Frederick Chester Sorensen
Published: 1964
Total Pages: 976
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Simon Baker was born 18 October 1811 in West Winfield, Herkimer Co., New York. He was the son of Benjamin Baker and Rebecca Thorn. Simon was baptized a member of the LDS Church 16 April 1839 and he married five times. His first wife (Mercy Young) moved with him to Nauvoo, Illinois and later died somewhere near Montrose, Iowa. In Nauvoo, Simon married Charlotte Leavitt and later they moved with the Mormon pioneers to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake. Simon was the father of 24 known children and died 22 October 1863 in Mendon, Utah. Descendants lived primarily in Utah and elsewhere.