I have not yet been able to determine the parentage of George Baker.
In 1850, at the time of the Census, George was living in Springfield Township, Muskingum County, Ohio. He was apparently rooming with the family of George W. Dove. In 1840, George W. Dove was living in Anne Arundel County, Maryland,; perhaps this is where George Baker was from.
In 1859 he was a trustee of the town of McConnelsville, Ohio. He served in the Civil War in the 21st Regiment, Company I, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, from September 22, 1864 to July 27, 1865.
According to the obituary of his wife Josephine in the Oct. 31, 1912 Brazil weekly Democrat, George "was a miller by trade, having had charge of the flour mills at Cataract, Neals mills (sic) and other places before locating [in Bowling Green, Indiana] eighteen years ago."
It seems likely that the Cataract mill was located near Cataract Falls (likely downstream from it), on Mill Creek in northern Owen County, Indiana. That is the largest waterfall in Indiana by volume.
Neal's Mill was located in Lewis Township, Clay County, Indiana, which is 3.6 miles southwest of Bowling Green by road and located on the Eel River, downstream from where it passes thorough Bowling Green. The following is from a now-defunct website, The Jasonville Story. "This Neal family played a prominent part in the founding of Union Church and its early history. For several years they operated Neal's Mill which was the largest of the early day mills of this vicinity. The grounds at the mill became the most frequented place along Eel River. For many years after the mill was abandoned many families pitched tents and camped in the beautiful wooded area along the banks of the river. The writer with fifteen or twenty other young men camped there for a week in 1911, forty seven years ago. The whole surrounding country used the area throughout the summer for baptizing, church picnics, family reunions and like gatherings. Neal's Mill was such a popular place and afforded so much pleasure to so many people I cannot resist a bit of humor that was spoken so long ago. The mill was in ruins before the time when the nearby bridge across the river was destroyed. The county commissioners proposed to build the bridge farther down the river, which they did and where it now stands. The mill dam remained in tact but the mill was a shambles. However the owner of the land where the mill stood sought to enjoin the commissioner from moving the road away from the mill on the grounds of injury to the milling business. It was in this trial that the beloved John Honest John Rawley, later Judge Rawley, quipped, While I will admit there is a dam there by a mill site, there is no mill there by the dam site."
The Bakers moved to Bowling Green in about 1894 (eighteen years before Josephine died in 1912).
George's obituary appeared in the May 5, 1898 Clay County Enterprise. It stated (in whole): "Mr. George Baker, one of our quiet and good citizens, died at his home here [in Bowling Gree] last Thursday of consumption, aged about 75 years." (Consumption is tuberculosis.)
In 1850, at the time of the Census, George was living in Springfield Township, Muskingum County, Ohio. He was apparently rooming with the family of George W. Dove. In 1840, George W. Dove was living in Anne Arundel County, Maryland,; perhaps this is where George Baker was from.
In 1859 he was a trustee of the town of McConnelsville, Ohio. He served in the Civil War in the 21st Regiment, Company I, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, from September 22, 1864 to July 27, 1865.
According to the obituary of his wife Josephine in the Oct. 31, 1912 Brazil weekly Democrat, George "was a miller by trade, having had charge of the flour mills at Cataract, Neals mills (sic) and other places before locating [in Bowling Green, Indiana] eighteen years ago."
It seems likely that the Cataract mill was located near Cataract Falls (likely downstream from it), on Mill Creek in northern Owen County, Indiana. That is the largest waterfall in Indiana by volume.
Neal's Mill was located in Lewis Township, Clay County, Indiana, which is 3.6 miles southwest of Bowling Green by road and located on the Eel River, downstream from where it passes thorough Bowling Green. The following is from a now-defunct website, The Jasonville Story. "This Neal family played a prominent part in the founding of Union Church and its early history. For several years they operated Neal's Mill which was the largest of the early day mills of this vicinity. The grounds at the mill became the most frequented place along Eel River. For many years after the mill was abandoned many families pitched tents and camped in the beautiful wooded area along the banks of the river. The writer with fifteen or twenty other young men camped there for a week in 1911, forty seven years ago. The whole surrounding country used the area throughout the summer for baptizing, church picnics, family reunions and like gatherings. Neal's Mill was such a popular place and afforded so much pleasure to so many people I cannot resist a bit of humor that was spoken so long ago. The mill was in ruins before the time when the nearby bridge across the river was destroyed. The county commissioners proposed to build the bridge farther down the river, which they did and where it now stands. The mill dam remained in tact but the mill was a shambles. However the owner of the land where the mill stood sought to enjoin the commissioner from moving the road away from the mill on the grounds of injury to the milling business. It was in this trial that the beloved John Honest John Rawley, later Judge Rawley, quipped, While I will admit there is a dam there by a mill site, there is no mill there by the dam site."
The Bakers moved to Bowling Green in about 1894 (eighteen years before Josephine died in 1912).
George's obituary appeared in the May 5, 1898 Clay County Enterprise. It stated (in whole): "Mr. George Baker, one of our quiet and good citizens, died at his home here [in Bowling Gree] last Thursday of consumption, aged about 75 years." (Consumption is tuberculosis.)
