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 Persons believed to be related have been Y-DNA tested.  See the connection to E-BY5515 DNA.
 DNA results closely match descendants of Robert the Immigrant (Virginia - 1679), They link with Edward Baber and Catherine Leigh in the tomb at Chew Magna.
 Related to Edward Baber and Catherine Leigh?  Click Here.

1 Asa J. Baber b: Feb 02, 1832 in Greene Co. Indiana Died: Nov 24, 1915 in Edgar Co. Illinois Burial: Swango Cemetery, Edgar Co. Illinois Fact: Purchased Public Land 07/19/1845 and 08/19/1845. Occupation: Listed as prominent banker in obit. See Note 112
... +Caroline O'Hair b: Aug 01, 1837 in Edgar Co. Illinois Married: Oct 15, 1858 in Paris, Edgar Co. Illinois Died: Oct 14, 1860 Burial: Swango Cemetery, Edgar Co. Illinois Father: Michael O'Hair Mother: Lucretia Boyles
2 Henry Clay Baber b: Bet. 1859 - 1860 Died: Bet. 1858 - 1860 in Infancy Burial: Swango Cemetery, Edgar Co. Illinois Fact: Died at 3 years, 3 months of age.
*2nd Wife of Asa J. Baber:
... +Sibbel N. O'Hair b: Oct 1842 in Illinois Married: Nov 02, 1862 in Paris, Edgar Co. Illinois Died: May 04, 1928 in Paris, Edgar Co. Illinois Father: Michael O'Hair Mother: Lucretia Boyles
2 Edward E. Baber b: Sep 07, 1863 in Paris, Edgar Co. Illinois Died: Jan 12, 1882 in Paris, Edgar Co. Illinois
2 Blanche O'Hair Baber b: Nov 24, 1873 in Paris, Edgar Co. Illinois Died: Jan 27, 1939 in Paris, Edgar Co. Illinois Census 1920: At Home - Age 45 Fact: Elegant and bright not married at time of father's obit in 1915 or at time of death.
2 Fred Randall Baber b: May 28, 1876 in Paris, Edgar Co. Illinois Died: Aug 04, 1940 in Paris, Edgar Co. Illinois Census 1900: At Home - Cashier in family owned bank. Census 1910: Paris, Edgar Co. Illinois - Assistant Cashier in Bank
.... +Hattie Finnimore b: Mar 04, 1880 in Vigo Co. Indiana Married: Apr 26, 1895 in Edgar Co. Illinois Fact: Oct 17, 1918 Sep 26, 1896 married Robert H. Spires. Father: Joseph Fennimore Mother: Ellen Campbell
*2nd Wife of Fred Randall Baber:
.... +Jennie Tessini Petty b: 1874 Married: May 24, 1897 in Paris, Edgar Co. Illinois
*3rd Wife of Fred Randall Baber:
.... +Daisy Lycan b: Jul 13, 1883 Married: Oct 13, 1902 in Paris, Edgar Co. Illinois Died: Oct 1971 in Paris, Edgar Co. Illinois Father: Hiram Lycan Mother: Elizabeth Thomas
3 Asa James Baber b: Jun 29, 1904 in Paris, Edgar Co. Illinois Died: Jul 27, 1960 in Chicago, Cook Co. Illinois
..... +Florence Dorothy Mercer b: Aug 25, 1900 in Helena, Lewis & Clark Co. Montana Married: Oct 13, 1929 Died: Jan 03, 1984 in Chicago, Cook Co. Illinois Fact: Descendant of General Hugh Mercer Father: William Leslie Mercer Mother: Florence May Mecham
. 4 Asa James Baber Jr. b: Jun 19, 1936 in Chicago, Cook Co. Illinois Died: Jun 18, 2003 in Chicago, Cook Co. Illinois Death Cause: Lou Gerhig's Disease Military service: US Marines Occupation: Author - Wrote Books and for Playboy Enterprises, Chicago.
...... +Frances Elizabeth Coe b: Feb 23, 1938 in Memphis, Shelby Co. Tennessee Married: Jan 19, 1958 in Memphis, Shelby Co. Tennessee Divorce: 1972 Died: Jan 12, 2017 in Oxford, Lafayette Co. Mississippi Father: Rufus Lawrence Coe Mother: Lawrencia Louise Coffin
... 5 James Lawrence Baber b: Nov 08, 1964
........ +Erin Street b: Mar 24, 1970 Mother: Antoinette Calvert
... 5 Brendan Patrick Baber b: Mar 17, 1968
........ +Krista Roslof b: Nov 16, 1969
.... 6 Maxwell James Baber b: Sep 11, 2003
.... 6 Morgan Rose Baber b: May 01, 2006
... *2nd Wife of Brendan Patrick Baber:
........ +Tasha Marie Rieck b: Apr 22, 1985 Father: Roger Paul Rieck Mother: Kimberly Darling
.... 6 Asa Julian Baber b: May 22, 2012
. *2nd Wife of Asa James Baber Jr.:
...... +Deborah L. Allen b: Apr 1946 Married: Abt. 1975 Fact: Abt. 1993 Married Wayne Arthur Kerstetter.
. 4 Dorothy Baber b: Sep 1939 in Chicago, Cook Co. Illinois
...... +Gardner Wilson Heidrick Jr. b: Apr 23, 1939 in Kansas City, Kansas Married: Dec 21, 1962 in Hattiesburg, Forrest Co. Mississippi Divorce: Nov 13, 1973 in Harris Co. Texas Died: Oct 11, 2014 in Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co. North Carolina Fact: Also married Joan Gordon. Father: Gardner Wilson Heidrick Sr. Mother: Eileen ??
... 5 Gardner Wilson Heidrick III b: Dec 15, 1966
........ +Ingrid Towers Married: 2004
.... 6 Greta Baber Heidrick b: Oct 2008

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