Daughter of James Louis Baker and Eleanor Prather (Austin) Baker.
Wife of Roscoe Alexander Hall.
Euphemia Baker Hall
By Louis V. "Pat" Hall, Esq. in 2007, her grandson:
The portrait of Euphemia B. Hall on the offsetting page is truly one of elegance. When I was a teenager, an elderly acquaintance of hers told me the "she is an aristocrat to her little finger". That enlarged and broadened my understanding of my grandmother who gave me my first fishing lessons. What produces such a refined person who is held in the highest esteem by all who know her? She was 1 of 10 children, 2 of whom died in infancy. The family was reared in Texas on a ranch situated some 8 miles on the San Saba River above the town of San Saba, TX. Her paternal grandfather, James H. Baker, had received a land grant as a soldier of General Sam Houston's army that won freedom for the Republic of Texas principally at the battle of San Jacinto where General Santa Anna and his troops were thoroughly whipped, to say the least, in 1836. Ranching on the frontier in those early days was a touch life. James H. Baker died in 1854. Two of their sons, James Louis Baker (Euphemia's father) and George Baker, continued ranching in the San Saba area. James Louis Baker and his wife, Eleanor Austin Baker (Euphemia's parents), were making a buggy trip in 1861 from Austin to the San Saba Ranch bringing her father, James Walker Austin, to live with them. Mr. Austin was frail in health, and they thought it would be good for his health to move west and live with them. Little did they know just how unhealthy their lives were about to be. Euphemia's parents also had with them their first born daughter, Olga Pope Baker who later married Tom Ward of San Saba. Olga was an infant when taken on this trip and when they were attacked by Comanche Indians not far from Lampasas. While Mr. Baker possessed a rifle and 2 pistols with a good supply of ammunition, the supply of ammunition was carried off by the two horses with the buggy the moment the family jumped out of the buggy into the "shelter" of a stand of timber. The family had encountered 15 Comanche Indians holding a herd of approximately 100 stolen horses. Most of the Indians had to hold the horses, but a number of the Indians gave pursuit to capture the Baker family and its horses. Mrs. Baker lifted Olga out of the buggy to carry her into the timbered shelter when an arrow pierced several folds of a Mexican blanket in which she had been wrapped. The blanket kept the arrow from penetrating the baby deeply, but it nevertheless pierced her in the breast from which wound she fully recovered. Many arrows, however, pierced Mr. Baker. Mrs. Baker pulled two arrows out of him while they were under attack. Several more arrows were pulled out of him moments later and several more arrowheads worked loose several years later. His wounds were so bad that he was disabled from fighting in the Civil War which began in 1861 as well. In their defense, he shot two Indians and held the others at bay by pointing his gun at them. This same band of Indians in the day before had scalped and shot full of arrows a 13 year old boy who was killed instantly. When the Bakers' 2 horses ran off with the buggy, they ran the buggy into a tree which broke one of the wheels. That noise attracted the attention of a neighbor by the name of Dawson who mounted his horse and raced to Lampasas for help. Fortunately, he ran into a hunting party of 4 men nearby, and they raced to the rescue of the Baker family by following the buggy tracks. Upon their arrival, all the Indians fled. The rescue party carried the wounded Baker family to the home of the Thomas Espy family where they remained for 3 months before Mr. Baker could heal well enough to return to their home in San Saba County. He suffered from those wounds for many years. Euphemia was born 7 years later in 1868. Aust Franc signed one of the accounts of the Indian attack as told to all the Baker children by Aunt Franc's and Euphemia's parents. The account of the attack was also given by the historian John Henry Brown in his book "Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas" of record in the University of Texas Library in Austin, Texas. Euphemia was reared in San Saba which is approximately 115 miles from Ballinger where she and Roscoe A. Hall first made their home. Ballinger is approximately 35 miles from San Angelo where they moved in 1901 and resided for the rest of their lives.
By: Perry Baker Hall, Esq. her Great Grandson.
