Source: Book: History of Whiteside County, Illinois
From Its First Settlement To The Present Time; with numerous biographical and family sketches.
Edited by Charles Bent, for ten years editor and proprietor of "The Whiteside Sentinel," of Morrison, Ill.
"Tell ye your children of it, and let your children tell their children, and their children another generation."
Morrison, Illinois, 1877

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1877, by Charles Bent, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
Reprinted by: Higginson Book Company, 148 Washington Street, P.O. Box 778, Salem MA 01970
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Transcribed by: Denise McLoughlin
Tampico Area Historical Society
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LYMAN BAKER was born in Washington county, New York, January 31, 1818, and was married to Miss Anna J. Treadwell, July 19, 1836. They have one child, Clarence A., born January 11, 1858. Mr. Baker is an old resident of Hume township, and owns a fine farm on section eleven. He is a good neighbor, friend, and a respected citizen.