Hon. Orlan Franklin BAKER

1843 - 1888  (45 years)

• Name	Orlan Franklin BAKER  [2]
  	"HON. ORLAN FRANKLIN BAKER, attorney at law of Vincennes, Ind., was born in Paoli, Orange Co., Ind., August 4, 1843, son of John and Sarah (Delard) Baker. The father was born in Woodford County, Ky., in 1812, and the mother in Orange County, Ind., in 1819. Subject's paternal grandfather was James Baker, a native of Orange Co., Va., born in 1785. He moved to Kentucky in 1805, where he remained until 1814, when he moved to what is now Orange County, Ind., and died in 1816. The maternal grandfather, John Delard, was born in what is now Mercer County, Ky., in 1798, son of Ettienne Delard, native of South Carolina, born in 1767. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and can trace his ancestry back to Montpelier, France. They left their native country in 1685, upon the expulsion of the Huguenots. Our subject was educated by a private tutor, and attended the State University at Bloomington, Ind., and graduated from that institution in 1864. He began the study of law in 1860, in connection with his other studies, and was admitted to the bar at Jasper, Dubois Co., Ind., in January, 1863, before he was twenty years of age. In 1859 he came to Vincennes and has here made his home ever since. In May, 1863, he was elected city attorney of Vincennes, and held the office two years. In 1866 he was chosen to represent Knox County in the General Assembly, but declined re-election in 1868. He has since practiced his profession in Knox County, with the exception of two years, 1869 and 1871, when he resided in Indianapolis, and practiced his profession there in partnership with Judge Samuel E Perkins. September 4, 1867, he took for his wife Miss Mary J. Faskington, daughter of Hon. William C. Faskington, of Indianapolis, Ind. Mrs Baker died June 5, 1885, leaving a son named Frank T. In politics Mr. Baker is a Democrat, and is one of the best posted and most successful lawyers of Indiana. For a number of years he has been engaged in a literary work upon the races of men who have inhabited the West." Ref: History of Knox and Daviess County, Indiana (Chicago, Illinois, The Goodspeed Publishing Co., 1886) Page 310/11 [1]
  Prefix	Hon.
  Birth	4 Aug 1843	Paoli, Orange Co., Indiana   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1880	Living in Vincennes, Knox Co., Indiana   [3]
  Death	9 Sep 1888  [1]
  Burial	Greenlawn Cemetery, Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana   [1]
  Person ID	I104326	Main Tree
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2022

  
  

  Family	Mary J. TARKINGTON,   b. 1843, Indiana d. 5 Jun 1885 (Age 42 years)
  Marriage	4 Sep 1867	Marion County, Indiana   [2]
  Children	1. Frank Tarkington BAKER,   b. 6 Aug 1878, Indiana d. 1 Jan 1924 (Age 45 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F43903	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2022

  
  

• Event Map

  Census - 1880 - Living in Vincennes, Knox Co., Indiana  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S02329] Find A Grave Website. [S12049] Ancestry.com: Indiana, U.S., Marriage Index 1748-1993. [S11743] 1880 Census Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana.