Joseph Henry Baker was born 1831 in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, NC, the eldest of 3 known children (1 boy / 2 girls) born to prominent physician, Dr. William Sparkman Baker, and his (1st) wife, Julia Shirley (Shurley).
He was the paternal grandson of Moses Baker & Elony Garrett, and is a direct descendant of Moses Baker (b. 1708) and his wife, Sarah, who came to Edgecombe County from Virginia ca. 1730. He was the maternal grandson of Henry Shirley & Elizabeth Davis of "Southerland" Plantation in Edgecombe County.
Joseph was about 14 when his mother died in 1845, and his father married a few years after to Sarah Rebecca Powell, daughter of Jesse Harrison Powell & Sarah Hester Moore of Edgecombe County. This union produced 5 known step siblings.
Joseph graduated first from University of North Carolina, then entered the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated from the Medical Department in 1853. On May 16, 1855, the 23 year old married 19-year old Susan D. Foxhall, daughter of William Foxhall & Susan Dancy of Edgecombe. The couple were married in Trinity Church in Scotland Neck by the prominent Episcopal Rev. J. B. Cheshire.
The couple settled into blissful married life and 3 children were born soon thereafter: Frank Shirley (c. 1855), Julian Meredith (1857), and Eddie (c. 1859). Then the winds of war entered their lives.
It became evident in April, 1861, that North Carolina must secede or fight the Southern States. Private parties, anticipating the action of the State, were organizing and drilling troops for service. One of the first of these companies was the "Edgecombe Guards" organized April 18, 1861. The then 30-year old Dr. Baker, left his practice and joined the unit as a field surgeon.
After the disbanding of the First North Carolina Regiment, Dr. Baker was given charge of the Confederate hospital at Tarboro. He returned to his home to assume charge, where he remained, except for intervals, throughout the war. He was at the battle of Plymouth and assisted in administering medical aid to the wounded in several minor engagements. It was his unfortunate duty to be present at Appomattox during the termination of the civil strife. He later served on a committee that helped erect one of the monuments to the fallen now in the Tarboro Commons.
When the war ended, Dr. Baker returned to Tarboro and resumed his practice. Two more children were born: Thomas Atkinson (c. 1866) and Joseph Henry Jr. (1869).
Sometime after the birth of his last child, his wife Susan Foxhall Baker died, and Dr. Baker married for the 2nd time on November 24, 1874 to Ida Haywood Manly, of Chatham Co, NC, daughter of Gov. Charles Manly Sr. and Charity Hare Haywood. Dr. Baker was almost 43 at the time, and she 30. The marriage brought him two more children: Ida Haywood (1875) and William Manly (1878).
Dr. Baker was twice elected mayor of Tarboro; several times an Alderman, and elected to the State Legislature in 1866-67. In 1868 he was on the committee that rewrote the N.C. constitution so this state could get back in the Union. He was president of the county Board of Health, twice vice president of the Medical Society of North Carolina and a member of the Edgecombe Medical Association.
He served on the Board of Utilities in 1899 when the State Legislature authorized an issue of bonds for water, sewerage, and lights in 1899. A board of public works was erected in Tarboro, consisting of George Howard, D. Litchenstein, Fred Philips, A. M. Failey, W. E. Fountain, J. H. Baker , and R. H. Gatlin. Under the board's direction and after the bond issues of $40,000.00, T. H. Gatlin and E. P. Meridith, of Winston, began the survey of the town preliminary to the installation of water mains and sewers. Rocky Mount the same year began its work on improvements, having voted a bond issue of $49,000.00. More than nine and one-half miles of piping was laid.
Dr. Henry Joseph Baker, Sr. died in Tarboro in 1902. He was 70 years old. His 2nd wife survived another six years, passing in 1908 at age 63.
As for his children from his first marriage, Eddy (ca. 1859) died young. Sons, Frank and Thomas, both removed to Pickens, Co, Alabama where they were farmers; married, and had children. Joseph Henry Baker, Jr. married Laura Boykin and was father to 2 children. He died young in 1901, at age 32, and his wife later removed to Colorado. Dr. Baker's legacy lived on through his son, Julian Meredith Baker who also became a doctor and surgeon, organized and built the Tarboro General Hospital in 1916, which was the building block for today's Heritage Hospital in Tarboro.
Daughter, Ida Manly Baker (1875-1957), from his second marriage, married Col. Finley Lea Williamson and removed to Burlington in Alamance Co, where she was mother to 4 known children. William Manly Baker (1878-1929) remained in Tarboro and married Josephine Kelly and was father to 4 known children.
