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Note: Great grandfather: Charles was in Shapleigh, ME through the 1850 census and left with his younger brother Horace for the west. It is likely they were both in MO before going to IA. Horace and wife Minnie are found in Independence, MO in 1860 (after he married Minnie Putnam Kidder in 1858, apparently in IA, since in 1856 she is found with her family in 1856 Powachiek Co., IA; Minnie was also born in Maine. (Cannot find Charles anywhere in 1860) Charles married Sarah Allen in Iowa in 1862. The Allen family was in St. Joseph, MO in 1850; its possible Charles met them there and moved along with them to IA. Sarah and Charles had 5 children, losing 3 in early childhood. (Family records)
1850 Census, Shapleigh, ME Ahira Baker, 44, farmer, all b. ME Rhoda W., 23 John, 18, farmer Charles, 16 Ahira, 14
1870 Cass Twnshp (PO Lewis), Cass Co., Iowa Baker, Charles, 37, b. ME, harness maker Sarah, 37, b. Ohio Edgar, 3, b. Iowa Lloyd, Samuel, 19 harness maker, b. Wales nearby: Brother Horace Ahira and family, next door to Sarah's parents and siblings
1880 Lewis, Cass Townshp., Cass Co., Iowa Chas W., 47, merchant of boots, shoes and clothing, b. ME, parents b. ME Sarah, 37 b. Ohio, parents b. PA, England Edgar E., 13, b. IA, ME, OH Meta B., 5, b. IA, ME, OH Estelle E., 3 b. IA, ME, OH
In 1895 Charles and Sarah were still in Iowa, Cass Co., although Sarah's father, sister, Emma and her family had already moved on to CA. Charles was in Tulare Co. by 1897-1898.
1895 IA State Cenus, Lewis, Cass, IA Charley Baker 61 Maine White Cass Lewis Sarah Baker 50 Ohio White Cass Lewis Meta Baker 18 Cass CO IA White Cass Lewis Clara Rhines 8 Neb White, Cass, Lewis Charley Rhines 6 Neb White Cass Lewis
1900 in Visalia. Tulare Co., CA Charles W., 71, May 1829, landlord, b. ME Sarah, 57, July 1842, b. Ohio, parents b. PA, England Edgar, 30, july 1869, bookkeeper, hardware, b. Iowa Meta, 25, Jun 1875, b. Iowa Rhines, Clara, 14, niece, b. May 1886, b. Nebraska Rhines, Charles, 12, nephew, b. Oct 1887, b. Nebraska (The Rhines were children of Sarah's youngest sister, Clara Ellen Allen Rhines and her husband, Charles, both of whom died when Clara.� jr.� (Clarice Violet) and Charles, jr were young.) A great granddaughter of Clarice, Patty Ann Hall b. 1948 in Berkeley, CA has been in touch. BA UC-Santa Cruz, with honors in psychology. MA, UCLA, December, 1974. Writer; 1987, Folklife and Museums book published. 1993, Johnny Gruelle book published (he was author of Raggedy Ann and Andy series). 1995 Sirocco Raggedy Ann video released. She is a musician, writer and folklorist. �Patty (a fourth generation native Californian) regularly travels the U.S. presenting her special brand of programs for children and adults, educators, and aspiring writers. These engaging presentations, designed especially for presentation in bookstores, libraries, schools, and museums, are lively and interactive, and always full of surprises.� Her website: http://www.pattyhall.com/
1910 Visalia, Tulare Co., CA Charles Baker, 77, ME Sarah, 67, wife, Ohio, PA, England Meta, daugh. 24. Iowa, ME, OH, stenographer, abstract office Edgar E., 43, son, Iowa, ME, OH, secretary, electric power Co. Anna B. 21 daugh in law, CA, TX, CA
The Bakers were not in Tulare Co., CA in 1890 for the Great Register of Tulare Co., but did appear on the Great Register of 1898. Edgar's obituary mentions he came to Visalia with his family in 1897.
