Edward was the fifth of eight children born to Enoch P. Baker and Harriet Elizabeth Ridgeway, who married on 23 May 1869 in Marshall Co., Indiana. Their eight children were Ira (b.1870), William (b.1871), Mary (b.1873), Franklin (b.1876), Edward (b.1878), Jennie (b.1879), Clarence (b.1883) and Harrison (b.1889). Edward’s paternal grandparents were Hiram Baker (1819-1902) and Eliza Ann Powers (1822-1897). Edward's grandfather was also a farmer.
Edward first appeared with his family on the 1880 Census. They were living in Plymouth’s North Township, Marshall Co., Indiana, where Enoch Baker, aged 32, was farming for a living. Harriet Baker, age 31, was busy at home with their six children—Ira, aged 10, William, aged 9, Mary, aged 6, Frank, aged 4, Edward, aged 2, and Jennie, aged nine months.
Without the 1890 Census that was destroyed in a fire, it is difficult to check in on a family between 1880 and 1900, but a marriage record exists for Edward on 19 Mar 1899 to Sarah L. Kirkley in Marshall County. They appeared together on the 1900 Census, living in Plymouth’s North Township. Edward, aged 22, was farming. It may have been a cattle farm as he later became a butcher. Sarah, aged 16, indicated that the couple had not had any children as of that census. Living with the couple was 16-year-old farmhand Adam Farling.
In 1905, Edward would have learned of his sister Mary’s untimely death at age 31.
By the 1910 Census, Edward and Sarah had relocated to Union, St. Joseph Co., Indiana. Edward, aged 32, again indicated that he was a farmer. Sarah, aged 26, reported that she had not had any children.
They were still living in St. Joseph’s Union Township in 1920. Edward (noted as Ed on the record), aged 42, was working as a butcher. Sarah, aged 35, was keeping house.
On 13 Nov 1927, Edward and his six siblings would receive the sad news of their mother’s death at age 78 of a sudden stroke. Two years later, their father Enoch died on 7 Oct 1928 at age 81.
Edward, aged 53, and Sarah, aged 47, appeared together on one last census record, that for 1930. They were renting a residence in Walkerton, St. Joseph County. Edward was working as the sales manager for a grocery store.
Eight days before Christmas that same year, Edward, aged 55, and Sarah, aged 42, died together in what was deemed a murder-suicide pact between the two. A petition had been filed to have Sarah committed to the Logansport mental institution, and Edward apparently took manners into his own hands.
Edward first appeared with his family on the 1880 Census. They were living in Plymouth’s North Township, Marshall Co., Indiana, where Enoch Baker, aged 32, was farming for a living. Harriet Baker, age 31, was busy at home with their six children—Ira, aged 10, William, aged 9, Mary, aged 6, Frank, aged 4, Edward, aged 2, and Jennie, aged nine months.
Without the 1890 Census that was destroyed in a fire, it is difficult to check in on a family between 1880 and 1900, but a marriage record exists for Edward on 19 Mar 1899 to Sarah L. Kirkley in Marshall County. They appeared together on the 1900 Census, living in Plymouth’s North Township. Edward, aged 22, was farming. It may have been a cattle farm as he later became a butcher. Sarah, aged 16, indicated that the couple had not had any children as of that census. Living with the couple was 16-year-old farmhand Adam Farling.
In 1905, Edward would have learned of his sister Mary’s untimely death at age 31.
By the 1910 Census, Edward and Sarah had relocated to Union, St. Joseph Co., Indiana. Edward, aged 32, again indicated that he was a farmer. Sarah, aged 26, reported that she had not had any children.
They were still living in St. Joseph’s Union Township in 1920. Edward (noted as Ed on the record), aged 42, was working as a butcher. Sarah, aged 35, was keeping house.
On 13 Nov 1927, Edward and his six siblings would receive the sad news of their mother’s death at age 78 of a sudden stroke. Two years later, their father Enoch died on 7 Oct 1928 at age 81.
Edward, aged 53, and Sarah, aged 47, appeared together on one last census record, that for 1930. They were renting a residence in Walkerton, St. Joseph County. Edward was working as the sales manager for a grocery store.
Eight days before Christmas that same year, Edward, aged 55, and Sarah, aged 42, died together in what was deemed a murder-suicide pact between the two. A petition had been filed to have Sarah committed to the Logansport mental institution, and Edward apparently took manners into his own hands.
