PARENTS
Franklin Thomas Baker 1831 – 1920
Mary Jane Josey 1839 – 1868
SIBLINGS
Sanford Aaron Baker 1855 – 1956
Cynthia Jane Baker 1857 – 1942
Preston Brooks Baker 1858 – 1910
Ludia Maxine Baker 1863 – 1952
William Edward Baker 1866 – 1924
Lewis Marvin Baker 1868 – 1957
HALF SIBLINGS
Harry Mcvey Baker 1871 – 1963
Franklin Thomas Jr Baker 1873 – 1962
Annie J Baker 1875 – 1928
Wallace Baker 1876 – 1887
Wade H. Baker 1878 – 1899
Bessie Baker 1883 –
MARRIED IDA TEXAS GIBSON
1 MAY 1887
CHILDREN
Walter Baker 1888 – 1932
MARRIED LILLIAN HARVARD
Rosa Neta Baker 1891 – 1906
Lola Mabel Baker 1896 – 1988
MARRIED HERBERT LINTON JOHNSON 1888-1929
Viola Baker 1898 – 1989
Helen Baker 1905-2002
MARRIED SETH EDWARD KENNEDY(1898-1986)
ON 21 JUN 1925
"Uncle Dave" Baker is one of the few men privileged to have seen the world come full circle – from ox cart to spaceship – in the span of his lifetime. Still amazingly spry for one who has passed the century mark, Mr. Baker observed his 102nd birthday anniversary at the home of his daughter, Mrs. S.E. Kennedy, in Keystone Heights with an open house for friends Tuesday afternoon from # to 5 o'clock.
Uncle Dave was born in Archer before the outbreak of the Civil War. At the age of seven months he moved to South Carolina when his father, Franklin T. Baker, enlisted in the Confederate Army. The elder Baker served under Edward Perry, a native of Massachusetts, and a Confederate officer who was to become, in 1884, Governor of Florida.
During the Civil War years David Baker lived on a South Carolina cotton farm adjoining a plantation belonging to his grandfather. With a clarity of mind that is the envy of many people half his age, Uncle Dave recalls seeing his father return from service in 1865, walking up the road with a knapsack over his back, and a gun on his shoulder.
Mr. Baker also recalls that after the war many former slaves could be hired to man a plow or do general farm work for "$10 a month and rations." The general poverty and hardship experienced by the South during reconstruction days is also a haunting memory.
When Uncle Dave was only eight his mother, Mary Jane Josey Baker, died, and a few years later his father remarried "the widow Scarborough" of Sumter County South Carolina. She had one child by her first husband, who died during the war of yellow fever. Franklin Baker already had seven children and the new union produced seven more.
In 1882, Franklin Baker's brother, W.E. Became ill and Physicians advised that he be moved to Florida. Franklin and seven of his children moved to Lake City in a covered wagon, taking 21 days to make the trip. They did not travel or work on Sundays.
In Florida's favorable climate W.E. Baker recovered from his illness and later became Clay County's State Representative and Senator. He died 41 years ago.
Uncle Dave describes himself as having been a "Rolling Stone." He moved freely about the state, "a man who could make a job and then convince the other fellow I was the one to do it." He served at various times as a law enforcement officer at Palatka, Marshall of Interlachen, and Marshall of Hawthorne. He did landscaping work during the early years of Keystone Heights.
He is unable to ascribe any particular reason for his longevity, remarking only that "I've done most anything that any other mean man ever did."
Uncle Dave has two other daughters, Mrs. Lola Johnson of Ocala, with whom he now spends most of his time, and Mrs. Viola Launhart of Newton, Kansas. There are seven grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren to add zest to his sunset years.
The only marked physical effect that old age has had on Uncle Dave is partial loss of eyesight. He listens to the news on radio and television, and ponders the miracles of orbiting satellites and other space age developments. All this seems a far cry, indeed, from the time it took him three weeks to come by covered wagon from South Carolina to Florida.
