James Johnson Baker

Person/Family

Spouse 1

Cornelia Gazlay (daughter of Daniel Gazlay and Susannah Leavenworth)

+1.	Lodema Susanna Baker

Spouse 2

Sarah Josephine Thayer

1.	James Johnson Baker

2.	Sarah ‘Sadie’ Baker

3.	Lucinda Baker

Sources

1. Find a Grave (website). Kinkead Cemetery, Alexandria, Douglas County, Minnesota, James Johnson Baker, born: 17 May 1812 in Tompkins County, New York; died: 20 August 1912 in Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota (from record, which includes a note discussing the discrepancies of his birth and death dates between his death certificate (1835-1914) and his grave marker (1825-1912). Multiple census records support his 1835 birth date shown on his death certificate. Also provided are the names and links for his parents, siblings, spouses and four children).
2. Minnesota, Birth and Death Records, 1866-1916, Johnson Baker, died: 20 August 1914 in St. Paul, Ramsey, Minnesota; age: 79 y 3m 2d; born: 17 May 1835 in New York; Widowed; father: Thos. Baker, born in New York; mother: Susana Hobbs, born in New York; burial place: Alexandria, Minn.
3. U.S. Federal Census, 1860, Iowa, Fayette County, Township of Eden, Page No. 17, family of Johnson Baker (24, Pennsylvania, farmer); Cornelia Baker (38, New York); James Sherman (12, Illinois); Lodina S. Baker (2, Illinois); Erasmus D. Gazley (48, New York).
4. U.S. Federal Census, 1880, Minnesota, Douglas County, Alexandria, Enumeration District 14, Page No. 20, family of Johnson Baker (44, New York, laborer), and wife Cornelia Baker (61, New York). They are living two houses away from their daughter Lodema Kaufmin and her husband Jas. [James] W. Kaufmin.
5. Minnesota Territory and State Census, 1885, Douglas County, Alexandria Village, Page No. 21, family of Johnson Baker (49, PA); Caroline Baker (56, NY). [If this is Cornelia (Gazlay) Baker, her name and age are incorrect here, she would be age 66. Otherwise, this could be a different wife of Johnson Baker.]
6. Minnesota Territory and State Census, 1895, Douglas County, Hudson Township, Page No. 10, Johnson Baker, 59, New York, farmer; Sarah Baker, 40, New York; Bertie Baker, 9, Minn.; Ethel Baker, 7, Minn.; Johnson Baker, Jr., 5, Minn.; Sady Baker, 3, Minn.; Lucinda Baker, 3, Minn.
7. U.S. Federal Census, 1900, Minnesota, Douglas County, Hudson Township, E.D. 36, Sheet No. 3B, Jonson Baker, 60, New York, May 1840, farmer; wife of 11 years Sarah Baker, 39, New York, June 1860, 13 children, 12 living; daughter Bertha Baker, 12, Minnesota, Oct. 1887; daughter Ethel Baker, 12, Minnesota, July 1888; son Jonson Baker, 9, Minnesota, Nov. 1890; daughter Lucinda Baker, 8, Minnesota, Nov. 1891; daughter Sarah Baker, 8, Minnesota, Nov. 1891 [the latter two children are apparently twins]; step-son Milo Countryman, 24, Minnesota, Jan 1876.
8. Minnesota Territory and State Census, 1905, Douglas County, Hudson Township, E.D. 14, Sheet No. 2, Johnson Baker, 70, New York, farmer; Sarah J. Baker, 49, New York; Sarah Baker, 13, Minn.; Lucinda Baker, 13, Minn.
9. U.S. Federal Census, 1910, Minnesota, Dakota County, Inver Grove Village, E.D. 24, Sheet No. 14B, John [sic, Johnson] Baker, 73, New York, marriage number 2, farmer, garden; wife of 22 years Sarah J. Baker, 56, New York, marriage number 2, 3 children, 3 living; daughter Lacinda Baker, 18, Minnesota; grandson Ernest Baker, 16, Minnesota.
10. Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900; Baker, John; and Gazlay, Cornelia; 26 June 1856, Cook County, Illinois. This source also lists the marriage of her sister M. L. Gazlay [i.e., Mary Louise] to James Townsend on the same date and place.
11. Gazlay History, compiled by Margaret Howe in 1955-1956 (copy available at Gazlay Family History - Sources). Margaret Howe indicated that the document is “based on material my mother Inez L. Gazlay collected, but never lived to edit. Her material has just been copied and explains the more extensive material on generation V and VI. Other information has been added which I found from numerous sources.” Unpublished, 29 pages. Several differences in dates have been found between this document and others, especially A Genealogy of the Leavenworth Family; the latter is considered the more accurate source.
12. Find a Grave (website). Hudson Cemetery, Forada, Douglas County, Minnesota, Sarah Josephine Thayer Baker, born: 26 June 1854 in Oneida County, New York; died: 4 April 1913 in Inver Grove Heights, Dakota County, Minnesota (from record, which includes details from her death record, and provides the names and links for her parents, two spouses, siblings, and eight children).