Sarah Elizabeth (Long) Baker (1842 - 1924)

Born 17 Nov 1842 in Polk County, Tennessee, USA

Descendants

Died 17 Jul 1924 at age 81 in Arlington, Reno County, Kansas, USA

Biography

• [a news paper clipping at F.A.G. states the following]

SHE WAS ARMY NURSE The Late Mrs. Sarah Baker Served in Army Hospitals in Civil War^[1]

Mrs. Sarah E. Baker, who died a few days ago at her home in Arlington, was a nurse in the Union Army during the Civil War. She was married during the war to Frederick W. Baker in Polk County, Tenn., in October, 1862. They came to Reno County in 1873 settling on a homestead in Troy township.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ "United States General Index to Pension Files, 1861-1934", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KDPR-SRQ : 20 February 2021), Sarah E Baker, 1895.
2. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (www.findagrave.com/memorial/22836704/sarah-elizabeth-baker : accessed 11 June 2021), memorial page for Sarah Elizabeth Long Baker (17 Nov 1842–17 Jul 1924), Find A Grave: Memorial #22836704 citing Baker Cemetery, Partridge, Reno County, Kansas, USA ; Maintained by Anonymous (contributor 46882514) .

• "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF5J-8WM : 19 February 2021), Sarah E Baker in household of Fredrick W Baker, Troy, Reno, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district ED 295, sheet 543C, NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm 1,254,394.

• "United States Census, 1900," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MMY6-WCM : accessed 11 June 2021), Sarah E Baker in household of Fredrick Baker, Arlington Township Arlington city, Reno, Kansas, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 186, sheet 1A, family 2, NARA microfilm publication T623 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 1972.); FHL microfilm 1,240,496.