I have not yet been able to determine the parentage of George Baker.
In 1850, at the time of the Census, George was living in Springfield Township, Muskingum County, Ohio. He was apparently rooming with the family of George W. Dove. In 1840, George W. Dove was living in Anne Arundel County, Maryland,; perhaps this is where George Baker was from.
In 1859 he was a trustee of the town of McConnelsville, Ohio. He served in the Civil War in the 21st Regiment, Company I, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, from September 22, 1864 to July 27, 1865.
According to the obituary of his wife Josephine in the Oct. 31, 1912 Brazil weekly Democrat, George "was a miller by trade, having had charge of the flour mills at Cataract, Neals mills (sic) and other places before locating [in Bowling Green, Indiana] eighteen years ago."
It seems likely that the Cataract mill was located near Cataract Falls (likely downstream from it), on Mill Creek in northern Owen County, Indiana. That is the largest waterfall in Indiana by volume.
Neal's Mill was located in Lewis Township, Clay County, Indiana, which is 3.6 miles southwest of Bowling Green by road and located on the Eel River, downstream from where it passes thorough Bowling Green. The following is from a now-defunct website, The Jasonville Story. "This Neal family played a prominent part in the founding of Union Church and its early history. For several years they operated Neal's Mill which was the largest of the early day mills of this vicinity. The grounds at the mill became the most frequented place along Eel River. For many years after the mill was abandoned many families pitched tents and camped in the beautiful wooded area along the banks of the river. The writer with fifteen or twenty other young men camped there for a week in 1911, forty seven years ago. The whole surrounding country used the area throughout the summer for baptizing, church picnics, family reunions and like gatherings. Neal's Mill was such a popular place and afforded so much pleasure to so many people I cannot resist a bit of humor that was spoken so long ago. The mill was in ruins before the time when the nearby bridge across the river was destroyed. The county commissioners proposed to build the bridge farther down the river, which they did and where it now stands. The mill dam remained in tact but the mill was a shambles. However the owner of the land where the mill stood sought to enjoin the commissioner from moving the road away from the mill on the grounds of injury to the milling business. It was in this trial that the beloved John Honest John Rawley, later Judge Rawley, quipped, While I will admit there is a dam there by a mill site, there is no mill there by the dam site."
The Bakers moved to Bowling Green in about 1894 (eighteen years before Josephine died in 1912).
George's obituary appeared in the May 5, 1898 Clay County Enterprise. It stated (in whole): "Mr. George Baker, one of our quiet and good citizens, died at his home here [in Bowling Gree] last Thursday of consumption, aged about 75 years." (Consumption is tuberculosis.)
In 1850, at the time of the Census, George was living in Springfield Township, Muskingum County, Ohio. He was apparently rooming with the family of George W. Dove. In 1840, George W. Dove was living in Anne Arundel County, Maryland,; perhaps this is where George Baker was from.
In 1859 he was a trustee of the town of McConnelsville, Ohio. He served in the Civil War in the 21st Regiment, Company I, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, from September 22, 1864 to July 27, 1865.
According to the obituary of his wife Josephine in the Oct. 31, 1912 Brazil weekly Democrat, George "was a miller by trade, having had charge of the flour mills at Cataract, Neals mills (sic) and other places before locating [in Bowling Green, Indiana] eighteen years ago."
It seems likely that the Cataract mill was located near Cataract Falls (likely downstream from it), on Mill Creek in northern Owen County, Indiana. That is the largest waterfall in Indiana by volume.
Neal's Mill was located in Lewis Township, Clay County, Indiana, which is 3.6 miles southwest of Bowling Green by road and located on the Eel River, downstream from where it passes thorough Bowling Green. The following is from a now-defunct website, The Jasonville Story. "This Neal family played a prominent part in the founding of Union Church and its early history. For several years they operated Neal's Mill which was the largest of the early day mills of this vicinity. The grounds at the mill became the most frequented place along Eel River. For many years after the mill was abandoned many families pitched tents and camped in the beautiful wooded area along the banks of the river. The writer with fifteen or twenty other young men camped there for a week in 1911, forty seven years ago. The whole surrounding country used the area throughout the summer for baptizing, church picnics, family reunions and like gatherings. Neal's Mill was such a popular place and afforded so much pleasure to so many people I cannot resist a bit of humor that was spoken so long ago. The mill was in ruins before the time when the nearby bridge across the river was destroyed. The county commissioners proposed to build the bridge farther down the river, which they did and where it now stands. The mill dam remained in tact but the mill was a shambles. However the owner of the land where the mill stood sought to enjoin the commissioner from moving the road away from the mill on the grounds of injury to the milling business. It was in this trial that the beloved John Honest John Rawley, later Judge Rawley, quipped, While I will admit there is a dam there by a mill site, there is no mill there by the dam site."
The Bakers moved to Bowling Green in about 1894 (eighteen years before Josephine died in 1912).
George's obituary appeared in the May 5, 1898 Clay County Enterprise. It stated (in whole): "Mr. George Baker, one of our quiet and good citizens, died at his home here [in Bowling Gree] last Thursday of consumption, aged about 75 years." (Consumption is tuberculosis.)
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