Henry Baker Family Papers

1458 WFCHS

Scope and Content: This collection is comprised of genealogies, scrapbooks, and other personal papers of the Henry Baker family of Winchester, VA.

(1 box) Last updated 02/07.

Biographical/Historical: Henry Baker was born in Germany on June 10, 1733. He came to America around 1755 and became a partner of Frederick Conrad. He built his home, "Willow Grove," on 500 acres outside of Winchester. During the American Revolution, he was a commissary. By trade, he was a butcher and a general merchandise dealer. He married Maria E. Fink and had eight children. On March 17, 1808, Henry Baker died and was buried in the old Lutheran graveyard in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, VA.

Bibliography: Quarles, Garland R. Some Worthy Lives. Winchester, VA: Winchester-Frederick County Historical Society, 1988.

Cite As: Henry Baker Family Papers, 1458 WFCHS, Stewart Bell Jr. Archives, Handley Regional Library, Winchester, VA, USA.

Organization:

Box 1

Army of Northern Virginia pass for Baker family, July 21, 1863, 1 leaf manuscript on printed form (encapsulated)

Baker genealogy, n.d., 6 leaves typescript (photocopy), 1 leaf manuscript

Baker, Henry – Will, May 29, 1807, 5 leaves typescript

Currency, 1860-1862, 3 leaves printed

Herbarium (scrapbook) of [Jessie Isler], n.d., 1 item bound

Miscellaneous papers, n.d., 3 leaves manuscript, 1 card printed

Notebook, 1871-1880, 1 paperback handsewn, manuscript

Papers enclosed in account book used as scrapbook by Flora Baker, 1863, 3 pages manuscript, 17 items newsprint

Scrapbook of Flora Baker, 1863, 1 item bound

Scrapbook

MapCase 1, Drawer 4

Genealogy chart of the Wendell family, 1 leaf typescript (negative photostat)

Photographs

Baker, Henry – Naturalization—Filed Events/Objects