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William Wilkerson Baker

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William Wilkerson Baker

Birth
Arkansas, USA
Death
2 Oct 1885 (aged 51)
Waterford, Stanislaus County, California, USA
Burial
Waterford, Stanislaus County, California, USA Add to Map
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Son of William Aaron Baker and Barbara Ellen Schell. Grandson of John Baker and Wilhemina Johnson, Casper Schell and Mary Francis Mull.

Husband of Caroline Pinkston, daughter of William Pinkston and Sarah Hillman, married 26 Feb 1857 in Carroll, Arkansas. Father of:
Alice Gray Baker 1857-1942, Mrs John Allen Hayter
Belle Mary Baker 1857-1944, Mrs William Elder
James William Baker 1859-1862
William F Baker 1867-1869
Mary E Baker 1870-1894, Mrs James Dolan
Zelmar Baker 1870-1870
Ida Mae Baker 1873-1891

Settler of what is now Waterford, CA.
Originally settled in 1857 by William W. Baker, the town was originally named Bakersville. Mr. Baker homesteaded 160 acres just south of the river near Appling Road Bridge. In 1870 the Post Office was apparently having trouble delivering the mail as the name was being confused with the other places (at the time the only other similarity was Bakersfield) so the Post Office suggested the name be changed. So in 1870 the name was changed to Waterford. (https://www.cityofwaterford.org/about-the-community/)
Son of William Aaron Baker and Barbara Ellen Schell. Grandson of John Baker and Wilhemina Johnson, Casper Schell and Mary Francis Mull.

Husband of Caroline Pinkston, daughter of William Pinkston and Sarah Hillman, married 26 Feb 1857 in Carroll, Arkansas. Father of:
Alice Gray Baker 1857-1942, Mrs John Allen Hayter
Belle Mary Baker 1857-1944, Mrs William Elder
James William Baker 1859-1862
William F Baker 1867-1869
Mary E Baker 1870-1894, Mrs James Dolan
Zelmar Baker 1870-1870
Ida Mae Baker 1873-1891

Settler of what is now Waterford, CA.
Originally settled in 1857 by William W. Baker, the town was originally named Bakersville. Mr. Baker homesteaded 160 acres just south of the river near Appling Road Bridge. In 1870 the Post Office was apparently having trouble delivering the mail as the name was being confused with the other places (at the time the only other similarity was Bakersfield) so the Post Office suggested the name be changed. So in 1870 the name was changed to Waterford. (https://www.cityofwaterford.org/about-the-community/)

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Our Father has gone to a mansion of rest,
From a region of sorrow and pain,
To the glorious land by the [unreadable] blest,
Where he [unreadable] can suffer again.

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