JONATHAN BAKER

Jonathan Baker, brother of Preacher Peter Baker, was born in April, 1831, and died March, 1916. He had two sons and seven daughters. His eldest daughter married Rev. Abraham Winger whose son, Samuel, now lives on the homestead and owns some three hundred acres of land. Jesse Baker, son of Jonathan, got the old homestead of his father and George got the old Michael Baker farm which was their grandfather's. Abraham Baker, son of Jesse Baker, became a deacon in the Old Order German Baptist Church. He married a daughter of Henry Skiles, a deacon in Kansas. The Jesse Baker property later came to include the Bishop Peter Cober farm of the Third Concession of Vaughan. About 1900 the Jesse Baker family and most of his sisters united with the Old Order German Baptists. Isaac who has a harness shop, and Amos who owns the old homestead, are also sons of Jesse. At the old homestead they hold Love feast every fall with Bishop Daniel Skiles of Indiana as their overseer.

Jonathan Baker's family earlier all belonged to the Tunker church except one. Later they went to the Old Order. They were very conservative in keeping things as they always were and believed in honouring father and mother, which they still practice, a credit to them.

Jesse Baker, who bought the Peter Cober farm now managed by Amos Baker, finds on it one of the best sugar bushes in York county. Everything is well kept up on this farm which is an asset to the church as well as to the neighborhood. The Vaughan church is on this property. Here also is a shed where all of Bishop Peter Cober's buggies and saddles are kept and also the wagon that the Bakers got in Pennsylvania when they moved to Vaughan. It was used in the summer of 1952 to make the trip from Pennsylvania, demonstrating the trip of the old settlers to Waterloo county. We appreciate that these trophies of olden days can be seen at any time.