Fourth Generation

51. Eliza Jane GABBARD⁷⁸ was born on 9 May 1839 in Clay County, Kentucky.²⁴ She died on 8 January 1924 at the age of 84 in Rocky Comfort, McDonald County, Missouri.

1870 Census. Travellers Rest Precinct, Owsley Co, KY, Hh 212
George M. Baker, age 28, b. VA
Jane 30, b. KY
James A. 8. Sarah A. 3. Joanna 2., all b. KY
Edward Gabbard, age 73, b. VA
Sarah Gabbard, age 72, b. KY

Have not been able to find the family in 1880.

1900 Census. Richwood Twp, McDonald Co, MO, Hh 120
George M. Baker, b. Aug 1842, age 57, married 38 years, farmer
Jane, wife, b. May 189, age 62, 8 children - 7 living
Harvie, son, b. Nov 1881, age 18, b. Arkansas

1910 Census. Richwood Twp, McDonald Co MO, Hh 31
George M. Baker, age 69, married for 59 years
Jane, wife, 70. Had 8 children - 7 are living

1920 Census. Richwood Twp, McDonald Co, MO, Hh 63
George M. Baker, age 78, b. VA, parents b. VA
Jane, wife, age 80, b. KY, parents b. KY
Henry C., son, age 44, divorced, b. KY, works in Timber

Eliza Jane GABBARD and George Matthew BAKER were married on 20 December 1860 in Jackson County, Kentucky.⁹ George Matthew BAKER, son of Thomas BAKER and Joanna ALFORD, was born on 25 August 1841 in Virgina. He died on 9 April 1921 at the age of 79 in Rocky Comfort, McDonald County, Missouri.

George was a gg grandson of John Renta Baker. Both George and Eliza Jane were my very distant cousins, but unrelated to each other.