Businessman and Banker. Married Eliza Remington.
Fifteenth Grand Master of Masons in Ohio - 1833.
In Norwalk, on Sunday, January 27, Timothy Baker, in his 91st year.
Timothy Baker was born in Northampton, Mass., August 5, 1787. His ancestors, for six generations, had lived in the same place. Edward Baker, the first of these, came from England in 1630, in the company who sailed with Gov. Winthrop. He settled first in Lynn, and removed to Northampton in 1796, and after a short residence in Goshen, Mass., with his wife and twelve children, settled in Jefferson County, New York.
The Revolutionary War had left the country poor and the boys of that day began, at an early age, the battle of life for themselves. Timothy, at fourteen, went to live with his sister, Mrs. Taylor, in Utica, N.Y. where he remained until 1805 when he went to Herkimer, N.Y. where he finished his trade as tanner and currier.
At twenty-one, giving to his father all his previous earnings, he rented a tannery, and, trusting his hands and his health for success, he began business in his own name.
Prudent, diligent and sagacious, it is scarcely necessary to add that he was prosperous. As his means increased, they were judiciously invested, until in 1814, he visited Ohio. His visits were repeated and lands were purchased at different times before he, at last, in 1819, made his permanent home in Norwark, Huron County, Ohio.
He was married in 1816 to Miss Eliza Remington of Fairfield, Herkimer County, N.Y., a woman of great fortitude and strength of character, combined with an even disposition, and rare qualities of mind and heart, who was well-fitted to share and sustain with him the difficulties and fatigues incident to life in a new country. She lived to see their family of six children trained to maturity, and then, after 46 years of wedded life, in September, 1862, passed peacefully from her earthly to her heavenly home.
Scarcely was Mr. Baker settled in his Ohio home before his capacity as a presiding officer was recognized by his neighbors, who honored him with various places of trust and responsibility. In 1821, he was elected by the State Legislature as associate judge, which he held for three consecutive terms of seven years each, declining, after 21 years of service, another nomination.
For more than forty years he continued in active life here, known principally in his business relations as an extensive landholder, and afterwards, as merchant and banker, and ready with hand and heart to help forward any enterprise that might open avenues to business, or promote the intelligence or good order of the community.
For many years he was a prominent leader in the Masonic fraternity, in 1833, being Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, and holding many other posts of honor.
For the last fifteen or eighteen years of his life, and in the quiet of his own home, rested from his labors. But his interest in the prosperity of his friends and his country was not abated, and to the last, with vigorous intellect and kindly heart, he kept loving watch and record of the movements of both.
(Copied from the Norwalk Reflector, Vol. 49, No. 8, Wednesday, January 30, 1878)
Fifteenth Grand Master of Masons in Ohio - 1833.
In Norwalk, on Sunday, January 27, Timothy Baker, in his 91st year.
Timothy Baker was born in Northampton, Mass., August 5, 1787. His ancestors, for six generations, had lived in the same place. Edward Baker, the first of these, came from England in 1630, in the company who sailed with Gov. Winthrop. He settled first in Lynn, and removed to Northampton in 1796, and after a short residence in Goshen, Mass., with his wife and twelve children, settled in Jefferson County, New York.
The Revolutionary War had left the country poor and the boys of that day began, at an early age, the battle of life for themselves. Timothy, at fourteen, went to live with his sister, Mrs. Taylor, in Utica, N.Y. where he remained until 1805 when he went to Herkimer, N.Y. where he finished his trade as tanner and currier.
At twenty-one, giving to his father all his previous earnings, he rented a tannery, and, trusting his hands and his health for success, he began business in his own name.
Prudent, diligent and sagacious, it is scarcely necessary to add that he was prosperous. As his means increased, they were judiciously invested, until in 1814, he visited Ohio. His visits were repeated and lands were purchased at different times before he, at last, in 1819, made his permanent home in Norwark, Huron County, Ohio.
He was married in 1816 to Miss Eliza Remington of Fairfield, Herkimer County, N.Y., a woman of great fortitude and strength of character, combined with an even disposition, and rare qualities of mind and heart, who was well-fitted to share and sustain with him the difficulties and fatigues incident to life in a new country. She lived to see their family of six children trained to maturity, and then, after 46 years of wedded life, in September, 1862, passed peacefully from her earthly to her heavenly home.
Scarcely was Mr. Baker settled in his Ohio home before his capacity as a presiding officer was recognized by his neighbors, who honored him with various places of trust and responsibility. In 1821, he was elected by the State Legislature as associate judge, which he held for three consecutive terms of seven years each, declining, after 21 years of service, another nomination.
For more than forty years he continued in active life here, known principally in his business relations as an extensive landholder, and afterwards, as merchant and banker, and ready with hand and heart to help forward any enterprise that might open avenues to business, or promote the intelligence or good order of the community.
For many years he was a prominent leader in the Masonic fraternity, in 1833, being Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, and holding many other posts of honor.
For the last fifteen or eighteen years of his life, and in the quiet of his own home, rested from his labors. But his interest in the prosperity of his friends and his country was not abated, and to the last, with vigorous intellect and kindly heart, he kept loving watch and record of the movements of both.
(Copied from the Norwalk Reflector, Vol. 49, No. 8, Wednesday, January 30, 1878)
Businessman and Banker. Married Eliza Remington.
