The Emporia Gazette, 19 May 1908, Tuesday

MRS. A. J. BAKER DEAD

Mrs. A. J. Baker, formerly of 217 South Congress street, mother of Mrs. T. H. Lewis, of 418 Market street, died at the home of her son, J. T. Baker, in La Porte, Texas, last Saturday evening. The funeral services will be held at the Christian church in Emporia Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock conducted by Rev. W. A. Parker. Interment will be made in Maplewood cemetery.

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The Emporia Gazette, 21 May 1908, Thursday

The body of Mrs. A. J. Baker, mother of Mrs. T. H. Lewis, 418 Market street, was brought to Emporia Wednesday from La Porte, Texas, where she died Saturday night. The funeral will be held at the Christian church this afternoon at 2 o'clock. Services will be conducted by Rev. W. A. Parker, and interment will be made in Maplewood.

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The Emporia Gazette, 28 May 1908, Thursday

MRS. A. J. BAKER

Nancy Hendricks was born in Pulaski county, Ky., August 11, 1844. She was the daughter of a distinguished family, that gave many worthy members to society, among them Thomas A. Hendricks, of Indiana, governor and vice-president. At the age of 18, she united with the Christian church and lived all her life a faithful Christian. She became the wife of A. J. Baker at the age of 21, in 1865, and they were the parents of ten sons and a daughter. Nine of their children reached maturity and are living. Two sons died in early life. The family consists of Joseph, of Elk City; John, La Porte, Texas; Jennie, now Mrs. T. H. Lewis, of Emporia; Charles, of Ness county; R. M., of Independence; S. J., of Ness county; W. L., of Ashland; A. J. jr., of La Harpe; and George, of Ness county. Besides these, she left her husband, A. J. Baker, to a life of loneliness.

She died at the home of her son, John, in La Porte, Texas, May 16. After funeral services there, the body was brought to Emporia, where at the home of T. H. Lewis, and at the First Christian church, services were held. All her children were present at the funeral except John.

Ms. Baker was a woman of unusual character. She shared the lot of hardship with her husband in primitive times, and bore the burdens of motherhood gladly. She reared her children to have a high sense of honor, and was permitted to rejoice in the recognition society gave them of their worth. Most of her sons are teachers, and a number were educated at the Kansas State Normal. She delighted in their progress and gave them the counsel and care of a great affection. After their schooling was completed, she removed with her husband and three sons to Ness county, and assumed the duties of making a home in that land of sod houses and few comforts. But for the failure of her health, she would have been glad to remain in the freedom of her new home, with its open view of the great world, and its nearness to nature. But when stricken, she sought relief in a change of climate, visiting among her children and seeking the healing and strength of other days. It was not to be for her, so she sank quietly to sleep, cared for to the last by her loving husband, who has spent the entire time of her illness by her side.

The funeral sermon, which was preached by Rev. W. A. arker (sic), was a simple tribute to the excellence of her character. The pall-bearers were old soldier friends of her husband. The choir of the Christian church sang "Rock of Ages," "Abide With me," and "Asleep in Jesus." The interment at Maplewood, under a bank of roses, was felt to be the lowering of the body to a couch of sweet slumber. She passed gently to her long home.

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Andrew J. Baker in the Kentucky Marriages, 1851-1900

Name: Andrew J. Baker
Gender: Male
Spouse: Nancy Hendricks
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 31 Aug 1865
County: Pulaski
State: Kentucky