Eber Baker
Eber Baker for selling off the village lots from the first town plat of Marion. The squatters log cabin was about 1/4 mile 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.
The town plat was named Marion after its newly formed county of the same name, which itself was named for Revolutionary War General Francis Marion. The village of Marion was then chosen as the county seat of government, beating out nearby Claridon, Ohio to the east. A local middle school was named after Baker, serving in two Buildings until a school district realignment in the 2000s.
Baker would go on to serve in the Ohio House of Representatives. He also constructed and operated the Mansion House, in downtown Marion.External sources
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