Fifteenth Grand Master of Masons in Ohio - 1833.
In Norwalk, on Sunday, January 27, Timothy Baker, in his 91st year.
Timothy Baker was born in Northampton, Mass., August 5, 1787. His ancestors, for six generations, had lived in the same place. Edward Baker, the first of these, came from England in 1630, in the company who sailed with Gov. Winthrop. He settled first in Lynn, and removed to Northampton in 1796, and after a short residence in Goshen, Mass., with his wife and twelve children, settled in Jefferson County, New York.
The Revolutionary War had left the country poor and the boys of that day began, at an early age, the battle of life for themselves. Timothy, at fourteen, went to live with his sister, Mrs. Taylor, in Utica, N.Y. where he remained until 1805 when he went to Herkimer, N.Y. where he finished his trade as tanner and currier.
At twenty-one, giving to his father all his previous earnings, he rented a tannery, and, trusting his hands and his health for success, he began business in his own name.
Prudent, diligent and sagacious, it is scarcely necessary to add that he was prosperous. As his means increased, they were judiciously invested, until in 1814, he visited Ohio. His visits were repeated and lands were purchased at different times before he, at last, in 1819, made his permanent home in Norwark, Huron County, Ohio.
He was married in 1816 to Miss Eliza Remington of Fairfield, Herkimer County, N.Y., a woman of great fortitude and strength of character, combined with an even disposition, and rare qualities of mind and heart, who was well-fitted to share and sustain with him the difficulties and fatigues incident to life in a new country. She lived to see their family of six children trained to maturity, and then, after 46 years of wedded life, in September, 1862, passed peacefully from her earthly to her heavenly home.
Scarcely was Mr. Baker settled in his Ohio home before his capacity as a presiding officer was recognized by his neighbors, who honored him with various places of trust and responsibility. In 1821, he was elected by the State Legislature as associate judge, which he held for three consecutive terms of seven years each, declining, after 21 years of service, another nomination.
For more than forty years he continued in active life here, known principally in his business relations as an extensive landholder, and afterwards, as merchant and banker, and ready with hand and heart to help forward any enterprise that might open avenues to business, or promote the intelligence or good order of the community.
For many years he was a prominent leader in the Masonic fraternity, in 1833, being Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, and holding many other posts of honor.
For the last fifteen or eighteen years of his life, and in the quiet of his own home, rested from his labors. But his interest in the prosperity of his friends and his country was not abated, and to the last, with vigorous intellect and kindly heart, he kept loving watch and record of the movements of both.
(Copied from the Norwalk Reflector, Vol. 49, No. 8, Wednesday, January 30, 1878)
Fifteenth Grand Master of Masons in Ohio - 1833.
In Norwalk, on Sunday, January 27, Timothy Baker, in his 91st year.
Timothy Baker was born in Northampton, Mass., August 5, 1787. His ancestors, for six generations, had lived in the same place. Edward Baker, the first of these, came from England in 1630, in the company who sailed with Gov. Winthrop. He settled first in Lynn, and removed to Northampton in 1796, and after a short residence in Goshen, Mass., with his wife and twelve children, settled in Jefferson County, New York.
The Revolutionary War had left the country poor and the boys of that day began, at an early age, the battle of life for themselves. Timothy, at fourteen, went to live with his sister, Mrs. Taylor, in Utica, N.Y. where he remained until 1805 when he went to Herkimer, N.Y. where he finished his trade as tanner and currier.
At twenty-one, giving to his father all his previous earnings, he rented a tannery, and, trusting his hands and his health for success, he began business in his own name.
Prudent, diligent and sagacious, it is scarcely necessary to add that he was prosperous. As his means increased, they were judiciously invested, until in 1814, he visited Ohio. His visits were repeated and lands were purchased at different times before he, at last, in 1819, made his permanent home in Norwark, Huron County, Ohio.
He was married in 1816 to Miss Eliza Remington of Fairfield, Herkimer County, N.Y., a woman of great fortitude and strength of character, combined with an even disposition, and rare qualities of mind and heart, who was well-fitted to share and sustain with him the difficulties and fatigues incident to life in a new country. She lived to see their family of six children trained to maturity, and then, after 46 years of wedded life, in September, 1862, passed peacefully from her earthly to her heavenly home.
Scarcely was Mr. Baker settled in his Ohio home before his capacity as a presiding officer was recognized by his neighbors, who honored him with various places of trust and responsibility. In 1821, he was elected by the State Legislature as associate judge, which he held for three consecutive terms of seven years each, declining, after 21 years of service, another nomination.
For more than forty years he continued in active life here, known principally in his business relations as an extensive landholder, and afterwards, as merchant and banker, and ready with hand and heart to help forward any enterprise that might open avenues to business, or promote the intelligence or good order of the community.
For many years he was a prominent leader in the Masonic fraternity, in 1833, being Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Ohio, and holding many other posts of honor.
For the last fifteen or eighteen years of his life, and in the quiet of his own home, rested from his labors. But his interest in the prosperity of his friends and his country was not abated, and to the last, with vigorous intellect and kindly heart, he kept loving watch and record of the movements of both.
(Copied from the Norwalk Reflector, Vol. 49, No. 8, Wednesday, January 30, 1878)
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