The Bradford County Telegraph
Starke, Florida
Thursday September 20, 1962 Page 6
Franklin Thomas Baker 1831 – 1920
Mary Jane Josey 1839 – 1868
SIBLINGS
Sanford Aaron Baker 1855 – 1956
Cynthia Jane Baker 1857 – 1942
Preston Brooks Baker 1858 – 1910
Ludia Maxine Baker 1863 – 1952
William Edward Baker 1866 – 1924
Lewis Marvin Baker 1868 – 1957
HALF SIBLINGS
Harry Mcvey Baker 1871 – 1963
Franklin Thomas Jr Baker 1873 – 1962
Annie J Baker 1875 – 1928
Wallace Baker 1876 – 1887
Wade H. Baker 1878 – 1899
Bessie Baker 1883 –
MARRIED IDA TEXAS GIBSON
1 MAY 1887
CHILDREN
Walter Baker 1888 – 1932
MARRIED LILLIAN HARVARD
Rosa Neta Baker 1891 – 1906
Lola Mabel Baker 1896 – 1988
MARRIED HERBERT LINTON JOHNSON 1888-1929
Viola Baker 1898 – 1989
Helen Baker 1905-2002
MARRIED SETH EDWARD KENNEDY(1898-1986)
ON 21 JUN 1925
"Uncle Dave" Baker is one of the few men privileged to have seen the world come full circle – from ox cart to spaceship – in the span of his lifetime. Still amazingly spry for one who has passed the century mark, Mr. Baker observed his 102nd birthday anniversary at the home of his daughter, Mrs. S.E. Kennedy, in Keystone Heights with an open house for friends Tuesday afternoon from # to 5 o'clock.
Uncle Dave was born in Archer before the outbreak of the Civil War. At the age of seven months he moved to South Carolina when his father, Franklin T. Baker, enlisted in the Confederate Army. The elder Baker served under Edward Perry, a native of Massachusetts, and a Confederate officer who was to become, in 1884, Governor of Florida.
During the Civil War years David Baker lived on a South Carolina cotton farm adjoining a plantation belonging to his grandfather. With a clarity of mind that is the envy of many people half his age, Uncle Dave recalls seeing his father return from service in 1865, walking up the road with a knapsack over his back, and a gun on his shoulder.
Mr. Baker also recalls that after the war many former slaves could be hired to man a plow or do general farm work for "$10 a month and rations." The general poverty and hardship experienced by the South during reconstruction days is also a haunting memory.
When Uncle Dave was only eight his mother, Mary Jane Josey Baker, died, and a few years later his father remarried "the widow Scarborough" of Sumter County South Carolina. She had one child by her first husband, who died during the war of yellow fever. Franklin Baker already had seven children and the new union produced seven more.
In 1882, Franklin Baker's brother, W.E. Became ill and Physicians advised that he be moved to Florida. Franklin and seven of his children moved to Lake City in a covered wagon, taking 21 days to make the trip. They did not travel or work on Sundays.
In Florida's favorable climate W.E. Baker recovered from his illness and later became Clay County's State Representative and Senator. He died 41 years ago.
Uncle Dave describes himself as having been a "Rolling Stone." He moved freely about the state, "a man who could make a job and then convince the other fellow I was the one to do it." He served at various times as a law enforcement officer at Palatka, Marshall of Interlachen, and Marshall of Hawthorne. He did landscaping work during the early years of Keystone Heights.
He is unable to ascribe any particular reason for his longevity, remarking only that "I've done most anything that any other mean man ever did."
Uncle Dave has two other daughters, Mrs. Lola Johnson of Ocala, with whom he now spends most of his time, and Mrs. Viola Launhart of Newton, Kansas. There are seven grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren to add zest to his sunset years.
The only marked physical effect that old age has had on Uncle Dave is partial loss of eyesight. He listens to the news on radio and television, and ponders the miracles of orbiting satellites and other space age developments. All this seems a far cry, indeed, from the time it took him three weeks to come by covered wagon from South Carolina to Florida.
