Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1914 — Obituary of Mrs. William P. Baker. [ARTICLE]

Obituary of Mrs. William P. Baker.

Maria Rees, daughter of Major John Rees and Eliza G. Rees, was born May 29, 1844, and married to William P. Baker May 2, 1866, and departed this life at her home in Rensselaer, Ind., Oct. 9, 1914, being ! 70 years, 4 months and 10 days of age. Two (children w r ere born to this union, Lawrence, of Miami, Ariz., and Mrs. C. T. Boicourt, of this city, who was with her mother when she passed away. j Mrs. Baker received a common school education and was one of Jasper county’s most successful teachers. t Immediately after her marriage she and Jier husband moved to Kansas, where they lived for one year. Returning then to Jasper county, they lived for a while in Barkley township near the present site of the . homestead farm, about four miles' north of Rensselaer. About 15 years ago they moved to the city of Rens-

selaer, where she resided until her death. After moving to Rensselaer ahe united with the Presbyterian church but a few years later she and her -husband took membeiship with the Methodist church of this city, to which faith she remained ever faithful. The subject of this sketch was industrious and painstaking, contributing her full share in building a heme and providing a cfbutpefeent estate for their children. Her health been failing for several years, but shp has been able to be about her usjia.l household duties until last Tuesday afternoon* when she was taken seriously ill and failed rapidly until the end came. She leaves to mourn her departure. a son and daughter, three grandchildren and a sister, Miss Nancy Rees, who made her home with the deceased. xx