reached into his rear pocket for the pistol, took quick aim and fired once into the body of his opponent. Pratt slumped to the ground and his companions fled as his blood discolored the snowy surface. As Pratt was in a weakened condition and no longer dangerous, Willis returned to his house, hitched his team to a bob-sled and returned to the scene where both he and John placed Pratt in the sled. John then drove the sled with the expiring body of his late opponent toward Pratt's home and Willis walked back to his own home. Maria had undergone the first of a series of mental shocks that was to destroy her powers of reasoning. She had just witnessed a duel between her own son and his adversary. She had seen the bayoneting of John and the returning challenge. She had seen the killing of Pratt. The incident was the beginning of strange events immediately to follow and Maria was unable to withstand the consequences. As she watched John drive off with the bob-sled, she saw him for the last time. For Pratt succumbed on the road to his home and John left the sled and walked to a friendly neighbor's house where he recited to these sympathetic people the whole story. These neighbors were named Durkee. Decedents reside in Norman, Oklahoma today. John's wound was dressed at the Durkees'. At nightfall John suggested that he would walk to the home of a relative where he would spend the night. He therefore left the Durkees', but never reached the home of his relatives. It was believed by his friends that John was killed shortly after his departure from the Durkees' and his body hidden. None of his friends saw John Baker after he left the Durkees' at dusk. Meanwhile the companions of Pratt had reported the incident of the duel to County Authorities but probably the affair was colored to the extent that murder rather than justifiable homicide was implied. Failing to find John and finding that he had fled, the incensed authorities took his father Willis into custody and placed him in the jail at Palmyra. As he left his home a prisoner, Maria underwent another deadening shock. She was now at home alone with 2 invalid children. The jail at Palmyra is still being used as such. State and Federal prisoners from Northeast Missouri are "boarded out" in the little prison. The structure was built in about 1858. The T-shaped building is a brick two-story Kentucky Bluegrass type with the typical fire-place chimneys at either side. This was and is the quarters of the jailer. Abutting this abode is the jail, connected with the jailers quarters by a heavy steel door but in the time of the Civil War, by a heavily grated gate. The jail walls are of lime stone; each block of the dimensions 2X2X6 feet. Cannon balls are imbedded in these blocks connected by steal rods from one block to its underlying and overlying neighbors. This construction was intended to prevent prisoners from dislodging any of the limestone blocks by chipping out the cementing material between. Barred windows some 10 feet above the ground furnish light into the interior. Palmyra was quite proud of this unbreakable jail and well they were for no prisoner has yet escaped although the structure has been constantly used as a jail for nearly a hundred years. You have read the story of the Palmyra massacre and I will not dwell on it except for certain matters that are not recorded in "Robert Devoy". Willis Baker was apparently very discreet in his protection of his son John, while being questioned at Palmyra. The Northern people in authority in the town were probably very much incensed that Willis would suggest no information as to the whereabouts of John and they probably expected the son's quick return should the father be placed in jeopardy. This is probably the reason Willis Baker was included with the ten condemned men although he was to have been released the morning following his condemnation by Strahan. Two of Hiram Smith's sisters had married Willis Baker's sons. This is the converse of the last sentence, page 101, in "Robert Devoy". The author apparently received the wrong information in this regar Hiram Smith was studying for the ministry. His sister, your grandmother, kept numerous of his personal effects all her life. Among these were and Episcopal prayer book and a bible. In Palmyra at the time was and Episcopal school which had been established in 1848. It may have been that Hiram was studying in this institution shortly prior to his death. (Execution) We talked with the daughter of the post-Civil War President of the college. This lady, Mrs Katherine Mackay has taken a particular interest in Palmyra's history but she was unable to ascertain the possible student status of Hiram Smith at the school. We recently drove over the route taken by the condemned men from the jail Eastward to the fair grounds. The jail is one block west of the main street. The fateful route of the wagons carrying the ten men on their last journey followed a course lined with brick homes from the jail to the East edge of Palmyra. A few of these houses still remain. At the edge of the town, the road cuts across a small steep-banked valley and emerges farther eastward on the hill where the fair grounds once was. The wagons entered the Northeast gate to the grounds. Since the massacre, the fairgrounds were no longer used as such. All buildings and the amphitheater were torn down and carted away. The site is now part of a farm but has never been cultivated for crops. It is used as a pasture. A small clump of trees marks the place where the men were executed. After the massacre the body of Willis Baker was taken to the small burial plot of his father and mother back in Lewis County near the original homestead. He was buried about 10 feet to the south of his father. A small tombstone marks the grave. The inscription is very simple, merely recording his name, date of birth, date of death and age at death. He was 54 years, 9 months and 4 days of age at death according to the inscription. In later years the body of his wife was laid beside him. This family