Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 September 1908 — Obituary of Mrs. Aley A. Baker [ARTICLE]

Obituary of Mrs. Aley A. Baker

Mrs. Aley A. Baker, the oldest daughter of Willard and Margaret Stockwell, was bora at New Bloomington, Ohio, April 6, 1856, and died at Rensselaer, Ind., Sept. 11, 1908. Her age at her death was 52 years, 5 months and 5 days. Her early life was lived at New Bloomington, Ohio, and later the family moved to Indiana and lived a few years in Laporte, Porter and Lake counties, Ind., and moved to Jasper county in 1876. During her early life and school days she was always the most gentle, loving and honored one and was always at the head of her class. ’ September 2, 1874, she was married ! to J. N. Baker, and to this union was bora eight children, four sons and i four daughters. Since their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Baker have lived a country life and the entire time in this county. The cause of her death is given as a stroke of apoplexy with a .complication of dropsy of the heart and hemorrhage of the brain. Mrs. Baker has been ill at times for several months with what she thought was dropsy, but of late, and just before her death she appeared in better health than for some time. Mrs. Faker is survived by her mother, a sister and brother living in Tennessee, her husband and all her children. Mr. and Mrs. Baker joined the Protestant Methodist church in 1878 and later she joined the Christian church and remained a faithful Christian until her death, k