The Luther Troup Baker Family

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Luther Troup Baker 1895 → Mildred Ruth Baker 1919 → Mildred married Perry Rufus Jones 1915 (see The Perry Rufus Jones Family) → Living Person

Figure 1. Luther Troup BAKER Fan Chart

Luther Troup BAKER ^[1] was born on 18 Jun 1895 ^[2] in Roanoke, Randolph, Alabama, USA. He died on 10 Nov 1949 ^[2] in Roanoke, Randolph, Alabama, USA. He was buried in Cedarwood Cemetery, Roanoke, Randolph, Alabama, USA.

Figure 2. Luther Baker about 23 yrs old ^[3]

Figure 3. LTR: White Head and Luther Baker ^[4]

Figure 4. Luther and Irma Baker about 1940 ^[5]

Figure 5. Irma Undine HEAD Fan Chart

Luther registered for the WWI draft. ^[6]

Figure 6. Luther’s World War I Draft Registration Card from 1917

Luther married Irma Undine HEAD ^[7] ^[8] daughter of Luther Jason HEAD and Mildred Lucy (Emma Lou) WHITE. Irma was born on 08 Dec 1895 in Paron,, Georgia, USA. She died on 07 Jul 1943 in Roanoke, Randolph, Alabama, USA. She was buried in Cedarwood Cemetery, Roanoke, Randolph, Alabama, USA.

Figure 7. Gravestone of Luther T Baker

Figure 8. Gravestone for Irma Head Baker

Her grave stone reads:

 Irma Head Baker
 Dec 08, 1895
 Jul 07, 1943
 Mother

They had the following children:

(i.) Daughter, Mildred Ruth BAKER was born on 16 Apr 1919. She died on 10 Aug 1986. Mildred married Perry Rufus Jones and they had three children. See The Perry Rufus Jones Family for details.

Figure 9. Mildred Baker birth in The Randolph Leader newspaper 16 Apr 1919

According to family tradition, after Irma died, Luther lived in a hotel and not with Perry and Mildred Jones. The 1930 census shows them living separately well before she died.

The 1920 census shows Luther Baker, M, 25y, born Alabama; wife Irma Baker, F, 24y, born Alabama; dau Mildred Baker, F, 4m, born Alabama; Tom Head, M 22y, born Alabama; Iris Head, F, 19y, born Alabama; Eldridge Head, M, 19y, born Alabama, apparently they had some of the Head family staying with them.

Figure 10. Luther Baker with Baby Mildred, US Census 1920 Header Row ^[9]

Figure 11. Luther Baker with Baby Mildred, US Census 1920, next door to his brother Albert

Figure 12. US Census 1930

Figure 13. Luther T Baker as a boarder in 1930 ^[10]

Figure 14. US Census 1940 Newnan, Militia District 646, Coweta, Georgia Header Row ^[11]

Figure 15. US Census 1940 Newnan, Militia District 646, Coweta, Georgia

See also The Perry Rufus Jones Family for details on their rearing after Luther’s death.

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1. Cynthia Maria JONES baby book, Family Tree page. In Cindy’s possession.

2. Gravestone, Luther T Baker, b. Jun. 18, 1894, d. Nov. 10, 1949, Cedarwood Cemetery, Roanoke, Randolph, Alabama, USA.

3. Black and white photo of Luther Baker given by Carey Baker in 2012 to Kevin Lanham. Digital copy in possession of Kevin Lanham.

4. Black and white photo of Luther Baker from Carey Baker in 2012. Digital copy in possession of Kevin Lanham.

5. Black and white photo of Luther and Irma Baker given by Carey Baker in 2012 to Kevin Lanham. Digital copy in possession of Kevin Lanham.

6. "United States, World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K3PG-VKN : accessed 07 Apr 2013), Luther T Baker, 1917-1918.

7. Correspondence with Carey Baker and telephone interviews with Kevin W. Lanham in 2004 and 2011.

8. "The Head Family," published in 1988. Researched and compiled by Reginald and Katheryn Piper Head, Robert Q. and Winifred Head Barton, and Mark and Edyth Kerr Head. Copy in possession of Kevin W. Lanham.

9. "United States Census, 1920," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/MXDF-6M5 : accessed 07 Apr 2013), Luther Baker, 1920.

10. "United States Census, 1930," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/3G1B-NT2 : accessed 07 Apr 2013), Luther T Baker in entry for Earnest C Kirk, 1930. shows Luther as a boarder.

11. "United States Census, 1940," index and images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/K7L8-1L5 : accessed 07 Apr 2013), Luther T Baker, Newnan, Militia District 646, Coweta, Georgia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 38-3, sheet 14B, family 294, NARA digital publication T627, roll 661.

Updated on 01 Jan 0001