Baker Smith

Baker was born in 1845 in Washington County, Virginia.¹   Baker's father was Isaac Smith and his mother was Sarah.  His paternal grandparents were Ephraim Smith and Alice Baker. He had five brothers and three sisters, named Edward, Alfred, Robert, Parris, George, Martha, Harriet and Nancy.  He was the fourth oldest of the nine children. He had two half-brothers and four half-sisters, named Smith, Isaac, Catherine, Alice, Minerva and Elizabeth.