plot is enclosed by a dilapidated iron fence and two of the tombstones are overturned. The graves of Judge Baker and his wife are unmarked. The land is now owned by Joe D. Miller, a relative of the Bakers. It was from Miller that most of this story was gotten. He is now 80, has lived on the same farm all his life, remembers all the happenings in the area during his life and all the suspicions, and traditions and post-Civil War events of the region. He has taken a particular interest in his Baker ancestors. Probably after his death the farm will be sold for the first time into hands foreign to the Bakers and the old burial plot will fall into further sad neglect. However, a small group of patriotic Missourians are proposing a short state road from the county highway to the burial site of Willis J. Baker and a more appropriate monument at either the junction of the two roads or at the burial site itself. Ed Baker joined the Confederate Forces a short time after his father's death. He returned home frequently for short periods. At one of these visits, he was apprehended by Federals in spite of the efforts of his wife, your grandmother, to disguise him in women's clothes. He was drafted into the Federal forces for a time. We were unable to find any record of his Federal or Confederate service at Edina, although it was there where he enlisted as a Confederate. At any rate the Ed Bakers' left their ancestral home at the end of the war. They lived in Carrollton, Missouri, about 60 miles Northeast of Kansas City. In 1878 the family migrated by covered wagon from Carrollton via Independence, Kansas to Wauneta, Chautauqua County, Kansas. Here they undertook the hardships of the prairie pioneers. They had thirteen children. Quite a prolific family, which you may conclude after glancing over the genealogy which accompanies this letter. They returned once to Missouri, lost most of their belongings while crossing the Osage River, which is now a part of the "Lake of the Ozarks". Anna Smith Baker carried her brother's last letter addressed to her as a treasured gem all her life. This maybe the greatest tragedy of the Palmyra Massacre. For though all the post-bellum years of adversity in Missouri, through the trying pioneer life of Kansas, through flood and famine, she preserved this letter. We found it one day, fours years after her death. It was in an old trunk which contained her personal belongings. Her daughter, Sarah Bowing, of Sedan, Kansas had never opened this trunk. The letter was in three pieces. Somehow it bears mute evidence of having been read and reread a thousand times over. And at some time when the children were in bed she wrote at the bottom of the sheet "He is gone. I hope he is at rest - His sister". Your mother gave the letter to Don Sosey at Palmyra. Sosey is the son of Frank Sosey, author of "Robert Devoy". The letter is now at the Missouri State Historical Society at Columbia, Missouri. T. Eugene Wierich August 13, 1940 Details of the life of Willis J. Baker (Taken from oral conversations with the daughters of Willis, who lived in Sedan, Kansas and Pawhuska, Oklahoma) and Jodey Miller, a descendant of Willis Baker. Willis Baker inherited his father's Missouri land and lived on it. Being from Kentucky and a slave-holder, he was of Southern sympathy. At the beginning of the Civil War, Northeast Missouri was somewhat of Northern leanings. In 1862, a "Northerner" was kidnapped out of the area and several of the "rebels" were jailed at Palmyra, a town near the Mississippi River, and a few miles north of Hannibal. His young brother-in-law , Hiram Smith, was a theological student. Hiram came to the Palmyra prison where he was reading his Bible before the men who had just been condemned to death by shooting. Hiram was grabbed by the Northern soldiers and was also condemned to die. His sister was Anna Smith, who later married the son of Willis. At his condemnation, Hiram wrote the following to Anna: Palmyra, Mo. Oct 18, 1862 Dear Sister, I seat myself for the last time to write to you a few lines. A sentence was read to me a few moments ago that I am to be shot at 1 o'clock this evening, and all I can say is good-bye, sisters, brothers and friends. Tell my brother what is going to become of me. Tell them good-bye. I never expect to meet them in this world any more, but hope to meet you all beyond this vale of tears, where parting is no more. So, farewell, brothers and sisters. I want you to kiss the little children for me. So, farewell, my brothers and sisters, for the last time on this earth. I remain, Your affectionate brother Hiram Smith	Willis J. BAKER
45	Jane Wright - Marriage: 16 NOV 1858 Noarlunga, South Australia, Australia	George Baldock
46	Son of Thomas Baldock and Hannah Lustard (Lusted)	William Baldock
47	Carrie's father was ? Barker and her mother was ? Wann	Carrie Myrtle Barker
48	John Binstead & Eliza Ann Barnes Baptised 11 November 1827 at Oving, Sussex. In 1841 was shown living at Tangmere, Sussex, and in 1851 as an unmarried bricklayer still at Tangmere. Married Eliza Ann Barnes, spinster of full age of the Strand, daughter of Henry Barnes, labourer, 16 October 1859 at St Martin in the Fields, Westminster, he a bachelor bricklayer of full age of the Strand, son of James Binsted, bricklayer. 1860, bricklayer journeyman of 11 Lambeth Square, Lambeth, Surrey. 1861, 32, married bricklayer of 11 Lambeth Square, Lambeth, Surrey, born Oving, Sussex. 1863, bricklayer master of Tangmere. John, of Westhampnett, Sussex, "sometime clerk of this parish", was buried 1 April 1871 at Tangmere, aged 43 years (as Binsted). 1881, Eliza, 49, widow of Boxgrove, born Chilton, Wilts. 1891, Eliza, 60, widow of Boxgrove, born Chilton, Wilts. Eliza Ann died 1904 (2nd quarter) in Chichester district, Sussex, aged 73 years. [GRO, LDS, mc, WS/MF620, WS/PR192/1/5/1, bcJohn(0227), bcJames(0259), C/HO107:1099, C/HO107:1652, C/RG9:350f12, C/RG11:1126, C/RG12:844]	Eliza Ann Barnes
49	Married: 23 Mar 1860 Mathew REID	Agnes Barr
50	Married: 18 Jun 1858 Alexander BROWN	Isabella Barr