Family of Nathan and Susan Baker and son Fielden (Felix)

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In 1878, Fielden N. Baker married Laura A. Smith in Newton, Catawba Co. Their daughter, Laura, was Charles Lee Baker's mother. This page traces what we know of Fielden (also known as Felix) and his parents and siblings.

There are many trees on ancestry.com and other places which, I believe, show the wrong parents for Felix. Further down on this page, I discuss that.

1840 : Nathan and Susan Baker first appear in the 1840 census for Lower Regiment, Lincoln, Co., NC. Nathan was 30-39y, Susan was 20-29y and their son Harvey was 0-5y.

1842 : In 1842, Catawba County was formed from the northern part of Lincoln County.

1850 : By 1850, they were still in what was left of Lincoln Co and had a few more children. Nathan was 44y (b 1805) and Susan was 35y (b 1815). Their children:

Henry, 11y
William S., 9y
Nancy M., 7y
David, 5y
James, 2y
Isabella, 6m

1860 : By 1860, they were in Taylorsville, Alexander Co, NC. That county is just north of Catawba Co. Nathan was 56y (b 1804) and Susan was 46y (b 1814). Their children were:

H.M, 20y <-- Henry
W.S.M, 18y <-- William
N.E., 16y <-- Nancy
J.C.W.M, 11y <-- James
Isabella, 8y
F.N. 6y <-- Fielden N. (b 1854)
R.F. 3y <-- Robert

David was not listed and must have died.

1870 : By 1870, they were back in Lincoln Co, in Catawba Springs Township. Nathan was 61y and Susan was 54y. Henry and William no longer lived at home. The children still at home are:

Nancy, 24y
James, 21y
Isabella, 18y
Fielden, 16y (b 1854)
Robert 13y

Two grandchildren also lived with them. Later information indicates that their family name was Stevenson but I've not been able to find out who the parents were:

Darcus, 6y
Mary, 4y

1878 : Laura A. Smith married Felix Baker on 7 Feb 1878 in Newton, Catawba County. Felix was listed as "Fielden N. Baker". Laura was 19 years old and Felix was 23 years old (b 1805). Felix was from Lincoln County. Witnesses were E.M. Bollinger and Robert (or Rob) Baker.

[Aside: E.M. Bollinger is probably Elbirt M Bollinger (27 May 1848 - 10 Dec 1897), the son of Polly Bollinger's nephew, Michael. Robert Baker was most likely Felix's younger brother.]

1880 : By 1880, Nathan and family had moved to Lemley Township, Mecklenburg Co, NC. Nathan was 75y (b 1805) and Susan (listed as Susanna) was 65y (b 1815). Living with them were their granddaughter, Darkus E. Stevenson, 16y and their daughter, Isabella and her family. Isabella was 24y and had married James Crenshaw, 26y. They had a daughter Nora, 5y.

Next door to them was Robert F. Baker, 22y and his wife Dora, 19y. They didn't have any children. This is Felix's younger brother.

By 1880, Fielden (Felix), 23y, and Laura Smith, 20y, (married in 1878) lived in Hickory, Catawba Co, NC and had one son Harvey O., 1y. Living with Felix were Laura's mother, Eliza Smith, 47y, Laura's sister, Lon/Lori, 9y, and Polly Bollinger, 88y.

1895 Catawba County
Towns of Hickory and Newton

Felix Baker and Laura Smith were Charles Lee Baker's parents..

In 1880, a person who I believe to be William Baker is married with 3 children, living in Gwaltney Township, Alexander Co, NC. A person who I believe to be Nancy Baker is married to a Womack and is living in Catawba Springs Township, Lincoln Co, NC.

Now there is a 20 year gap in information about the family. The 1890 census was almost completely lost in a 10 Jan 1921 fire in the basement of the Commerce Building in Washington, DC. I've filled in here what I could deduce from later information.

Felix and Laura had 8 children:

Harvey, born 1879
Robert, born Nov 1881
Fannie Alice, Mar 1884
Lestor, born July 1886
Lela, born April 1890
Thomas Lloyd, born 1892
Charlie, born Aug 1893 - Charles Lee Baker
Cornelius, born Nov 1897

Felix died of cancer about 7 Sep 1897 in Loweville, Lincoln, NC.

Laura and Felix's story continues in 1900 on this Page.

Here are a few more details of Felix's siblings.

1910 : By 1910, Robert F. Baker, still married to Dora, has 4 children and is living in Coddle Creek Township, Iredell Co, NC. This is the same Robert who was a witness at the marriage of Felix and Laura in 1878.

Family of Nathan and Susan Baker

1840
Census

1850
Census
1 Jun

1860
Census
1 Jun

1870
Census
1 Jun

1880
Census
1 Jun

1900
Census
1 Jun

1910
Census
15 Apr

1920
Census
1 Jan

1930
Census
1 Apr

Spouse &
Children

Death

Notes

Nathan Baker
1806

30-39y
Lower Regiment
Lincoln
NC

44y
Lincoln
NC

56y
Taylorsville
Alexander
NC

61y
Catawba Springs Twp
Lincoln
NC

75y
Lemley Twp
Mecklenburg
NC

Probably dead

Susan

unknown

DC of son James Baker lists father's birthplace as Alexander County. NC.

