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Baker-Defrees family of Indiana

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  John D. Defrees (1810-1882) — of Indianapolis, Marion County, Ind. Born in Sparta, White County, Tenn., November 8, 1810. Republican. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1840-42; member of Indiana state senate, 1842-45; Indiana Republican state chair, 1856-60; delegate to Republican National Convention from Indiana, 1856 (member, Platform Committee); member of Republican National Committee from Indiana, 1866-68. Congregationalist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Berkeley Springs, Morgan County, W.Va., October 19, 1882 (age 71 years, 345 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Brother of Joseph Hutton Defrees; uncle of William Defrees Frazer.
  Political family: Baker-Defrees family of Indiana.
  Joseph Hutton Defrees (1812-1885) — also known as Joseph H. Defrees — of Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind. Born in Sparta, White County, Tenn., May 13, 1812. Republican. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1849-50, 1871; member of Indiana state senate, 1850-52; U.S. Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1865-67. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind., December 21, 1885 (age 73 years, 222 days). Interment at Oakridge Cemetery, Goshen, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of James Start Defrees; brother of John D. Defrees; married to Mary Ann McKinney and Margaret Pearce McNaughton; father of Harriet E. Defrees (who married Francis Elisha Baker); uncle of William Defrees Frazer.
  Political family: Baker-Defrees family of Indiana.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  James Somerville Frazer (1824-1893) — of Indiana. Born in Hollidaysburg, Blair County, Pa., July 17, 1824. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1847-49, 1855; justice of Indiana state supreme court, 1865-71; state court judge in Indiana, 1889-90. Presbyterian. Member, Odd Fellows. Died in Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Ind., February 20, 1893 (age 68 years, 218 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Father of William Defrees Frazer.
  Political family: Baker-Defrees family of Indiana.
  John Harris Baker (1832-1915) — of Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind. Born in Parma town, Monroe County, N.Y., February 28, 1832. Republican. Lawyer; member of Indiana state senate, 1863; U.S. Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1875-81; U.S. District Judge for Indiana, 1892-1902. Methodist. Died in Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind., October 21, 1915 (age 83 years, 235 days). Interment at Oakridge Cemetery, Goshen, Ind.
  Relatives: Brother of Lucien Baker; married to Harriet Defrees; father of Francis Elisha Baker.
  Political family: Baker-Defrees family of Indiana.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — federal judicial profile
  Lucien Baker (1846-1907) — of Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan. Born in Fulton County, Ohio, June 8, 1846. Republican. Lawyer; member of Kansas state senate, 1893-95; U.S. Senator from Kansas, 1895-1901. Died in Leavenworth, Leavenworth County, Kan., June 21, 1907 (age 61 years, 13 days). Interment at Mt. Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Kan.
  Relatives: Brother of John Harris Baker; uncle of Francis Elisha Baker.
  Political family: Baker-Defrees family of Indiana.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article
  William Defrees Frazer (b. 1849) — of Indiana. Born in Warsaw, Kosciusko County, Ind., November 26, 1849. Member of Indiana state house of representatives, 1881-83. Presbyterian. Member, Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of James Somerville Frazer; nephew of John D. Defrees and Joseph Hutton Defrees.
  Political family: Baker-Defrees family of Indiana.
Francis Elisha Baker Francis Elisha Baker (1860-1924) — of Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind. Born in Goshen, Elkhart County, Ind., October 20, 1860. Lawyer; justice of Indiana state supreme court, 1899-1902; Judge of U.S. Circuit Court for the 7th Circuit, 1902-11; Judge of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1902-24; died in office 1924. Member, Phi Beta Kappa. Died, from endocarditis, in Chicago, Cook County, Ill., March 15, 1924 (age 63 years, 147 days). Interment at Oakridge Cemetery, Goshen, Ind.
  Relatives: Son of John Harris Baker and Harriet (Defrees) Baker (daughter of Joseph Hutton Defrees); married, February 21, 1888, to May Irwin; nephew of Lucien Baker.
  Political family: Baker-Defrees family of Indiana.
  See also federal judicial profile — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial — Biographical Directory of Federal Judges
  Image source: American Monthly Review of Reviews, January 1902
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