The Bakers were residents of the Owens Valley in California. They were one of the Owens Valley's oldest pioneer families. Through various marriage arrangements, the Baker family became tied to other pioneer families, such as the Hines, the Bells,...
Ebenezer Howell was born at sea en route to Delaware from Wales in 1725. The Howells, who were Quakers, made their home in Gloucester County and Cumberland County, New Jersey. Ebenezer and his wife, Sarah Bond, had eleven children. Their twin sons...
Ellen Devereux (Sewall) Osgood was born on March 10, 1822 in Barnstable, Massachusetts to Edmund Quincy and Caroline (Ward) Sewall. Between 1839-1840, Ellen was close friends with John, Henry David, and Sophia Thoreau. She received marriage...