Frances Abigail Griggs was the daughter of Charles Hammond Griggs
& Sophia Ellen Jobb – the Jobb (Jobe) line has a maternal connection back to
Samuel Whidden & Sophia Vincent, out of Pictou Co, Nova Scotia.
Frances was born and raised in Vermont and by the time she was 10
years old, she was going by Abbie.
While she worked the line at a shoe factory in the 1920s, a Harry Lindsey Baker was stationed in the Philippines with the US Navy. By 1924, they had met and married and together, they had four children before Harry died at the age of 42 as a result of chronic alcoholism.
Abbie outlived him by 32 years but not without losing a son to a car accident at the age of 23. Three years after her death, a son died of lung cancer at the age of 58, and later, another son was involved in a murder-suicide.
While she worked the line at a shoe factory in the 1920s, a Harry Lindsey Baker was stationed in the Philippines with the US Navy. By 1924, they had met and married and together, they had four children before Harry died at the age of 42 as a result of chronic alcoholism.
Abbie outlived him by 32 years but not without losing a son to a car accident at the age of 23. Three years after her death, a son died of lung cancer at the age of 58, and later, another son was involved in a murder-suicide.
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Bennington Banner, Mon, 5 May 1975
Mrs Abbie Baker
The funeral of Mrs. Abbie Baker, 74, of Arlington, will be held at 2 pm Tuesday at the East Arlington Federated Church, with the Rev Dr Mary Burton-Beinecke, interim pastor, officiating. Mrs Baker, who died Saturday evening at Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington, was born Feb 10, 1901 in West Rutland to Charles and Nellie (Jobb) Griggs. For many years she was employed at Mack Molding in Arlington and she later worked as a housekeeper. She was a member of the Federated Church and the Enterprise Society of that church. She belonged to the West Arlington Grange, the Senior Citizens Club and the Home Extension Group for more than 40 years. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Nellie Douglas of Springfield and Mrs. Edna Wyman of East Greenbush, NY.; two sons, Harry Baker of Dorset and Gardner Baker of Sunderland; nine grandchildren and a great grandchild; two sisters, Bertha Griggs of Burlington and Mrs Edith Wheeler of Stillwater, NY. Burial will be in the family plot in MapleHill Cemetery, Dorset. Calling hours at the Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home in Arlington are tonight from 7 to 9. Memorial contributions may be made to the Federated Church through the funeral home office.
Mrs Abbie Baker
The funeral of Mrs. Abbie Baker, 74, of Arlington, will be held at 2 pm Tuesday at the East Arlington Federated Church, with the Rev Dr Mary Burton-Beinecke, interim pastor, officiating. Mrs Baker, who died Saturday evening at Putnam Memorial Hospital in Bennington, was born Feb 10, 1901 in West Rutland to Charles and Nellie (Jobb) Griggs. For many years she was employed at Mack Molding in Arlington and she later worked as a housekeeper. She was a member of the Federated Church and the Enterprise Society of that church. She belonged to the West Arlington Grange, the Senior Citizens Club and the Home Extension Group for more than 40 years. She leaves two daughters, Mrs. Nellie Douglas of Springfield and Mrs. Edna Wyman of East Greenbush, NY.; two sons, Harry Baker of Dorset and Gardner Baker of Sunderland; nine grandchildren and a great grandchild; two sisters, Bertha Griggs of Burlington and Mrs Edith Wheeler of Stillwater, NY. Burial will be in the family plot in MapleHill Cemetery, Dorset. Calling hours at the Hanson-Walbridge Funeral Home in Arlington are tonight from 7 to 9. Memorial contributions may be made to the Federated Church through the funeral home office.
Right - Obit posted in the Bennington Evening Banner, Monday, 7 April 1958 for Thomas Wilson Baker
Left, Vermont death entries for son Harry Lindy Baker & his wife Winifred found on Ancestry
So much to bear for one family
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