He was the paternal grandson of Moses Baker & Elony Garrett, and is a direct descendant of Moses Baker (b. 1708) and his wife, Sarah, who came to Edgecombe County from Virginia ca. 1730. He was the maternal grandson of Henry Shirley & Elizabeth Davis of "Southerland" Plantation in Edgecombe County.
Joseph was about 14 when his mother died in 1845, and his father married a few years after to Sarah Rebecca Powell, daughter of Jesse Harrison Powell & Sarah Hester Moore of Edgecombe County. This union produced 5 known step siblings.
Joseph graduated first from University of North Carolina, then entered the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated from the Medical Department in 1853. On May 16, 1855, the 23 year old married 19-year old Susan D. Foxhall, daughter of William Foxhall & Susan Dancy of Edgecombe. The couple were married in Trinity Church in Scotland Neck by the prominent Episcopal Rev. J. B. Cheshire.
The couple settled into blissful married life and 3 children were born soon thereafter: Frank Shirley (c. 1855), Julian Meredith (1857), and Eddie (c. 1859). Then the winds of war entered their lives.
It became evident in April, 1861, that North Carolina must secede or fight the Southern States. Private parties, anticipating the action of the State, were organizing and drilling troops for service. One of the first of these companies was the "Edgecombe Guards" organized April 18, 1861. The then 30-year old Dr. Baker, left his practice and joined the unit as a field surgeon.
After the disbanding of the First North Carolina Regiment, Dr. Baker was given charge of the Confederate hospital at Tarboro. He returned to his home to assume charge, where he remained, except for intervals, throughout the war. He was at the battle of Plymouth and assisted in administering medical aid to the wounded in several minor engagements. It was his unfortunate duty to be present at Appomattox during the termination of the civil strife. He later served on a committee that helped erect one of the monuments to the fallen now in the Tarboro Commons.
When the war ended, Dr. Baker returned to Tarboro and resumed his practice. Two more children were born: Thomas Atkinson (c. 1866) and Joseph Henry Jr. (1869).
Sometime after the birth of his last child, his wife Susan Foxhall Baker died, and Dr. Baker married for the 2nd time on November 24, 1874 to Ida Haywood Manly, of Chatham Co, NC, daughter of Gov. Charles Manly Sr. and Charity Hare Haywood. Dr. Baker was almost 43 at the time, and she 30. The marriage brought him two more children: Ida Haywood (1875) and William Manly (1878).
Dr. Baker was twice elected mayor of Tarboro; several times an Alderman, and elected to the State Legislature in 1866-67. In 1868 he was on the committee that rewrote the N.C. constitution so this state could get back in the Union. He was president of the county Board of Health, twice vice president of the Medical Society of North Carolina and a member of the Edgecombe Medical Association.
He served on the Board of Utilities in 1899 when the State Legislature authorized an issue of bonds for water, sewerage, and lights in 1899. A board of public works was erected in Tarboro, consisting of George Howard, D. Litchenstein, Fred Philips, A. M. Failey, W. E. Fountain, J. H. Baker , and R. H. Gatlin. Under the board's direction and after the bond issues of $40,000.00, T. H. Gatlin and E. P. Meridith, of Winston, began the survey of the town preliminary to the installation of water mains and sewers. Rocky Mount the same year began its work on improvements, having voted a bond issue of $49,000.00. More than nine and one-half miles of piping was laid.
Dr. Henry Joseph Baker, Sr. died in Tarboro in 1902. He was 70 years old. His 2nd wife survived another six years, passing in 1908 at age 63.
As for his children from his first marriage, Eddy (ca. 1859) died young. Sons, Frank and Thomas, both removed to Pickens, Co, Alabama where they were farmers; married, and had children. Joseph Henry Baker, Jr. married Laura Boykin and was father to 2 children. He died young in 1901, at age 32, and his wife later removed to Colorado. Dr. Baker's legacy lived on through his son, Julian Meredith Baker who also became a doctor and surgeon, organized and built the Tarboro General Hospital in 1916, which was the building block for today's Heritage Hospital in Tarboro.
Daughter, Ida Manly Baker (1875-1957), from his second marriage, married Col. Finley Lea Williamson and removed to Burlington in Alamance Co, where she was mother to 4 known children. William Manly Baker (1878-1929) remained in Tarboro and married Josephine Kelly and was father to 4 known children.
