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Elwood Thomas Baker (1853 - 1938)

Elwood Thomas Baker
Born in Marion, Marion, Ohio, United Statesmap
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Husband of — married 7 Apr 1880 in Indiana, United Statesmap
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Died at about age 85 in Queens, New York City, New York, United Statesmap
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Biography

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Elwood Thomas Baker was born in 1853 in Marion, Marion, Ohio, United States, son of Charles Baker (1804–1896) and Tacey Thomas (1809–1882).[1]

His other child was Tacey Baker

Elwood (26) married Sallie Wilson (20) (born on October 6, 1859 in Missouri, United States; daughter of Alexander Wilson) on April 7, 1880 in Indiana, United States.[2] [3] Their children were:

In 1900, Elwood (46) F and Sally W Baker. [4]

In 1905, Elwood (51) J [5]

In 1910, Elwood T (56) was living in Brooklyn Ward 24, Kings, New York. [6]

In 1920, Elwood T (66) and Donald M Baker. [7] Elwood was one of the pioneers in the telephone business, being secretary and treasurer of Evansville Telephone Co., Cumberland Telephone Co., at Nashville and afterwards purchasing agent of Western Electric Co., Chicago.

Elwood was also a teacher and writer of Whist game for many years.

He, along with his son, Charles Graham Baker, invented the card game "Gin Rummy" in 1909. It is a card game with two players that originally came from a "whiskey poker game" of the 1700s.

It was developed to be a faster form of rummy. Use standard 52-card deck with the cards ranking from low-to-high is A-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-10-J-Q-K. The objective in Gin Rummy is to score more points than your opponent.

Elwood died on November 21, 1938 in Queens, New York City, New York, aged 84.[8]

Sources

  1. ↑ "United States Census, 1860"
    (FamilySearch Record: MCGN-2K5 : accessed 21 November 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-GBSZ-NZ2
    Entry for Charles Baker and Tacey T Baker, 1860
    citing Page: 129; Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: M653; Digital film/folder number: 005170602; FHL microfilm: 805006; Image number: 325; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N01794-5.
  2. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
    (FamilySearch Record: 8318-VWN2 : accessed 21 November 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C91S-23QZ-X
    Entry for Elwood T Baker and Sallie Wilson, 7 Apr 1880
    citing Digital film/folder number: 007734057_002_M9MF-GPZ; Image number: 35.
  3. ↑ "Indiana Marriages, 1811-2019"
    (FamilySearch Record: D6P2-XVPZ : accessed 21 November 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: 3Q9M-C91S-6HM5-Z
    Entry for Elwood T. Baker and Jesse W. Walker, 7 Apr 1880
    citing Digital film/folder number: 007734069; Image number: 124.
  4. ↑ "United States Census, 1900"
    (FamilySearch Record: MSND-MBP : accessed 21 November 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: S3HY-66B9-L1L
    Entry for Elwood F Baker and Sally W Baker, 1900
    citing Affiliate Name: The U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA); Affiliate Publication Number: T623; Line: 34; Digital film/folder number: 004114557; FHL microfilm: 1241062; Image number: 174; Sheet number: 13; Sheet letter: A; Packet letter: A; Indexing batch: N00691-2.
  5. ↑ "New York State Census, 1905"
    (FamilySearch Record: MKSK-YM1 : accessed 21 November 2023)
    FamilySearch Image: S3HY-6QCW-GKP
    Elwood J Baker, Brooklyn, A.D. 18, E.D. 04, Kings, New York
    citing p. , line 23, various county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 1,930,274.
  6. ↑ "United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MP1M-X9B : accessed 28 February 2021), Elwood T Baker, Brooklyn Ward 24, Kings, New York, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 626, sheet 2A, family 33, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 974; FHL microfilm 1,374,987.
  7. ↑ "United States Census, 1920", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MJ5K-7MC : 2 February 2021), Elwood T Baker, 1920.
  8. ↑ "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949"
    (FamilySearch Record: 2WL7-RBG : accessed 21 November 2023)
    Elwood Thomas Baker, 1938
    citing Digital film/folder number: 004007877; FHL microfilm: 2184977; Record number: 143; Packet letter: A.

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