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Baker, John K., was born in Southport, Chemung county, N. Y., May 14, 1824, Son of Isaac Baker, and grandson
of Isaac, who was one of the prominent millers of Philadelphia in 1812, and moved to Southport, N. Y., now a portion
of the city of Elmira, where he took charge of a mill for John Knapp. Isaac Baker, jr., married Mary A., daughter
of Samuel Giles. He engaged in lumbering and milling at Southport, and then in Covington, Bradford county, Pa.,
and in 1855 came to Steuben county, still engaged in the same business. He returned to Elmira, where he died in
1866. John K., also a miller, was engaged in milling in Elmira and Athens, Pa., for several years afterwards, went
to Hornellsville and started the Alley & Bennett mills. In 1857 he came to Bath and run the Belfast mills,
located at that time on the present Soldiers' Home property; spent one year and a half at the Howard mills, and
April 1, 1865, bought the Kanona mills which he runs at the present time. In 1856 he married Lucretia, daughter
of Hon. Joseph Powell, Sr., and sister of Hon. Joseph Powell, who is a member of the 44th Congress. Mrs. Baker
died in 1881, leaving two Sons, Edward P. and Charles D. In 1885 he married Janet, daughter of A. Larue, of Wheeler,
N. Y.
From:
Landmarks of Steuben County, New York
Edited by: Hon. Harlo Hakes
Assisted by: L. C. Aldrich and others
D. Mason & Co., Publishers
Syracuse, N. Y. 1896
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