Edward was the fifth of eight children born to Enoch P. Baker and Harriet Elizabeth Ridgeway, who married on 23 May 1869 in Marshall Co., Indiana. Their eight children were Ira (b.1870), William (b.1871), Mary (b.1873), Franklin (b.1876), Edward (b.1878), Jennie (b.1879), Clarence (b.1883) and Harrison (b.1889). Edward’s paternal grandparents were Hiram Baker (1819-1902) and Eliza Ann Powers (1822-1897). Edward's grandfather was also a farmer.
Edward first appeared with his family on the 1880 Census. They were living in Plymouth’s North Township, Marshall Co., Indiana, where Enoch Baker, aged 32, was farming for a living. Harriet Baker, age 31, was busy at home with their six children—Ira, aged 10, William, aged 9, Mary, aged 6, Frank, aged 4, Edward, aged 2, and Jennie, aged nine months.
Without the 1890 Census that was destroyed in a fire, it is difficult to check in on a family between 1880 and 1900, but a marriage record exists for Edward on 19 Mar 1899 to Sarah L. Kirkley in Marshall County. They appeared together on the 1900 Census, living in Plymouth’s North Township. Edward, aged 22, was farming. It may have been a cattle farm as he later became a butcher. Sarah, aged 16, indicated that the couple had not had any children as of that census. Living with the couple was 16-year-old farmhand Adam Farling.
In 1905, Edward would have learned of his sister Mary’s untimely death at age 31.
By the 1910 Census, Edward and Sarah had relocated to Union, St. Joseph Co., Indiana. Edward, aged 32, again indicated that he was a farmer. Sarah, aged 26, reported that she had not had any children.
They were still living in St. Joseph’s Union Township in 1920. Edward (noted as Ed on the record), aged 42, was working as a butcher. Sarah, aged 35, was keeping house.
On 13 Nov 1927, Edward and his six siblings would receive the sad news of their mother’s death at age 78 of a sudden stroke. Two years later, their father Enoch died on 7 Oct 1928 at age 81.
Edward, aged 53, and Sarah, aged 47, appeared together on one last census record, that for 1930. They were renting a residence in Walkerton, St. Joseph County. Edward was working as the sales manager for a grocery store.
Eight days before Christmas that same year, Edward, aged 55, and Sarah, aged 42, died together in what was deemed a murder-suicide pact between the two. A petition had been filed to have Sarah committed to the Logansport mental institution, and Edward apparently took manners into his own hands.
Edward first appeared with his family on the 1880 Census. They were living in Plymouth’s North Township, Marshall Co., Indiana, where Enoch Baker, aged 32, was farming for a living. Harriet Baker, age 31, was busy at home with their six children—Ira, aged 10, William, aged 9, Mary, aged 6, Frank, aged 4, Edward, aged 2, and Jennie, aged nine months.
Without the 1890 Census that was destroyed in a fire, it is difficult to check in on a family between 1880 and 1900, but a marriage record exists for Edward on 19 Mar 1899 to Sarah L. Kirkley in Marshall County. They appeared together on the 1900 Census, living in Plymouth’s North Township. Edward, aged 22, was farming. It may have been a cattle farm as he later became a butcher. Sarah, aged 16, indicated that the couple had not had any children as of that census. Living with the couple was 16-year-old farmhand Adam Farling.
In 1905, Edward would have learned of his sister Mary’s untimely death at age 31.
By the 1910 Census, Edward and Sarah had relocated to Union, St. Joseph Co., Indiana. Edward, aged 32, again indicated that he was a farmer. Sarah, aged 26, reported that she had not had any children.
They were still living in St. Joseph’s Union Township in 1920. Edward (noted as Ed on the record), aged 42, was working as a butcher. Sarah, aged 35, was keeping house.
On 13 Nov 1927, Edward and his six siblings would receive the sad news of their mother’s death at age 78 of a sudden stroke. Two years later, their father Enoch died on 7 Oct 1928 at age 81.
Edward, aged 53, and Sarah, aged 47, appeared together on one last census record, that for 1930. They were renting a residence in Walkerton, St. Joseph County. Edward was working as the sales manager for a grocery store.
Eight days before Christmas that same year, Edward, aged 55, and Sarah, aged 42, died together in what was deemed a murder-suicide pact between the two. A petition had been filed to have Sarah committed to the Logansport mental institution, and Edward apparently took manners into his own hands.
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