The Bradford County Telegraph
Starke, Florida
Thursday September 20, 1962 Page 6
PARENTS
Franklin Thomas Baker 1831 – 1920
Mary Jane Josey 1839 – 1868
SIBLINGS
Sanford Aaron Baker 1855 – 1956
Cynthia Jane Baker 1857 – 1942
Preston Brooks Baker 1858 – 1910
Ludia Maxine Baker 1863 – 1952
William Edward Baker 1866 – 1924
Lewis Marvin Baker 1868 – 1957
HALF SIBLINGS
Harry Mcvey Baker 1871 – 1963
Franklin Thomas Jr Baker 1873 – 1962
Annie J Baker 1875 – 1928
Wallace Baker 1876 – 1887
Wade H. Baker 1878 – 1899
Bessie Baker 1883 –
MARRIED IDA TEXAS GIBSON
1 MAY 1887
CHILDREN
Walter Baker 1888 – 1932
MARRIED LILLIAN HARVARD
Rosa Neta Baker 1891 – 1906
Lola Mabel Baker 1896 – 1988
MARRIED HERBERT LINTON JOHNSON 1888-1929
Viola Baker 1898 – 1989
Helen Baker 1905-2002
MARRIED SETH EDWARD KENNEDY(1898-1986)
ON 21 JUN 1925
"Uncle Dave" Baker is one of the few men privileged to have seen the world come full circle – from ox cart to spaceship – in the span of his lifetime. Still amazingly spry for one who has passed the century mark, Mr. Baker observed his 102nd birthday anniversary at the home of his daughter, Mrs. S.E. Kennedy, in Keystone Heights with an open house for friends Tuesday afternoon from # to 5 o'clock.
Uncle Dave was born in Archer before the outbreak of the Civil War. At the age of seven months he moved to South Carolina when his father, Franklin T. Baker, enlisted in the Confederate Army. The elder Baker served under Edward Perry, a native of Massachusetts, and a Confederate officer who was to become, in 1884, Governor of Florida.
During the Civil War years David Baker lived on a South Carolina cotton farm adjoining a plantation belonging to his grandfather. With a clarity of mind that is the envy of many people half his age, Uncle Dave recalls seeing his father return from service in 1865, walking up the road with a knapsack over his back, and a gun on his shoulder.
Mr. Baker also recalls that after the war many former slaves could be hired to man a plow or do general farm work for "$10 a month and rations." The general poverty and hardship experienced by the South during reconstruction days is also a haunting memory.
When Uncle Dave was only eight his mother, Mary Jane Josey Baker, died, and a few years later his father remarried "the widow Scarborough" of Sumter County South Carolina. She had one child by her first husband, who died during the war of yellow fever. Franklin Baker already had seven children and the new union produced seven more.
In 1882, Franklin Baker's brother, W.E. Became ill and Physicians advised that he be moved to Florida. Franklin and seven of his children moved to Lake City in a covered wagon, taking 21 days to make the trip. They did not travel or work on Sundays.
In Florida's favorable climate W.E. Baker recovered from his illness and later became Clay County's State Representative and Senator. He died 41 years ago.
Uncle Dave describes himself as having been a "Rolling Stone." He moved freely about the state, "a man who could make a job and then convince the other fellow I was the one to do it." He served at various times as a law enforcement officer at Palatka, Marshall of Interlachen, and Marshall of Hawthorne. He did landscaping work during the early years of Keystone Heights.
He is unable to ascribe any particular reason for his longevity, remarking only that "I've done most anything that any other mean man ever did."
Uncle Dave has two other daughters, Mrs. Lola Johnson of Ocala, with whom he now spends most of his time, and Mrs. Viola Launhart of Newton, Kansas. There are seven grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren to add zest to his sunset years.
The only marked physical effect that old age has had on Uncle Dave is partial loss of eyesight. He listens to the news on radio and television, and ponders the miracles of orbiting satellites and other space age developments. All this seems a far cry, indeed, from the time it took him three weeks to come by covered wagon from South Carolina to Florida.