Joseph Henry Baker was born 1831 in Tarboro, Edgecombe County, NC, the eldest of 3 known children (1 boy / 2 girls) born to prominent physician, Dr. William Sparkman Baker, and his (1st) wife, Julia Shirley (Shurley).
He was the paternal grandson of Moses Baker & Elony Garrett, and is a direct descendant of Moses Baker (b. 1708) and his wife, Sarah, who came to Edgecombe County from Virginia ca. 1730. He was the maternal grandson of Henry Shirley & Elizabeth Davis of "Southerland" Plantation in Edgecombe County.
Joseph was about 14 when his mother died in 1845, and his father married a few years after to Sarah Rebecca Powell, daughter of Jesse Harrison Powell & Sarah Hester Moore of Edgecombe County. This union produced 5 known step siblings.
Joseph graduated first from University of North Carolina, then entered the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated from the Medical Department in 1853. On May 16, 1855, the 23 year old married 19-year old Susan D. Foxhall, daughter of William Foxhall & Susan Dancy of Edgecombe. The couple were married in Trinity Church in Scotland Neck by the prominent Episcopal Rev. J. B. Cheshire.
The couple settled into blissful married life and 3 children were born soon thereafter: Frank Shirley (c. 1855), Julian Meredith (1857), and Eddie (c. 1859). Then the winds of war entered their lives.
It became evident in April, 1861, that North Carolina must secede or fight the Southern States. Private parties, anticipating the action of the State, were organizing and drilling troops for service. One of the first of these companies was the "Edgecombe Guards" organized April 18, 1861. The then 30-year old Dr. Baker, left his practice and joined the unit as a field surgeon.
After the disbanding of the First North Carolina Regiment, Dr. Baker was given charge of the Confederate hospital at Tarboro. He returned to his home to assume charge, where he remained, except for intervals, throughout the war. He was at the battle of Plymouth and assisted in administering medical aid to the wounded in several minor engagements. It was his unfortunate duty to be present at Appomattox during the termination of the civil strife. He later served on a committee that helped erect one of the monuments to the fallen now in the Tarboro Commons.
When the war ended, Dr. Baker returned to Tarboro and resumed his practice. Two more children were born: Thomas Atkinson (c. 1866) and Joseph Henry Jr. (1869).
Sometime after the birth of his last child, his wife Susan Foxhall Baker died, and Dr. Baker married for the 2nd time on November 24, 1874 to Ida Haywood Manly, of Chatham Co, NC, daughter of Gov. Charles Manly Sr. and Charity Hare Haywood. Dr. Baker was almost 43 at the time, and she 30. The marriage brought him two more children: Ida Haywood (1875) and William Manly (1878).
Dr. Baker was twice elected mayor of Tarboro; several times an Alderman, and elected to the State Legislature in 1866-67. In 1868 he was on the committee that rewrote the N.C. constitution so this state could get back in the Union. He was president of the county Board of Health, twice vice president of the Medical Society of North Carolina and a member of the Edgecombe Medical Association.
He served on the Board of Utilities in 1899 when the State Legislature authorized an issue of bonds for water, sewerage, and lights in 1899. A board of public works was erected in Tarboro, consisting of George Howard, D. Litchenstein, Fred Philips, A. M. Failey, W. E. Fountain, J. H. Baker , and R. H. Gatlin. Under the board's direction and after the bond issues of $40,000.00, T. H. Gatlin and E. P. Meridith, of Winston, began the survey of the town preliminary to the installation of water mains and sewers. Rocky Mount the same year began its work on improvements, having voted a bond issue of $49,000.00. More than nine and one-half miles of piping was laid.
Dr. Henry Joseph Baker, Sr. died in Tarboro in 1902. He was 70 years old. His 2nd wife survived another six years, passing in 1908 at age 63.
As for his children from his first marriage, Eddy (ca. 1859) died young. Sons, Frank and Thomas, both removed to Pickens, Co, Alabama where they were farmers; married, and had children. Joseph Henry Baker, Jr. married Laura Boykin and was father to 2 children. He died young in 1901, at age 32, and his wife later removed to Colorado. Dr. Baker's legacy lived on through his son, Julian Meredith Baker who also became a doctor and surgeon, organized and built the Tarboro General Hospital in 1916, which was the building block for today's Heritage Hospital in Tarboro.
Daughter, Ida Manly Baker (1875-1957), from his second marriage, married Col. Finley Lea Williamson and removed to Burlington in Alamance Co, where she was mother to 4 known children. William Manly Baker (1878-1929) remained in Tarboro and married Josephine Kelly and was father to 4 known children.
