Allen D. BAKER & Alida VAN OSTEN & Elsie A. DOCKERY

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Allen D. BAKER
Alida VAN OSTEN
Elsie A. DOCKERY

Husband: Allen D. BAKER
Birth: 5 Feb 1828, Marion, Marion Co., OH
Death: 14 May 1906, Soldiers' Home, Marion, Grant Co., IN
Military Service: 136th Ohio National Guard
Father: George Wheldon BAKER (1803-1881), early settler (1825) in Marion, Marion Co., OH
Mother: Louisa D. DAVIS (1801-1885), d/o Benjamin DAVIS

Marriage-1: 22 Feb 1849

Wife-1: Alida VAN OSTEN
Birth: 17 Jul 1828
Death: 30 Jul 1858
WARNING: I have no proof these are her parents; the evidence is entirely circumstantial.
Father: Isaac VAN OSTEN
Mother: Caroline __?__

Marriage-2: 16 Feb 1859

Wife-2: Elsie A. DOCKERY
Birth: 20 Sep 1840

Child with Alida VAN OSTEN:

1. Oscar Albertus BAKER

Children with Elsie A. DOCKERY:

2. Louisa A. BAKER, b. 15 Dec 1859
3. Ella P. BAKER, b. 16 Apr 1861
4. William H. BAKER, b. 24 Feb 1863

Sources:

1. Marge McGrew. 1999. Descendants of Eber BAKER & Lydia SMITH (online at Heritage Pursuit).

2a. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1850 (Broderbund CD-317): not found in Marion Co., OH, but there is a George BAKER there. Are the newlyweds living with Allen's parents?

2b. Census Microfilm Records: Indiana, 1850 (Broderbund CD-302): not found.

3a. Census Index: U.S. Selected Counties, 1860 (Broderbund CD-318): not found, but no Ohio records on this CD.

3b. Census Records, Indiana, 1860 (Broderbund CD-304): not found.

4a. Family Quest Archives: Ohio 1870 Census Index. Heritage Quest ACD-0014: not found.

4b. Family Quest Archives: Indiana 1870 Census Index. Heritage Quest ACD-0038: not found.

5. Ohio Genealogical Society. 1991. Index to the 1880 Federal Population Census for the State of Ohio. (Broderbund CD-20): no Allen D. BAKER found; no Allen BAKER found in Marion Co. There is an Allen BAKER in Preble Co. and one in Cleveland, plus an A. BAKER in Cincinnati.

Note:

Given the connections between VAN OSTEN, STRAUB, and DOMBAUGH in Marion Co., OH, there is a possibility that Louisa DAVIS is related to the Griselda DAVIS (1870-1960) who married Victor DOMBAUGH. Griselda was daughter of William Zepaniah DAVIS (1839-1926), Ohio Supreme Court Judge.

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