. History of Steuben County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794. Jeremiah Baker was born near the place where he now lives, in the town of Canisteo, Steuben Co., April 18, 1791, and was said to be the first white male child born in Steuben County. His father, Jeremiah Baker, was born in New England, married Anna-Stephens, sister of Rev. Jede- diah Stephens, the first settler of his branch of the Stephens family in the Canisteo Valley, of Canaan, Conn. Of this
. History of Steuben County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794. Jeremiah Baker was born near the place where he now lives, in the town of Canisteo, Steuben Co., April 18, 1791, and was said to be the first white male child born in Steuben County. His father, Jeremiah Baker, was born in New England, married Anna-Stephens, sister of Rev. Jede- diah Stephens, the first settler of his branch of the Stephens family in the Canisteo Valley, of Canaan, Conn. Of this union were born in the East: Polly, Hannah, Thankful, Cynthia, William, Simeon, John, and Bazey. Their father was a soldier through the entire Revolutionary war, his family living at Wyoming. It was while residents of Wyoming that the mother and children were taken prisoners, but were soon after rescued. He lost all his property there, his build- ings being burned at the time of the battle of Wyoming. The family removed to Tioga Point, now Athens, Pa., but soon after came to Canisteo by means of boats and canoes up the Canisteo River, and settled near the place where his son, Jeremiah Baker, now resides, in the fall of 1790, and hence was among the earliest pioneers of the valley. The children born here were Jeremiah, Noah, and James. Poverty, privation, and hardship were common incidents for several years of this family, yet all were met with that courage and patience characteristic of the Baker family. His father, mother, and Grandmother Corey were members of the first class in the Methodist Church of this part of the country, and were the organizers of the first Methodist Episcopal Church, under John B. Hudson, in Canisteo Valley ; was one of the seven voters of the town for four years, and held various ofiSces in the early history of the town. He died about 1824; his wife died in 1825. Mr. Baker had limited opportunities for book-knowledge. At the age of nineteen he married
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