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Baker-Defrees family of Indiana

Joseph Hutton Defrees (1812-1885) — also known asJoseph H. Defrees — of Goshen,ElkhartCounty, Ind.Born in Sparta,WhiteCounty, Tenn.,May 13,1812.Republican. Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1849-50, 1871; member ofIndianastate senate, 1850-52;U.S.Representative from Indiana 10th District, 1865-67.Methodist.Member,Freemasons.Died in Goshen,ElkhartCounty, Ind.,December21, 1885 (age73 years, 222days).Interment atOakridgeCemetery, Goshen, Ind.

Note: This is just one of1,325 family groupings listed onThe Political Graveyard web site.These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption.

These groupings — even thenames of the groupings,and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have,not the choices of any historian or genealogist.

John D. Defrees (1810-1882) — of Indianapolis,MarionCounty, Ind.Born in Sparta,WhiteCounty, Tenn.,November8, 1810.Republican. Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1840-42; member ofIndianastate senate, 1842-45;IndianaRepublican state chair, 1856-60; delegate to Republican NationalConvention from Indiana,1856(member,PlatformCommittee); member ofRepublicanNational Committee from Indiana, 1866-68.Congregationalist.Member,Freemasons.Died in Berkeley Springs,MorganCounty, W.Va.,October19, 1882 (age71 years, 345days).Burial location unknown.

	Relatives:Brother ofJosephHutton Defrees; uncle ofWilliamDefrees Frazer.
		Political family:Baker-Defreesfamily of Indiana.

	Relatives: Sonof James Start Defrees; brother ofJohnD. Defrees; married to Mary Ann McKinney and Margaret PearceMcNaughton; father of Harriet E. Defrees (who marriedFrancisElisha Baker); uncle ofWilliamDefrees Frazer.
		Political family:Baker-Defreesfamily of Indiana.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage

James Somerville Frazer (1824-1893) — of Indiana. Born in Hollidaysburg,BlairCounty, Pa.,July 17,1824.Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1847-49, 1855;justice ofIndiana state supreme court, 1865-71; state court judge inIndiana, 1889-90.Presbyterian.Member,OddFellows.Died in Warsaw,KosciuskoCounty, Ind.,February20, 1893 (age68 years, 218days).Burial location unknown.

	Relatives:Father ofWilliamDefrees Frazer.
		Political family:Baker-Defreesfamily of Indiana.

John Harris Baker (1832-1915) — of Goshen,ElkhartCounty, Ind.Born in Parma town,MonroeCounty, N.Y.,February28, 1832.Republican.Lawyer;member ofIndianastate senate, 1863;U.S.Representative from Indiana 13th District, 1875-81;U.S.District Judge for Indiana, 1892-1902.Methodist.Died in Goshen,ElkhartCounty, Ind.,October21, 1915 (age83 years, 235days).Interment atOakridgeCemetery, Goshen, Ind.

	Relatives:Brother ofLucienBaker; married to Harriet Defrees; father ofFrancisElisha Baker.
		Political family:Baker-Defreesfamily of Indiana.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —federaljudicial profile

Lucien Baker (1846-1907) — of Leavenworth,LeavenworthCounty, Kan.Born inFultonCounty, Ohio,June 8,1846.Republican.Lawyer;member ofKansasstate senate, 1893-95;U.S.Senator from Kansas, 1895-1901.Died in Leavenworth,LeavenworthCounty, Kan.,June 21,1907 (age61 years, 13days).Interment atMt.Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Kan.

	Relatives:Brother ofJohnHarris Baker; uncle ofFrancisElisha Baker.
		Political family:Baker-Defreesfamily of Indiana.
		See alsocongressionalbiography —Govtrack.uspage —Wikipedia article

William Defrees Frazer (b. 1849) — of Indiana. Born in Warsaw,KosciuskoCounty, Ind.,November26, 1849.Member ofIndianastate house of representatives, 1881-83.Presbyterian.Member,OddFellows;Knightsof Pythias.Burial location unknown.

	Relatives: SonofJamesSomerville Frazer; nephew ofJohnD. Defrees andJosephHutton Defrees.
		Political family:Baker-Defreesfamily of Indiana.

Francis Elisha Baker (1860-1924) — of Goshen,ElkhartCounty, Ind.Born in Goshen,ElkhartCounty, Ind.,October20, 1860.Lawyer;justiceof Indiana state supreme court, 1899-1902; Judge of U.S. CircuitCourt for the 7th Circuit, 1902-11;Judgeof U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit, 1902-24; died inoffice 1924.Member,PhiBeta Kappa.Died, fromendocarditis,in Chicago,CookCounty, Ill.,March15, 1924 (age63 years, 147days).Interment atOakridgeCemetery, Goshen, Ind.

	Relatives: SonofJohnHarris Baker and Harriet (Defrees) Baker (daughter ofJosephHutton Defrees); married,February21, 1888, to May Irwin; nephew ofLucienBaker.
		Political family:Baker-Defreesfamily of Indiana.
		See alsofederaljudicial profile —Wikipediaarticle —Find-A-Gravememorial —BiographicalDirectory of Federal Judges
		Image source: American Monthly Reviewof Reviews, January 1902

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