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According to "Portrait and Biographical Album of Sanilac County", Chapman Brothers, 1884:
page 365
Seneca Baker, farmer, section 13, Worth Township, is the son of Aaron and Candace (Church) Baker. His parents were natives respectively of the United States and Canada. They were married in Vermont, and in 1840 came to Sanilac County, where they remained until death. Mr. Baker is the third son, and was born June 30, 1816, in Vermont. His father removed in 1826 to the Dominion of Canada, and in 1842 made another removal, this time to Sanilac County, whither the subject of this sketch had come three years previously. In the fall of 1856 he bought his present estate of 80 acres of unimproved land in Worth Township, on which he has since lived and established himself in fine condition. Nearly all his land is under the plow, and the farm is supplied with good buildings and other fixtures accessory to successful agriculture. He is adherent of the Republican party, and has held the local positions of Commissioner, Director and Assessor.
He was married in Worth Township, in March 1843, to Mary Avery, a native of the Dominion, and of this union three children have been born,-Louis, Candace, and William. Only the eldest survives. (See sketch of Lewis Baker.) Mrs. Baker is a member of the Baptist Church.
Page 371:
Lewis Baker, farmer, section 14, Worth Township, is the son of Seneca and Mary Baker. (See sketch of S. Baker.) He was born May 18, 1846, in the Township of Lexington, Sanilac County, obtained a fair degree of education at the common schools and finished his studies at the Agricultural College at Lansing, where he pursued them one year. At the age of 17 years he became a teacher. In 1873 he came into possession of 80 acres of land, which he has since conducted, and has 70 acres under culture. He was an inmate of his paternal home until 1878, and his marriage to Elizabeth A., daughter of Andrew Macklem, occurred Nov. 27, of that year. She is a native of Sanilac County, and is the mother of three children, one of whom died when an infant. Nina and Candace are the names of the survivors.
Mr. Baker is identified with the Republican party and its interests. He has been School Superintendent a number of years.
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