Wife of Roscoe Alexander Hall.
Euphemia Baker Hall
By Louis V. "Pat" Hall, Esq. in 2007, her grandson:
The portrait of Euphemia B. Hall on the offsetting page is truly one of elegance. When I was a teenager, an elderly acquaintance of hers told me the "she is an aristocrat to her little finger". That enlarged and broadened my understanding of my grandmother who gave me my first fishing lessons. What produces such a refined person who is held in the highest esteem by all who know her? She was 1 of 10 children, 2 of whom died in infancy. The family was reared in Texas on a ranch situated some 8 miles on the San Saba River above the town of San Saba, TX. Her paternal grandfather, James H. Baker, had received a land grant as a soldier of General Sam Houston's army that won freedom for the Republic of Texas principally at the battle of San Jacinto where General Santa Anna and his troops were thoroughly whipped, to say the least, in 1836. Ranching on the frontier in those early days was a touch life. James H. Baker died in 1854. Two of their sons, James Louis Baker (Euphemia's father) and George Baker, continued ranching in the San Saba area. James Louis Baker and his wife, Eleanor Austin Baker (Euphemia's parents), were making a buggy trip in 1861 from Austin to the San Saba Ranch bringing her father, James Walker Austin, to live with them. Mr. Austin was frail in health, and they thought it would be good for his health to move west and live with them. Little did they know just how unhealthy their lives were about to be. Euphemia's parents also had with them their first born daughter, Olga Pope Baker who later married Tom Ward of San Saba. Olga was an infant when taken on this trip and when they were attacked by Comanche Indians not far from Lampasas. While Mr. Baker possessed a rifle and 2 pistols with a good supply of ammunition, the supply of ammunition was carried off by the two horses with the buggy the moment the family jumped out of the buggy into the "shelter" of a stand of timber. The family had encountered 15 Comanche Indians holding a herd of approximately 100 stolen horses. Most of the Indians had to hold the horses, but a number of the Indians gave pursuit to capture the Baker family and its horses. Mrs. Baker lifted Olga out of the buggy to carry her into the timbered shelter when an arrow pierced several folds of a Mexican blanket in which she had been wrapped. The blanket kept the arrow from penetrating the baby deeply, but it nevertheless pierced her in the breast from which wound she fully recovered. Many arrows, however, pierced Mr. Baker. Mrs. Baker pulled two arrows out of him while they were under attack. Several more arrows were pulled out of him moments later and several more arrowheads worked loose several years later. His wounds were so bad that he was disabled from fighting in the Civil War which began in 1861 as well. In their defense, he shot two Indians and held the others at bay by pointing his gun at them. This same band of Indians in the day before had scalped and shot full of arrows a 13 year old boy who was killed instantly. When the Bakers' 2 horses ran off with the buggy, they ran the buggy into a tree which broke one of the wheels. That noise attracted the attention of a neighbor by the name of Dawson who mounted his horse and raced to Lampasas for help. Fortunately, he ran into a hunting party of 4 men nearby, and they raced to the rescue of the Baker family by following the buggy tracks. Upon their arrival, all the Indians fled. The rescue party carried the wounded Baker family to the home of the Thomas Espy family where they remained for 3 months before Mr. Baker could heal well enough to return to their home in San Saba County. He suffered from those wounds for many years. Euphemia was born 7 years later in 1868. Aust Franc signed one of the accounts of the Indian attack as told to all the Baker children by Aunt Franc's and Euphemia's parents. The account of the attack was also given by the historian John Henry Brown in his book "Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas" of record in the University of Texas Library in Austin, Texas. Euphemia was reared in San Saba which is approximately 115 miles from Ballinger where she and Roscoe A. Hall first made their home. Ballinger is approximately 35 miles from San Angelo where they moved in 1901 and resided for the rest of their lives.
By: Perry Baker Hall, Esq. her Great Grandson.
