BAKER
Submitted by; Jacki Nicodemus hypocobleu@earthlink net
CHRISTIAN & ANNA MARTHA BAKER, came to Atchison Co. Walnut Township in the 1860 Census from Census 1850 Pennsylvania, Lancaster Co., Mt Joy.
2 of the children of Christian and Ann were born in Germany; ELIZABETH 1838; HENRY 1841.
LOUISE 1845; JOSEPH 1847; JOHN 1849; ADAM 1851; CHRISTIAN 1853; SUSANNA 1855, all born Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania.
1 child ROSA born in Atchison Co.,Ks.
ANNA MARTHA BAKER died Aug 01 1880, Atchison Co., GRANDSON, WILLIAM died Apr 01 1879, age 9 years and 14 days. William son of JOSEPH & HARRIET BAKER.
They are buried in PINE HILL CEMETERY last name spelled BEKER.
Believe JOSEPH & HARRIET L. BAKER were married in Atchison Co..In census 1880, they are living LITTLE BLUE, WASHINGTON CO., KS.
WHITTIER: Submitted by Jim Whittier
WHITTIER, Laforest Riley
Born November 22, 1850, Newport, New Hampshire
Died January 8, 1929, in Effingham, Kansas. Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Effingham.
He married:
VAN DOREN, Caroline Deborah
Born July 22, 1851, Fairview, Fulton County, Illinois
Died January 13, 1919. Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Effingham.
One of their children was:
WHITTIER, Charles Phylitus
Born October 11, 1881
Died February 27, 1967, Dalhart, Texas
In 1904, he married:
HALL, Edith Mae (first wife), in Effingham, Kansas, in 1904
She, in turn, was the daughter of:
HALL, M. J. (died ca. 1894, in or near Effingham), and
HALL, Elvina (nee Riddle)
One of the children of Charles Phylitus and Edith Mae Hall Whittier was my father, Charles W. Whittier, born September 18, 1911,
Spokane, Washington; died May 25, 1999, Spokane, Washington
It would be appropriate to post some other names as well, specifically, the other children of Laforest Riley Whittier and
Caroline Deborah Van Doren Whittier (siblings of my grandfather, Charles Phylitus Whittier), as well as the names of their children
and spouses, if any. They are as follows:
Albert Lorenzo Whittier
Born August 28, 1871
Unmarried
Died March 22, 1944, in Effingham, Kansas
Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Effingham
Mary Elizabeth Whittier
Born September 6, 1872
Married to Samuel Lockwood, Horton, Kansas
Children: Levi, William, Ardell, Isaac, Caroline, Jane, Sada, and Charles Lockwood (probably
not in order of birth)
Died April 29, 1954
Emma May Whittier
Born June 15, 1974
Died November 6, 1881
Flora Bell Whittier
Born February 24, 1876
Married in 1894 to James Iles, Everest, Kansas
Children: Barney, Edgar, Carrie, Ethel, Mildred, Marie, and Harlen
Died February 5, 1931
Ida R. Dell Whittier
Born May 30, 1877
Married in 1900 to James Edward Wilson (listed in one genealogical summary as "Edward
Wilson")
Children: Richard and Edna Martha Wilson
Died August 15, 1965, Dalhart, Texas
(As indicated in part in previous e-mail):
Charles Phylitus Whittier
Born October 11, 1881
First marriage in 1904, in Effingham, Kansas, to Edith Mae Hall (born 1879, died December 6,
1935; buried in Dalhart, Texas, Cemetery
Children: Isle (daughter; died as a child), Laforest, Charles, and Glen Whittier
Second marriage, on December 7, 1941, to Ola Frank (died 1978, Arlington, Texas)
Died Februry 27, 1967
Buried in Dalhart, Texas, Cemetery
Susie Emmaretta Whittier
Born July 4, 1883
Married in 1901 to William Steward, Muscotah, Kansas
Children: Beulah, Claude, and Wilma Steward
Died April 1, 1976
William J. Whittier
Born July 13, 1885
Married Alta (maiden name unknown); no children
Died December 19, 1970, Baldwin Park, California
Sarah Ellen Whittier
Born June 23, 1889
Married James Crawley (1883-1937 [source of dates unknown]), Effingham, Kansas
Children: James and Marion Crawley
Died September 24, 1971, Atchison, Kansas
Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Effingham
Ethel Carrie Whittier
Born February 8, 1891, Everest, Kansas
Married John Garfield Niblo (1881-1959[source of dates unknown]), October 18, 1911, in Effingham, Kansas
Daughter: Eunice Evelyn Niblo
Died June 16, 1979, Johnston, Pennsylvania
Buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Effingham
The connection of my father, Charles Wilton Whittier, with Effingham is that Charles Phylitus Whittier (my grandfather) and his family
returned to the Effingham area after living in Spokane, Washington, and before moving on to live in the Dalhart, Texas, area. While in
the Effingham area, they lived with my great-grandparents, Laforest R. and Caroline D. Van Doren Whittier.
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