Family Group Sheet

HUSBAND Livingston Sylvester or Silvester BAKER
	Birth	December 19, 1790	Kentucky or North Carolina^{or Tennessee or Maryland}
	Death	October 4, 11, or 14, 1849	Sangamon, Illinois^{(probably by a farm related accident)}
	Burial		Baker's Prairie Cemetery, Menard County, Illinois Headstone shows date of death as October 11, 1849
	Estate appraised	November 19, 1849	Menard County, Illinois
	Marriage	March 11, 1830	Sangamon, Illinois
	Updated	January 16, 2009
WIFE Ziporah SUMNERS^{(or Summers)}
	Birth	August 23, 1809	Kentucky
	Death	July 14, 1850	Menard County, Illinois
	Burial		Baker's Prairie Cemetery, Menard County, Illinois
	Estate Sale	August 28, 1850	Menard County, Illinois
	Updated	January 16, 2009
CHILDREN
M	James Harvey BAKER
	Birth	January 6, 1831	Kentucky
	Death	April 30, 1902	Tina, Carroll County, Missouri
	Burial	1902	Avalon Cemetery, Carroll County, Missouri
	Marriage	January 21, 1850	Elizabeth TURNER
M	John A BAKER
	Birth	October 11, 1833	Kentucky
	Death	before 1849	Menard County, Illinois. John is not listed in either of his parent's estates or the 1850 Federal Census. Therefore, it is assumed he died before 1849.
M	William H BAKER
	Birth	November 24, 1835	Menard County, Illinois
	Marriage		Elizabeth Seymour
	Death	December 30, 1873	Mason, Illinois
	Burial		New Lebanon Cemetery, Mason, Illinois
M	Robert BAKER
	Birth	February 14, 1838	Menard County, Illinois
	Marriage		Martha Dobson
F	Frances B Baker
	Birth	March 1, 1841	Menard County, Illinois
	Death	bef 1849	Frances is not listed in either of his parent's estates or the 1850 Federal Census. Therefore, it is assumed he died before 1849.
F	Harriet BAKER
	Birth	August 23, 1843	Menard County, Illinois
	Death	beef 1849	Harriet is not listed in either of his parent's estates or the 1850 Federal Census. Therefore, it is assumed he died before 1849.
F	Mary Francis BAKER
	Birth	May 18, 1846 or May 10, 1846	Menard County, Illinois
			Both Sylvester and Ziporah had died by the time Mary Francis was four years old. She was raised by her uncle and aunt, Henry and Vashti Baker Sears.
	Death	October 18, 1879	Mason County, Illinois
	Burial		Madison, Iowa or Walker's Grove Cemetery, Easton, Mason County, Illinois
	Marriage	November 12, 1863	David Crockett ESTEP; Mason County, Illinois
M	Harrison Sylvester BAKER^{(or Sylvester Harrison)}
	Birth	February 9, 1850	Menard County, Illinois
			Harrison Sylvester was born just four months after his father died and his mother died when he was only five months old. His Uncle and Aunt Jesse and Christine Teter Baker raised him.
	Death	September 15, 1928	Tina, Carroll County, Missouri
	Burial		Avalon Cemetery, Carroll County, Missouri
	Marriage	October 22, 1870	Elizabeth E VANAUKEN; Virginia or Havana, Illinois

Sangamon County, Illinois was later named Menard County. It is east of Petersburg, Illinois.

Photos of Sylvester and Ziporah's Home Place in Illinois

Baker's Prairie Cemetery #2 in Menard County, Illinois. These are Sylvester and Ziporah's grave markers.

J. Robert Israel reports:

son - John Aaron Baker, born March 1839 in Illinois; died November 11, 1919 in Everett, Snohomish County, Washington. Married to Harmony Addie Bly, born March 19, 1852; died after 19??. Parents, George Washington and Harmony Judd Bly (1821-1895) and (1831-1915).

Their children: Walter Guy, born November 29, 1871 in Waupun, Dodge County, Wisconsin; died 1936 and married to Mary G. by 1910

and

Arthur S, 1878-1884

This is the only instance this child has occurred and I have not, yet, added John Aaron to this family, pending more research.