Martin Baker
Martin Baker, Farmer; P. O. McCartysville.
On Mad River, Clarke County,.Ohio, Mr. Baker was born July 15, 1831. He is a son of Martin and Eve Baker. In 1854 he came to Shelby County, and settled on the west half of section 16, Turtle Creek Township. On the 18th day of October, 1855, he married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Rachel Harshbarger, who was born in Turtle Creek Township, Shelby County, June 14, 1838. Mr. and Mrs. Baker settled on his land, and have since been residents of Turtle Creek Township except four years, three years of which time they were living in Clarke County, Ohio, and one year they spent in the west. They moved on the farm where they now reside in 1876, which is located in section 2, north of boundary line. They have a family of five children, two sons and three daughters.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883