Joshua Symes Baker

Joshua married Mildred A. Overton 3 Oct 1904, Bayport, Suffolk, New York, United States. Mildred (daughter of Wilmot Davis Overton and Emma E. Winget) was born 24 Jun 1884, Bayport, Suffolk, New York, United States; died 14 Jun 1958, Sayville, Suffolk, New York, United States; was buried , Saint Ann's Cemetery, Sayville, Suffolk, New York, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

at bride's home on Bayport Avenue by Reverend Herbert E. Marsland of the Bayport Methodist Episcopal Church; Frank W. Green [half-brother] was best man

Notes:

"Keeper of the Lone Hill Life Saving Station"

James married Emma June Caldwell 5 Jul 1878, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States. Emma (daughter of William B. Caldwell and Emma) was born 17 Oct 1862, Newark, Essex, New Jersey, United States; died 19 Oct 1954, Patchogue, Suffolk, New York, United States; was buried , Saint Ann's Cemetery, Sayville, Suffolk, New York, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Born in New York according to 1870 & 1900 US Censuses

birth according to obituary, date calculated

1st marriage to Captain Symes Baker. "...died of exposure suffered in rescue
efforts when the schooner Louis V. Place went aground on Great South Beach.
Capt. Baker had been in charge of the Lone Hill Lifesaving station on the
beach." according to her obituary

had 5 children by 1st marr., one named Emma - according to Lillian Millicent Brown
had three children according to 1910 US Census, all living

died at daugther's, Mrs. Charles E. Palmer's, home at 34 Jennings Avenue, Patchogue where "...she had lived for the past six years..."; Nettie & Charlie Palmer on acknowledgement card

resided in Sayville for 70 years

"...active in Sayville civic affairs as a member of St. Ann's Episcopal church, Sayville, past president of the Women's guild of St. Ann's and former president of the Saville Village Improvement society." all according to her obituary

James married Rebecca Mott Havens 22 May 1839, Center Moriches, Suffolk, New York, United States. Rebecca was born 18 Nov 1819, Center Moriches, Suffolk, New York, United States; died 25 May 1910, Sayville, Suffolk, New York, United States; was buried , Union Cemetery, Sayville, Suffolk, New York, United States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Mrs. Rebekah M. Baker, the oldest resident of this village, died at an early hour at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Clara E. Brown, in the 91st year of her age. Mrs. Baker was a remarkable woman and was in the possession of most of her faculties until very shortly before her death, which was due to pneumonia. She was the widow of the late Captain James Baker, a veteran of the Civil War, and was the last of the Daniel T. Havens family of Moriches. She was one of a family of three sisters, all of whom died this year. Her home has been in Sayville for the past 40 years. She was beloved and esteemed by all who knew her, for many qualities of heart and mind. She is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Clara E. Brown and Mrs. Lewis Noe and by a son, Jeremiah Baker of Newark, N.J. The funeral services will be held on Sunday at 2:30 p.m. from the residence of Mrs. Brown on South Main Street. The Rev. J.H. Prescott of St. Ann's Church will conduct the services. The pall bearers will be six members of the Grand Army of the Republic. The interment will be in the Union Cemetery.
(Suffolk County News (Sayville); Date: May 27, 1910; Section: None; Page: 4)
Obit by AISLIN

William married Emma. Emma was born Cal 1840, , , New York, United States. [Group Sheet]