. History of Saline County, Missouri, carefully written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources ... with a condensed history of Missouri; the state constitution; a military record of its volunteers in either army of the great civil war ... biographical sketches of prominent men .. . Ade-laide, born July 9, 1869; Mary Belle, born March 13, 1872; John, bornJune 30, 1873; Edward, born July 9, 1875; and Ada, born June 5, he came to Saline, Mr. Fisher settled in Cambridge, where hefollowed his trade of carpenter and joiner ever since, and is an energeticbusiness
. History of Saline County, Missouri, carefully written and compiled from the most authentic official and private sources ... with a condensed history of Missouri; the state constitution; a military record of its volunteers in either army of the great civil war ... biographical sketches of prominent men .. . Ade-laide, born July 9, 1869; Mary Belle, born March 13, 1872; John, bornJune 30, 1873; Edward, born July 9, 1875; and Ada, born June 5, he came to Saline, Mr. Fisher settled in Cambridge, where hefollowed his trade of carpenter and joiner ever since, and is an energeticbusiness man and a courteous gentleman. JOSIAH BAKER, Sr., P. O., Slater. Known as the Father ofSlater, the son of Joseph and Mary Baker, was born, September 23,1814, in Pickaway county, Ohio, from whence his parents, when he wasonly six years old, moved to Ross county, Ohio, where he was raised ona farm. He was married, April 7, 1836, to Miss Emma Schooley,daughter of William Schooley of Ross county, Ohio. He settled down tofarming after his marriage, for several years renting; and then bought aa farm, and began steadily to enlarge his trading in live stock, which hehas made a life business. For fourteen years, he and his brother James,bought cattle in the west, drove to Ohio, fed, and shipped east. In 1864. f? ^ f&^c. HISTORY OF SALINE COUNTY. 593 he came to Saline county, Missouri, and purchased 700 acres of land, uponpart of which the city of Slater now stands, and, afterwards, 400 acresmore, on the Petite Saw Plains. Bein<r a member of the Christian church,Mr. Baker united with the Mt. Zion church, in this county, which hassince been moved to Slater. He has three brothers living in this county:James, David, and Joseph—and had a fourth—Martin, who died five children living: Matilda, Sarah, Emma, Josiah and Erskine. Hisgreat grandfather w^as a Baptist preacher, his grandfather, also a Baptistpreacher, was a revolutionary soldier, and his father, also a Baptistpreacher
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