Pleasant View Cemetery
A Pioneer Cemetery in Clackamas County, Oregon
Resident of Lot 65, Plot 1

John Jehuennes Baker

Birth:  1786;   Death:  1868;   Burial:  14 Apr 1868;   Nativity:  Tennessee

Location:  Lot 65, Plot 1   (block E)

Ledger Notes:
Age: 84; Nativity: Maryland

General Notes:
Oregon Pioneer, believed to have crossed in 1853.

Husband of Elizabeth (Derryberry); Father of Endymian, Henry, Mary, Parmelia (Tuckness), Moses, Williamson, Melinda (Adams) and Terry Baker.

Family Contribution:

Born 1786, Tennessee. Husband of Elizabeth (Derryberry) Baker. Father of Endymian, Terry, Malinda, Moses, Williamson, Parmelia, Henry and Polly. See more info. at Elizabeth Baker's site. Son of John Baker (born Aug. 8, 1762 Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania) and Elizabeth Kauchenbauer (b. 1763 or 1765, Maryland). Family moved to Tennessee in 1784. John born 2 years later.

The Bakers were friends of Boone Family in Tennessee (Daniel, Alphonse, etc.). Jehuennes and Elizabeth were parents of Endymian, Terry Melvin Baker, Malinda Baker, Moses Baker, Williamson Baker, Parmelia Baker, Henry Baker, and Polly Baker. All siblings except Polly confirmed Oregon Trail Emigrants of 1853. Homestead located on upper Bell Road east of present-day archery range. Present-day locust trees on property are descendents of trees brought from Missouri home by son Endymian and his children on the wagon train.

Stephen Baker  310-490-8510   sgb90210 at aol.com   G-g-g-grandson

 

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