James F. Baker Sr., 95, pioneer farmer of the Upper Snake River Valley, died at a local rest home Wednesday morning. He fell a year ago, breaking his hip, and has been at the home since being released from the hospital.
He was born July 2, 1858, on Summit Creek, Utah, during the time all Ogden residents had moved there for protection after it was rumored that Johnson's army planned to wage war against the Mormons. He was the son of William S. and Harriet Batt Baker.
He lived in Ogden until he was 16, then the family moved to Richmond, from where he went to Richmond, from where he went to the Salmon River country to work in mines. He returned to Richmond in 1888 where he met and married Martha Bithel Nov. 1, 1888, in the Logan Courthouse. They moved to Montana the next year, where he had a contract for grading railroad from Drummond to Philipsburg.
They went back to Richmond and on to Salt River, Wyo., where they lived three years before moving to Swan Valley, where he homesteaded a farm and raised cattle until 1919. He lived in Idaho Falls for two years, then ran a farm in Ririe for several years before moving back here to make his home with a son, L. F. Baker.
He was preceded in death by his wife, two sons and one daughter.
Survivors include two sons, James F. Baker Jr. of Swan Valley; L. F. Baker of Idaho Falls; three daughters, Mrs. Pearl Fisher of Poplar; Miss Myrtle Baker of Las Vegas, Nev.,; Mrs. Linnie Patterson of Redondo Beach, Calif.; 30 grandchildren, 60 great grandchildren; and three great great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Buck Chapel. Rev. William H. Gang, officiating. Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.
He was born July 2, 1858, on Summit Creek, Utah, during the time all Ogden residents had moved there for protection after it was rumored that Johnson's army planned to wage war against the Mormons. He was the son of William S. and Harriet Batt Baker.
He lived in Ogden until he was 16, then the family moved to Richmond, from where he went to Richmond, from where he went to the Salmon River country to work in mines. He returned to Richmond in 1888 where he met and married Martha Bithel Nov. 1, 1888, in the Logan Courthouse. They moved to Montana the next year, where he had a contract for grading railroad from Drummond to Philipsburg.
They went back to Richmond and on to Salt River, Wyo., where they lived three years before moving to Swan Valley, where he homesteaded a farm and raised cattle until 1919. He lived in Idaho Falls for two years, then ran a farm in Ririe for several years before moving back here to make his home with a son, L. F. Baker.
He was preceded in death by his wife, two sons and one daughter.
Survivors include two sons, James F. Baker Jr. of Swan Valley; L. F. Baker of Idaho Falls; three daughters, Mrs. Pearl Fisher of Poplar; Miss Myrtle Baker of Las Vegas, Nev.,; Mrs. Linnie Patterson of Redondo Beach, Calif.; 30 grandchildren, 60 great grandchildren; and three great great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Buck Chapel. Rev. William H. Gang, officiating. Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.
James F. Baker Sr., 95, pioneer farmer of the Upper Snake River Valley, died at a local rest home Wednesday morning. He fell a year ago, breaking his hip, and has been at the home since being released from the hospital.
He was born July 2, 1858, on Summit Creek, Utah, during the time all Ogden residents had moved there for protection after it was rumored that Johnson's army planned to wage war against the Mormons. He was the son of William S. and Harriet Batt Baker.
He lived in Ogden until he was 16, then the family moved to Richmond, from where he went to Richmond, from where he went to the Salmon River country to work in mines. He returned to Richmond in 1888 where he met and married Martha Bithel Nov. 1, 1888, in the Logan Courthouse. They moved to Montana the next year, where he had a contract for grading railroad from Drummond to Philipsburg.
They went back to Richmond and on to Salt River, Wyo., where they lived three years before moving to Swan Valley, where he homesteaded a farm and raised cattle until 1919. He lived in Idaho Falls for two years, then ran a farm in Ririe for several years before moving back here to make his home with a son, L. F. Baker.
He was preceded in death by his wife, two sons and one daughter.
Survivors include two sons, James F. Baker Jr. of Swan Valley; L. F. Baker of Idaho Falls; three daughters, Mrs. Pearl Fisher of Poplar; Miss Myrtle Baker of Las Vegas, Nev.,; Mrs. Linnie Patterson of Redondo Beach, Calif.; 30 grandchildren, 60 great grandchildren; and three great great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Buck Chapel. Rev. William H. Gang, officiating. Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.
He was born July 2, 1858, on Summit Creek, Utah, during the time all Ogden residents had moved there for protection after it was rumored that Johnson's army planned to wage war against the Mormons. He was the son of William S. and Harriet Batt Baker.
He lived in Ogden until he was 16, then the family moved to Richmond, from where he went to Richmond, from where he went to the Salmon River country to work in mines. He returned to Richmond in 1888 where he met and married Martha Bithel Nov. 1, 1888, in the Logan Courthouse. They moved to Montana the next year, where he had a contract for grading railroad from Drummond to Philipsburg.
They went back to Richmond and on to Salt River, Wyo., where they lived three years before moving to Swan Valley, where he homesteaded a farm and raised cattle until 1919. He lived in Idaho Falls for two years, then ran a farm in Ririe for several years before moving back here to make his home with a son, L. F. Baker.
He was preceded in death by his wife, two sons and one daughter.
Survivors include two sons, James F. Baker Jr. of Swan Valley; L. F. Baker of Idaho Falls; three daughters, Mrs. Pearl Fisher of Poplar; Miss Myrtle Baker of Las Vegas, Nev.,; Mrs. Linnie Patterson of Redondo Beach, Calif.; 30 grandchildren, 60 great grandchildren; and three great great grandchildren.
Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 p.m. at the Buck Chapel. Rev. William H. Gang, officiating. Interment will be in Rose Hill Cemetery.
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