Lois lived in Shelburne, Massachusetts. She was the daughter of Rose and Romulus, Sr. Fenimore and was baptized on January 21, 1798. She married Samuel Bakeman (Bateman) in about 1821. They had a daughter born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1822, Josiah C. was born in nearby Northampton in 1830, Eliza Ann was born in Belchertown, Massachusetts in about 1836, and George was born in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1838. Lois died on June 17, 1882, in Northampton.
Sources Consulted
Black Families in Hampden County, Massachusetts 1650-1865, Joseph Carvalho III, 2011, pp. 40-41, 86