He was the paternal grandson of Moses Baker & Elony Garrett, and is a direct descendant of Moses Baker (b. 1708) and his wife, Sarah, who came to Edgecombe County from Virginia ca. 1730. He was the maternal grandson of Henry Shirley & Elizabeth Davis of "Southerland" Plantation in Edgecombe County.
Joseph was about 14 when his mother died in 1845, and his father married a few years after to Sarah Rebecca Powell, daughter of Jesse Harrison Powell & Sarah Hester Moore of Edgecombe County. This union produced 5 known step siblings.
Joseph graduated first from University of North Carolina, then entered the University of Pennsylvania where he graduated from the Medical Department in 1853. On May 16, 1855, the 23 year old married 19-year old Susan D. Foxhall, daughter of William Foxhall & Susan Dancy of Edgecombe. The couple were married in Trinity Church in Scotland Neck by the prominent Episcopal Rev. J. B. Cheshire.
The couple settled into blissful married life and 3 children were born soon thereafter: Frank Shirley (c. 1855), Julian Meredith (1857), and Eddie (c. 1859). Then the winds of war entered their lives.
It became evident in April, 1861, that North Carolina must secede or fight the Southern States. Private parties, anticipating the action of the State, were organizing and drilling troops for service. One of the first of these companies was the "Edgecombe Guards" organized April 18, 1861. The then 30-year old Dr. Baker, left his practice and joined the unit as a field surgeon.
After the disbanding of the First North Carolina Regiment, Dr. Baker was given charge of the Confederate hospital at Tarboro. He returned to his home to assume charge, where he remained, except for intervals, throughout the war. He was at the battle of Plymouth and assisted in administering medical aid to the wounded in several minor engagements. It was his unfortunate duty to be present at Appomattox during the termination of the civil strife. He later served on a committee that helped erect one of the monuments to the fallen now in the Tarboro Commons.
When the war ended, Dr. Baker returned to Tarboro and resumed his practice. Two more children were born: Thomas Atkinson (c. 1866) and Joseph Henry Jr. (1869).
Sometime after the birth of his last child, his wife Susan Foxhall Baker died, and Dr. Baker married for the 2nd time on November 24, 1874 to Ida Haywood Manly, of Chatham Co, NC, daughter of Gov. Charles Manly Sr. and Charity Hare Haywood. Dr. Baker was almost 43 at the time, and she 30. The marriage brought him two more children: Ida Haywood (1875) and William Manly (1878).
Dr. Baker was twice elected mayor of Tarboro; several times an Alderman, and elected to the State Legislature in 1866-67. In 1868 he was on the committee that rewrote the N.C. constitution so this state could get back in the Union. He was president of the county Board of Health, twice vice president of the Medical Society of North Carolina and a member of the Edgecombe Medical Association.
He served on the Board of Utilities in 1899 when the State Legislature authorized an issue of bonds for water, sewerage, and lights in 1899. A board of public works was erected in Tarboro, consisting of George Howard, D. Litchenstein, Fred Philips, A. M. Failey, W. E. Fountain, J. H. Baker , and R. H. Gatlin. Under the board's direction and after the bond issues of $40,000.00, T. H. Gatlin and E. P. Meridith, of Winston, began the survey of the town preliminary to the installation of water mains and sewers. Rocky Mount the same year began its work on improvements, having voted a bond issue of $49,000.00. More than nine and one-half miles of piping was laid.
Dr. Henry Joseph Baker, Sr. died in Tarboro in 1902. He was 70 years old. His 2nd wife survived another six years, passing in 1908 at age 63.
As for his children from his first marriage, Eddy (ca. 1859) died young. Sons, Frank and Thomas, both removed to Pickens, Co, Alabama where they were farmers; married, and had children. Joseph Henry Baker, Jr. married Laura Boykin and was father to 2 children. He died young in 1901, at age 32, and his wife later removed to Colorado. Dr. Baker's legacy lived on through his son, Julian Meredith Baker who also became a doctor and surgeon, organized and built the Tarboro General Hospital in 1916, which was the building block for today's Heritage Hospital in Tarboro.
Daughter, Ida Manly Baker (1875-1957), from his second marriage, married Col. Finley Lea Williamson and removed to Burlington in Alamance Co, where she was mother to 4 known children. William Manly Baker (1878-1929) remained in Tarboro and married Josephine Kelly and was father to 4 known children.
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