Daughter of James Louis Baker and Eleanor Prather (Austin) Baker.
Wife of Roscoe Alexander Hall.
Euphemia Baker Hall
By Louis V. "Pat" Hall, Esq. in 2007, her grandson:
The portrait of Euphemia B. Hall on the offsetting page is truly one of elegance. When I was a teenager, an elderly acquaintance of hers told me the "she is an aristocrat to her little finger". That enlarged and broadened my understanding of my grandmother who gave me my first fishing lessons. What produces such a refined person who is held in the highest esteem by all who know her? She was 1 of 10 children, 2 of whom died in infancy. The family was reared in Texas on a ranch situated some 8 miles on the San Saba River above the town of San Saba, TX. Her paternal grandfather, James H. Baker, had received a land grant as a soldier of General Sam Houston's army that won freedom for the Republic of Texas principally at the battle of San Jacinto where General Santa Anna and his troops were thoroughly whipped, to say the least, in 1836. Ranching on the frontier in those early days was a touch life. James H. Baker died in 1854. Two of their sons, James Louis Baker (Euphemia's father) and George Baker, continued ranching in the San Saba area. James Louis Baker and his wife, Eleanor Austin Baker (Euphemia's parents), were making a buggy trip in 1861 from Austin to the San Saba Ranch bringing her father, James Walker Austin, to live with them. Mr. Austin was frail in health, and they thought it would be good for his health to move west and live with them. Little did they know just how unhealthy their lives were about to be. Euphemia's parents also had with them their first born daughter, Olga Pope Baker who later married Tom Ward of San Saba. Olga was an infant when taken on this trip and when they were attacked by Comanche Indians not far from Lampasas. While Mr. Baker possessed a rifle and 2 pistols with a good supply of ammunition, the supply of ammunition was carried off by the two horses with the buggy the moment the family jumped out of the buggy into the "shelter" of a stand of timber. The family had encountered 15 Comanche Indians holding a herd of approximately 100 stolen horses. Most of the Indians had to hold the horses, but a number of the Indians gave pursuit to capture the Baker family and its horses. Mrs. Baker lifted Olga out of the buggy to carry her into the timbered shelter when an arrow pierced several folds of a Mexican blanket in which she had been wrapped. The blanket kept the arrow from penetrating the baby deeply, but it nevertheless pierced her in the breast from which wound she fully recovered. Many arrows, however, pierced Mr. Baker. Mrs. Baker pulled two arrows out of him while they were under attack. Several more arrows were pulled out of him moments later and several more arrowheads worked loose several years later. His wounds were so bad that he was disabled from fighting in the Civil War which began in 1861 as well. In their defense, he shot two Indians and held the others at bay by pointing his gun at them. This same band of Indians in the day before had scalped and shot full of arrows a 13 year old boy who was killed instantly. When the Bakers' 2 horses ran off with the buggy, they ran the buggy into a tree which broke one of the wheels. That noise attracted the attention of a neighbor by the name of Dawson who mounted his horse and raced to Lampasas for help. Fortunately, he ran into a hunting party of 4 men nearby, and they raced to the rescue of the Baker family by following the buggy tracks. Upon their arrival, all the Indians fled. The rescue party carried the wounded Baker family to the home of the Thomas Espy family where they remained for 3 months before Mr. Baker could heal well enough to return to their home in San Saba County. He suffered from those wounds for many years. Euphemia was born 7 years later in 1868. Aust Franc signed one of the accounts of the Indian attack as told to all the Baker children by Aunt Franc's and Euphemia's parents. The account of the attack was also given by the historian John Henry Brown in his book "Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas" of record in the University of Texas Library in Austin, Texas. Euphemia was reared in San Saba which is approximately 115 miles from Ballinger where she and Roscoe A. Hall first made their home. Ballinger is approximately 35 miles from San Angelo where they moved in 1901 and resided for the rest of their lives.
By: Perry Baker Hall, Esq. her Great Grandson.
