Frank Asbury Baker (1847 - 1903)

Born 2 Sep 1847 in Linden, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Jennie Glasson — married 6 Apr 1874 in Iowa Co., Wisconsin, USA

Descendants

Died 8 Feb 1903 at age 55 in Bruning, Thayer, Nebraska, United States

Biography

Event

Event:

Type: Anecdote

Date: 2008

Note: He and Jennie left Wisconsin in 1879 for pioneering life in Nebraska, settling near Bruning. In 1880 their three small children died in a diptheria epidemic. They are all three buried in the Harmony Cemetery.

Following is an obituary of Francis Asbury Baker:

Death of F. A. Baker

Died, at his home at Bruning, Neb., Feb. 8, 1903, Mr. F. A. Baker, a native of the town of Linden, Iowa county. Mr. E. A. Baker, of this city, a brother of deceased, received a telegram, on Monday, announcing the death of his brother, and he took the train on Monday evening, for Bruning, Neb., to attend the funeral.

Deceased was born in the town of Linden, in this county, September 12, 1847, and was married to Miss Jennie Glasson in 1874, and in a few years afterwards moved to Fillmore county, Neb., where he had lived ever since. He was a son of the late Francis Baker, of this city, and his wife was a daughter of Mrs. Matthew Corin, of this city, and a sister of Mrs. Wm. Callow, of Cobb, and his wife and three children survive him. Of the other family relatives that survive him are his mother, Mrs. Francis Baker, and his brother E. A. Baker, both of this city, also brothers J. W. Baker, of Cobb, Wis.; Oscar L. Baker, of St. Paul; Thomas J. Baker, of Otoe, Iowa; and sisters, Mrs. J. H. Doney, Washington, DC.; Mrs. J. T. Jones, Dodgeville; Mrs. J. B. Webb, Spencer, Iowa; Mrs. C. R. Fox, Cobb, Wisc.; Mrs. J. W. Parmley, Ipswich, S. Dak.

Frank was born about 1847. Frank Baker ... He passed away about 1920. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Entered by Doug Oltmanns, Jun 1, 2012

• "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M4DJ-Z55 : 12 April 2016), John W Baker in household of Francis Baker, Linden, Iowa, Wisconsin, United States; citing family 744, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
• "United States Census, 1860", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MWM1-RF6 : 12 December 2017), John Baker in entry for Francis Baker, 1860.
• This person was created through the import of FAMILY.GED on 08 May 2011.
• Doug Oltmanns, firsthand knowledge.