Will County ILGenWeb Biographies..... Baker, Clark
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Author: History of Will County IL, 1878

Clark BAKER, farmer, Sec. 8; P. O. Joliet; the subject of this sketch was born in 
Hoosick, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., March 3, 1796. He married Miss Lucina WELSH Dec. 20, 
1826; she was born in Montgomery Co., N. Y., Aug. 28,1806; they had five, children, two 
living - Mary E. and John C. He lived in New York until 1850, being engaged in farming 
and surveying; he then came West and settled on his present place; while in New York, he 
served in the militia of that State in the 1812 war; he came West in poor circumstances 
and at present owns over 1,200 acres, mostly in this township. He has been Supervisor 
some ten years and Justice of the Peace for twenty-five years.


Additional Comments:
HISTORY OF WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS; Chicago: Wm LeBaron Jr & Co, 186 Dearborn Street, 1878.

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