The Bradford County Telegraph
Starke, Florida
Thursday September 20, 1962 Page 6
Franklin Thomas Baker 1831 – 1920
Mary Jane Josey 1839 – 1868
SIBLINGS
Sanford Aaron Baker 1855 – 1956
Cynthia Jane Baker 1857 – 1942
Preston Brooks Baker 1858 – 1910
Ludia Maxine Baker 1863 – 1952
William Edward Baker 1866 – 1924
Lewis Marvin Baker 1868 – 1957
HALF SIBLINGS
Harry Mcvey Baker 1871 – 1963
Franklin Thomas Jr Baker 1873 – 1962
Annie J Baker 1875 – 1928
Wallace Baker 1876 – 1887
Wade H. Baker 1878 – 1899
Bessie Baker 1883 –
MARRIED IDA TEXAS GIBSON
1 MAY 1887
CHILDREN
Walter Baker 1888 – 1932
MARRIED LILLIAN HARVARD
Rosa Neta Baker 1891 – 1906
Lola Mabel Baker 1896 – 1988
MARRIED HERBERT LINTON JOHNSON 1888-1929
Viola Baker 1898 – 1989
Helen Baker 1905-2002
MARRIED SETH EDWARD KENNEDY(1898-1986)
ON 21 JUN 1925
"Uncle Dave" Baker is one of the few men privileged to have seen the world come full circle – from ox cart to spaceship – in the span of his lifetime. Still amazingly spry for one who has passed the century mark, Mr. Baker observed his 102nd birthday anniversary at the home of his daughter, Mrs. S.E. Kennedy, in Keystone Heights with an open house for friends Tuesday afternoon from # to 5 o'clock.
Uncle Dave was born in Archer before the outbreak of the Civil War. At the age of seven months he moved to South Carolina when his father, Franklin T. Baker, enlisted in the Confederate Army. The elder Baker served under Edward Perry, a native of Massachusetts, and a Confederate officer who was to become, in 1884, Governor of Florida.
During the Civil War years David Baker lived on a South Carolina cotton farm adjoining a plantation belonging to his grandfather. With a clarity of mind that is the envy of many people half his age, Uncle Dave recalls seeing his father return from service in 1865, walking up the road with a knapsack over his back, and a gun on his shoulder.
Mr. Baker also recalls that after the war many former slaves could be hired to man a plow or do general farm work for "$10 a month and rations." The general poverty and hardship experienced by the South during reconstruction days is also a haunting memory.
When Uncle Dave was only eight his mother, Mary Jane Josey Baker, died, and a few years later his father remarried "the widow Scarborough" of Sumter County South Carolina. She had one child by her first husband, who died during the war of yellow fever. Franklin Baker already had seven children and the new union produced seven more.
In 1882, Franklin Baker's brother, W.E. Became ill and Physicians advised that he be moved to Florida. Franklin and seven of his children moved to Lake City in a covered wagon, taking 21 days to make the trip. They did not travel or work on Sundays.
In Florida's favorable climate W.E. Baker recovered from his illness and later became Clay County's State Representative and Senator. He died 41 years ago.
Uncle Dave describes himself as having been a "Rolling Stone." He moved freely about the state, "a man who could make a job and then convince the other fellow I was the one to do it." He served at various times as a law enforcement officer at Palatka, Marshall of Interlachen, and Marshall of Hawthorne. He did landscaping work during the early years of Keystone Heights.
He is unable to ascribe any particular reason for his longevity, remarking only that "I've done most anything that any other mean man ever did."
Uncle Dave has two other daughters, Mrs. Lola Johnson of Ocala, with whom he now spends most of his time, and Mrs. Viola Launhart of Newton, Kansas. There are seven grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren to add zest to his sunset years.
The only marked physical effect that old age has had on Uncle Dave is partial loss of eyesight. He listens to the news on radio and television, and ponders the miracles of orbiting satellites and other space age developments. All this seems a far cry, indeed, from the time it took him three weeks to come by covered wagon from South Carolina to Florida.
The Bradford County Telegraph
Starke, Florida
Thursday September 20, 1962 Page 6
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