Mary Louisa BAKER

HAIRSTON.org ID#1693, b. 18 May 1862, d. 26 October 1936
Father*John Coffman BAKER1 b. 6 Nov 1826, d. 29 Sep 1878
Mother*Louisa Ann WEBBER b. 14 Oct 1835, d. 1 Jan 1885
Birth*Mary Louisa BAKER was born on 18 May 1862.2 
She was the daughter of John Coffman BAKER and Louisa Ann WEBBER.1 
Census 1870Mary Louisa BAKER appeared on the 1870 census of John Coffman BAKER on 12 February 1870 in District 15, Shelby, Tennessee; J. C. Baker 43, L. W. 32, Martha 14, Betsy 11, Hester 9, Lou 7.1
Census 1880Mary Louisa BAKER appeared on the 1880 census of Louisa Ann WEBBER on 17 June 1880 in 291 Crockett Avenue, District 15, Shelby, Tennessee; Louisa W Baker 44 (widowed), daughters; Mattie W 24 (teacher), Bettie 22 (teacher), Hester 19, Louisa 18, and an orphan from Italy named Lawrence Lazzarini 11.3
Marriage*Mary Louisa BAKER married Walworth Zenos MITCHELL on 15 August 1883.2 
Census 1900Mary Louisa BAKER appeared on the 1900 census of Walworth Zenos MITCHELL on 2 June 1900 in Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee; Walworth Mitchell 68 b. May 1832 NY, wife Lou B. 38 b. May 1862 TN, married 16 years, daughter Lou 15 b. Sep 1884.4 
Death*Mary Louisa BAKER died on 26 October 1936 in Norwalk, Connecticut, at age 74.5 
Obituary*MITCHELL -- At Norwalk, Conn.. Monday, Oct. 26, 1936. Mrs. Lou Baker Mitchell, aged 72 years, mother of Mrs. C. A. Perkins of Norwalk, Conn; grandmother of Allan McCracken of Norwalk, Conn; aunt of Mrs. Gentry C. Carroll, Martha Lou Jones, John B. and Louis C. Shelby of this city; Elizabeth Hancock and Robert Jones of Bailey, Tenn; Miriam Neil of Baltimore, Md., Hester Austin of Charlottesville, Va. and Miriam Lambert of Holly Grove, Ark. Remains will arrive in this city Saturday morning, via Southern Railway, at 7:20 o'clock. Funeral services, conducted by the Rev. Walter M. White, will be held at the funeral residence of J. T. Hinton & Son, 1160 Union Avenue, Saturday morning at 11 o'clock. Friends invited. Interment in Elmwood Cemetery. -- The Commercial Appeal, Memphis, Tennessee, Thursday, October 29, 1936, page 23. 
Burial*She was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby, Tennessee.6,5 

Family

Walworth Zenos MITCHELL b. May 1832, d. 11 Nov 1903
Child

Sources (www.HAIRSTON.org)

  1. [S1870] 1870 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  2. [S164] Shelby. Bible - Shelby Family 1826-1970. N.p.: n.pub., unknown publish date. Martha Carroll, unknown location.
  3. [S1880] 1880 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  4. [S1900] 1900 Federal Census - National Archives and Records Administration - Ancestry.com and FamilySearch.org.
  5. [S257] Obituary.
  6. [S256] Interment Records, Elmwood Cemetery, Memphis, Shelby County, Tennessee.
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