. The Monticola. HON. GEORGE C. BAKEK. W. VA. UNlVgKSIT lion. (Seorge Coleman !&aker Hon. George Coleman Baker, to whom this volume is dedicated, is a son ofAndrew Coleman Baker, deceased, and Hannah (Vance) Baker. He was hornon the old Baker farm, March 4. 1862, in Union District, Monongalia County,West Virginia. The Baker homestead was patented to his great great grand-father during the reign of George III. of England, in 1772, and has continued tohe and still is in the Baker family. His great grandfather, George Baker, was agunsmith, who made the old flintlock guns with which to fight the I
. The Monticola. HON. GEORGE C. BAKEK. W. VA. UNlVgKSIT lion. (Seorge Coleman !&aker Hon. George Coleman Baker, to whom this volume is dedicated, is a son ofAndrew Coleman Baker, deceased, and Hannah (Vance) Baker. He was hornon the old Baker farm, March 4. 1862, in Union District, Monongalia County,West Virginia. The Baker homestead was patented to his great great grand-father during the reign of George III. of England, in 1772, and has continued tohe and still is in the Baker family. His great grandfather, George Baker, was agunsmith, who made the old flintlock guns with which to fight the Indians and theredcoats of old England. In this pioneer home John Norris Baker, his grand-father, was horn July T7, 1801, and was buried July 17, i8<)4, ninety-three years ofage, respected by his neighbors and beloved by his church. Andrew ColemanBaker, father of this sketch, was born January 20, 1832, and died June 14, was a Christian gentleman of the highest and best type—a pillar in theMethodis
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