Edwin Nash Baker (1842 - 1916)

Born 7 Jan 1842 in Prospect, Oneida, New York, United States

Ancestors

Died 16 Jul 1916 at age 74 in Painesville, Lake, Ohio, United States

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Biography

Edwin was born in 1842. He was a street commissioner in Painesville, Ohio.

Books

Service from The Story of a Thousand

Enlisted in to Company D of the 105th Ohio Volunteer Infantry on August 10, 1862 at age 20 as Private. He was wounded at the Battle of Perryville in Kentucky on October 8, 1862. He was discharged on January 20, 1863 at Louisville, Kentucky for disability from wound. ^[1]

Newspapers

1862-Oct-24, "Cleveland Daily Leader"

... COMPANY D, LAKE COUNTY:

WOUNDED

Edward M. Baker, Mentor, slightly in hand ... ^[2]

1862-Dec-23, "Cleveland Daily Leader"

Ohio Soldiers in Perryville Hospitals.

Edward Baker, company D, wounded in the leg. ... ^[3]

1863-Jan-15, Cleveland Daily Leader

Sick Soldiers at Louisville. ...

Edwin N. Baker, Co. D, 105th Ohio, hospital 12. ... ^[4]

Sources

Census

"United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MCBP-QLM : 12 April 2016), Edwin Baker in household of James Baker, Trenton, Oneida, New York, United States; citing family 283, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

"New York State Census, 1855," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K67L-BC4 : 7 September 2016), Edwin N Baker in household of James Baker, Remsen, Oneida, New York, United States; citing p. 5, line #41, family #45, county clerk offices, New York; FHL microfilm 1,435,053.

"United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M89X-4H5 : 16 July 2017), Edward N Baker, Painesville, Lake, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district ED 86, sheet 400D, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 1038; FHL microfilm 1,255,038.

"United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMDH-83B : accessed 27 October 2017), Edwin Baker, Painsville Township Painesville village, Lake, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 65, sheet 37A, family 906, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,241,291.

"United States Census, 1910," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MLFQ-1JW : accessed 27 October 2017), Edwin N Baker, Painesville, Lake, Ohio, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 80, sheet 3A, family 62, NARA microfilm publication T624 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1982), roll 1203; FHL microfilm 1,375,216.

Death

"Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X8N2-P32 : 8 December 2014), Edwin Nash Baker, 16 Jul 1916; citing Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio, reference fn 47000; FHL microfilm 1,983,752.

Burial: Evergreen Cemetery, Painesville, Lake Co., Ohio, United States, Plot: Division 24 Lot 44 ^[5]

Footnotes

1. ↑ The Story of a Thousand by Albion Winegar Tourgée, Appendices, published by S. McGerald & Son, 1896
2. ↑ 'Cleveland Daily Leader, (Cleveland, Ohio), 1862-Oct-24, page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24500179/cleveland_daily_leader/
3. ↑ 'Cleveland Daily Leader, (Cleveland, Ohio), 1862-Dec-23, page 1, https://www.newspapers.com/image/75690603/
4. ↑ 'Cleveland Daily Leader, (Cleveland, Ohio), 1863-Jan-15, page 2, https://www.newspapers.com/image/75714970/
5. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=79268173