BAKER EDGAR "E" 12 VISALIA THIRD WARD 29 IOWA BAKER CHARLES "W" 13 VISALIA THIRD WARD 62 MAINE
BAKER CHARLES WESLEY 236 VISALIA FOURTH WARD SUPP 65 MAINE (transcription error, should be Wiley not Wesley) BAKER EDGAR EUGENE 237 VISALIA FOURTH WARD SUPP 31 IOWA
This is an email from the BEAN Mailing List of Rootsweb.com, dated 8/25/04 "Hello Ev - A Bean cousin of mine, Virginia Ginn, has done quite a lot of research on the Bean Wagon Train, including the 1850 train and the 1855 train. She is the expert, I am the writer and more researcher. However, our MOSES BEAN/BETSEY ELIZA PHILBRICK family is from New Hampshire, called the Exeter Beans. My problem is that we have not been able to find the parents/ancestors of Moses Bean, and even Bill Bean has not been able to attach us to anyone! As Bill calls it, we are The Bean Orphans. This is the information that Virginia has given to me - The Bean Wagon Train of 1855 was made up of about 200 Beans. Many were Quakers, but not all. The train began at Farmington,(Franklin Co.) ME, with JOEL and LOUISA BEAN, Albert Bean and family from Warner, NH, ALMA BEAN MOTT and her husband from Gilmanton, NH, LYDIA BEAN BEEDE and her husband, Jonathan and family, LOIS BEAN GIFFORD and her husband, Azariah and family, JAMES R(obert) BEAN and his wife Anna Holder, HANNAH BEAN STANLEY and her husband, JOEL BEAN, of Alton, NH, and his mother, MARY BEAN TENNANTS and her husband Charles, another James Bean and his family, ELIZABETH R. BEAN MILES and her family. It appears that they stopped at various places along the way, picking up other members. One of the places they stopped was Boston, MA, but it doesn't say who, if anyone, joined them there. Our Moses Bean family probably joined them when the Bean Train stopped at Boston. Through Boston, on into CT, NJ, a part of PA and to Baltimore. Then turned west to Cumberland, MD where the National Highway began. Actually no more than a trail at that time. They went through Toledo, OH and more Beans joined them there, who preferred to go by the Erie Canal. Again, no additional Bean names given. They went through Richmond, IN and to through Knightstown and Greenfield to Indianapolis, Knightsville and Terre Haute. They finally arrived at Marshall, IL, then Effington and Greenjp and finally Vandalia, IL, where it says "Here the Beans said farewell to many new-found friends of the trail who had traveled with them so many many miles; friends who were going on to Independence, Missouri to join up with other trains for the trails on through Kansas and Nebraska and Wyoming and Nevada and up over the Donner Pass and on to California before the winter snow." I know also that there was an 1850 Wagon Train (might have been the Bean Train) - my grandfather ANDREW JACKSON DORSEY and his wife AMANDA GIDEON, joined the 1850 Train, where he joined them at Baltimore, Maryland, stopped at Marietta, Ohio, stayed the winter there, and then went on to Missouri. I hope that this information will help you in some way. Eloise"
(Joel, his sisters Lois, Hannah, Lydia and Mary and Anna Alma and a brother James Robert all took the train west, along with a cousins Joel, that Joel's father, brother and sister from Alton, NH. Could their second cousins Charles Wiley Baker, and his brother Horace Ahira Baker (lineage: Aphia Bean, James, James, Richard, Rev. James) from Shapleigh, ME, who also went west (to Independence, Mo and then Iowa) after 1850 and before 1860, have also been on the Train?
Charles and Horace last appear on the Shapleigh, Maine census in 1850 as adolescents . In 1855, could these young, grandsons of James Bean of Alfred, Charles, then 21 and his brother Horace, then 19, have joined the Bean train going west? Charles and Horace were in Independence, MO in 1860. then went on to western Iowa by 1862 where Charles married and remained until about 1896. Horace died in Iowa Charles took his family to Visalia, CA after 1880 and by 1897, following his father-in-law, John Allen and sister in law, Emma, who had already moved to CA by 1880.
Burial Visalia Cem. Baker, Charles Wiley serv #47035 sect DD lot 2 sb4 dod 10/2/ Gravestone: BAKER Charles Wiley d. Oct. 2, 1915, age 82y 4m 23d. Born 1833
Find A Grave: Birth: 1833, Maine Death: 1915 Wife, Sarah was born in Ohio. Children, Edgar E., Meta, and Estella G. all born in Iowa. In 1880 US Census they were living in Lewis, Cass Co., IA and Charles was a merchant (boots & shoes).
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