Melvin Decator "M. D." Baker^{[1, 2]}

1882 - 1942  (59 years)

• Name	Melvin Decator "M. D." Baker
  Born	3 Apr 1882	Tennessee
  Gender	Male
  Census	1930	Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee   [3]
  Died	17 Mar 1942  [4]
  Buried	Grandview Cemetery, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee   [5]
  Person ID	I63562	Smoky Mountain Ancestral Quest
  Last Modified	20 Nov 2015

  
  

  Father	Henry Tipton Baker,   b. 8 Sep 1856, Sevier County, Tennessee ,   d. 17 Jul 1930, Sevier County, Tennessee  (Age 73 years)
  Mother	Amanda E. Parsons,   b. 17 Apr 1855, Tennessee ,   d. 4 Mar 1888  (Age 32 years)
  Married	1878
  Family ID	F39491	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Myrtle Alice Rule,   b. 22 May 1885, Tennessee ,   d. 9 Jun 1969  (Age 84 years)
  Children	1. Herdage Baker,   b. 21 Nov 1905, Tennessee ,   d. 8 Jan 1996  (Age 90 years) + 2. Amanda Baker,   b. Abt 1908, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 15 Nov 2015  (Age ~ 107 years)   3. Bruce Adam Baker,   b. 1 Jul 1912, Tennessee ,   d. 9 Feb 1981  (Age 68 years)   4. Clara Rule Baker,   b. 16 Apr 1915, Tennessee ,   d. 17 May 2004  (Age 89 years)   5. Margaret Baker,   b. Abt 1917, Tennessee ,   d. Bef 15 Nov 2015  (Age ~ 98 years)   6. Jake Baker,   d. Bef 15 Nov 2015 + 7. Willie Evelyn "Bill" Baker,   b. 10 Mar 1920, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee ,   d. 15 Nov 2015, Blount County, Tennessee  (Age 95 years)   8. Hugh T. "Tippy" Baker,   b. Abt 1923, Tennessee  (Age ~ 101 years) + 9. Betty Ruth Baker,   b. 10 Feb 1927, Tennessee ,   d. 5 Dec 2003  (Age 76 years)   10. Virginia L. Baker,   b. 11 Feb 1930, Tennessee ,   d. 25 May 1945  (Age 15 years)
  Family ID	F23297	Group Sheet

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 3 Apr 1882 - Tennessee Census - 1930 - Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee Buried - - Grandview Cemetery, Maryville, Blount County, Tennessee  = Link to Google Maps   = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  ---------- Reference: "Sevier County, Tennessee and Its Heritage", 1994, p 329.

  
  

• Sources

  [S52] Miller Funeral Home, (http://www.millerfuneralhome.org), 9 Feb 1981. Bruce Adam Baker obituary [S47] Sevier County, Tennessee and its Heritage, Sevier County Heritage Book Committee, (1994, Don Mills, Inc.), 147. [S112] Census, 1930. Name Mell D Baker Event Type Census Event Date 1930 Event Place Maryville, Blount, Tennessee, United States Gender Male Age 48 Marital Status Married Race White Race (Original) White Relationship to Head of Household Head Relationship to Head of Household (Original) Head Birth Year (Estimated) 1882 Birthplace Tennessee Father's Birthplace Tennessee Mother's Birthplace Tennessee Sheet Letter A Sheet Number 10 HOUSEHOLD ROLE GENDER AGE BIRTHPLACE Mell D Baker Head M 48 Tennessee Mertie A Baker Wife F 44 Tennessee Herdage Baker Daughter F 24 Tennessee Bruce Baker Son M 17 Tennessee Clara Baker Daughter F 14 Tennessee Margaret Baker Daughter F 13 Tennessee Willie E Baker Daughter F 10 Tennessee Hugh T Baker Son M 7 Tennessee Betty R Baker Daughter F 3 Tennessee Virginia Baker Daughter F 0 Tennessee Amanda Gamble Daughter F 22 Tennessee Howard Gamble Son-in-law M 23 Tennessee James E Gamble Grandson M 1 Tennessee Myrtle Phillips Servant F 29 Tennessee Anna L Gordon Servant F 47 Tennessee Jamie A Gordon Roomer F 10 Tennessee Anita W Gordon Roomer F 16 Georgia G Samuel Thompson Roomer M 48 Tennessee Ralph H Stausberry Roomer M 39 Tennessee Leland S Grant Roomer M 41 Georgia Charles Poole Roomer M 36 Tennessee Cory Keeble Roomer M 26 Tennessee "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1942-22809-9605-70?cc=1810731 : accessed 20 November 2015), > image 1 of 1; citing NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002). [S52] Miller Funeral Home, (http://www.millerfuneralhome.org), 17 Mar 1942. Baker, M.D. 4-3-1882 3-17-1942 H.D. Baker Amanda Parsons Grandview [S147] Find a Grave, (Memorial: 92003198).