Susan Baker
1815

20-29y
Lower Regiment
Lincoln
NC

35y
Lincoln
NC

46y
Taylorsville
Alexander
NC

54y
Catawba
Springs Twp
Lincoln
NC

65y
Lemley Twp
Mecklenburg
NC

Probably dead

Nathan Baker

unknown

DC of son James Baker lists mother's birthplace as Alexander County. NC.

Two females listed as daughter lived with them
but they must be granddaughters
- Darcus 6y
- Mary I 4y
Must be children of daughter Nancy.

Darcus Stevenson, granddaughter, 16y,
lived with them,
Must be daughter of daughter Nancy.

Henry M.
1839

0-5y
Lower Regiment
Lincoln
NC

11y
Lincoln
NC

20y
Taylorsville
Alexander
NC

not found

not
found

unknown

William S. M.
1841

not born yet

9y
Lincoln
NC

18y
Taylorsville
Alexander
NC

not
found

39y
Gwaltney Twp
Alexander
NC
wife + 3

not
found

Ermira (?) 1832
- James H 1868
- Lehigh S 1870
- Robert L 1873

unknown

Nancy E.
1843

not born yet

7y
Lincoln
NC

16y
Taylorsville
Alexander
NC

24y
Catawba
Springs Twp
Lincoln
NC

Stevenson?
- Darcus 1864
- Mary 1866

unknown

Must have married a Stevenson

David
1845

not born yet

5y
Lincoln
NC

not
found

unknown

James C.W.M.
4 Mar 1848

not born yet

2y
Lincoln
NC

11y
Taylorsville
Alexander
NC

21y
Catawba
Springs Twp
Lincoln
NC

Probable:
31y,
Catawba Springs
Lincoln
NC
Wife + 3
Living with wife's parents

Darcas Sherrill 1850
- Avery H. 1870
- Walter 1877
- Suler 1878

28 Oct 1915
Mt. Holly, River Bend, Gaston, NC

NC Death Certificate, married, listed as "J. W. Baker" DOB, birthplace as Lincoln County, reported by A. H. Baker (son, Avery), buried at Mt Holly, parents born in Alexander County.

Son Avery H. Baker appears in 1900 census from Mountain Island Town, Gaston, NC. Wife Carrie and 4 children.

Son Avery H. Baker appears in 1920 census from River Bend, Gaston, NC. Wife Carrie and 7 children.

Isabella
1850

not born yet

6m
Lincoln
NC

8y
Taylorsville
Alexander
NC

18y
Catawba
Springs Twp
Lincoln
NC

24y
Lemley Twp
Mecklenburg
NC
Husband + 1

not
found

59y
Gastonia
Gaston
NC
husband + 2
married for 31y

not
found

James Crenshaw 1854
- Nora 1875
- others?
- Charles 1893
- Patty 1894

unknown

Married
abt 1879

Fielden N. (Felix)
1854

not born yet

6y
Taylorsville
Alexander
NC

16y
Catawba
Springs Twp
Lincoln
NC

For 1880 and later, look at
Family of Felix Baker and Laura Smith

Robert F.
1858

not born yet

3y
Taylorsville
Alexander
NC

13y
Catawba
Springs Twp
Lincoln
NC

22y
Lemley Twp
Mecklenburg
NC
Wife
Lived next door to
Nathan and Susan
Baker.

not
found

52y,
Coddle
Creek Twp
Iredell Co.
NC
wife + 4

not
found

Dora 1861
- Am?? 1888
- Kittie H 1893
- Lulu L. 1895
- Zinnie 1898

unknown

Parents of Felix Baker

NOTE: there appears to be two Nathan N. Bakers. The other one was born in 1803, married a Susanna in 1844 and died in 1872 in Macon, IL.

For example, this tree shows Felix' mother as Elizabeth. Definitely wrong as we seen Susan in the census.
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https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/2337779/person/-1219739892/story -- birth year 1771, need 1806.

Nathan Baker was born in 1771 in North Carolina, the son of Margaret and Michael. He married Elizabeth Aston in 1792. They had two children during their marriage. He died in 1824 in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, at the age of 53.

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/2337779/person/-1219739129/story

When Elizabeth Aston was born in 1768 in North Carolina, her father, James, was 58, and her mother, Mary, was 48. She married Nathan Baker in 1792. They had two children during their marriage. She died in 1844 in Illinois having lived a long life of 76 years.

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https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/108839509/person/110072864525/story -- birth year 1771, need 1806.

When Nathan Baker was born on June 20, 1771, in Lincoln, North Carolina, his father, Michael, was 21 and his mother, Margaret, was 8. He married Elizabeth Elder "Betsy" Aston in 1792. They had eight children in 24 years. He died on September 22, 1824, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, at the age of 53.

https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/108839509/person/110072864524/story

When Elizabeth Elder "Betsy" Aston was born on January 25, 1768, her father, James, was 58, and her mother, Mary, was 48. She married Nathan Baker in 1792. They had eight children in 24 years. She died on September 26, 1844, in Macon, Illinois, having lived a long life of 76 years.

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