Wife of Roscoe Alexander Hall.
Euphemia Baker Hall
By Louis V. "Pat" Hall, Esq. in 2007, her grandson:
The portrait of Euphemia B. Hall on the offsetting page is truly one of elegance. When I was a teenager, an elderly acquaintance of hers told me the "she is an aristocrat to her little finger". That enlarged and broadened my understanding of my grandmother who gave me my first fishing lessons. What produces such a refined person who is held in the highest esteem by all who know her? She was 1 of 10 children, 2 of whom died in infancy. The family was reared in Texas on a ranch situated some 8 miles on the San Saba River above the town of San Saba, TX. Her paternal grandfather, James H. Baker, had received a land grant as a soldier of General Sam Houston's army that won freedom for the Republic of Texas principally at the battle of San Jacinto where General Santa Anna and his troops were thoroughly whipped, to say the least, in 1836. Ranching on the frontier in those early days was a touch life. James H. Baker died in 1854. Two of their sons, James Louis Baker (Euphemia's father) and George Baker, continued ranching in the San Saba area. James Louis Baker and his wife, Eleanor Austin Baker (Euphemia's parents), were making a buggy trip in 1861 from Austin to the San Saba Ranch bringing her father, James Walker Austin, to live with them. Mr. Austin was frail in health, and they thought it would be good for his health to move west and live with them. Little did they know just how unhealthy their lives were about to be. Euphemia's parents also had with them their first born daughter, Olga Pope Baker who later married Tom Ward of San Saba. Olga was an infant when taken on this trip and when they were attacked by Comanche Indians not far from Lampasas. While Mr. Baker possessed a rifle and 2 pistols with a good supply of ammunition, the supply of ammunition was carried off by the two horses with the buggy the moment the family jumped out of the buggy into the "shelter" of a stand of timber. The family had encountered 15 Comanche Indians holding a herd of approximately 100 stolen horses. Most of the Indians had to hold the horses, but a number of the Indians gave pursuit to capture the Baker family and its horses. Mrs. Baker lifted Olga out of the buggy to carry her into the timbered shelter when an arrow pierced several folds of a Mexican blanket in which she had been wrapped. The blanket kept the arrow from penetrating the baby deeply, but it nevertheless pierced her in the breast from which wound she fully recovered. Many arrows, however, pierced Mr. Baker. Mrs. Baker pulled two arrows out of him while they were under attack. Several more arrows were pulled out of him moments later and several more arrowheads worked loose several years later. His wounds were so bad that he was disabled from fighting in the Civil War which began in 1861 as well. In their defense, he shot two Indians and held the others at bay by pointing his gun at them. This same band of Indians in the day before had scalped and shot full of arrows a 13 year old boy who was killed instantly. When the Bakers' 2 horses ran off with the buggy, they ran the buggy into a tree which broke one of the wheels. That noise attracted the attention of a neighbor by the name of Dawson who mounted his horse and raced to Lampasas for help. Fortunately, he ran into a hunting party of 4 men nearby, and they raced to the rescue of the Baker family by following the buggy tracks. Upon their arrival, all the Indians fled. The rescue party carried the wounded Baker family to the home of the Thomas Espy family where they remained for 3 months before Mr. Baker could heal well enough to return to their home in San Saba County. He suffered from those wounds for many years. Euphemia was born 7 years later in 1868. Aust Franc signed one of the accounts of the Indian attack as told to all the Baker children by Aunt Franc's and Euphemia's parents. The account of the attack was also given by the historian John Henry Brown in his book "Indian Wars and Pioneers of Texas" of record in the University of Texas Library in Austin, Texas. Euphemia was reared in San Saba which is approximately 115 miles from Ballinger where she and Roscoe A. Hall first made their home. Ballinger is approximately 35 miles from San Angelo where they moved in 1901 and resided for the rest of their lives.
By: Perry Baker Hall, Esq. her Great Grandson.
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