| Eber Baker |
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| 1780 births | |
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| 1864 deaths | |
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Baker and his first wife Lydia Smith Baker came to the vicinity of what is now Marion, buying land from Alexander Holmes, about 1821 and constructed a log home. The location of the home was approximetly .75 miles north of Jacobs Well, a natural spring well that had been dug during the War Of 1812 by Jacob Foos , a surveyor for General William Henry Harrison . Baker platted a town, which was named Marion after the newly formed county of the same name; Marion was then chosen as the countyseat of government, beating out Claridon, Ohio to the east. Baker would go onto serve in the Ohio House Of Representatives . He also constructed and operated the Mansion House, in downtown Marion. EXTERNAL SOURCES |