Roswell Farnum Baker b. 1 Jan 1843 Bradford, Orange, VT d. 24 Feb 1906 Somerville, Middlesex, MA

1843 - 1906 (63 years)

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Name	Roswell Farnum Baker
Birth	1 Jan 1843	Bradford, Orange, VT
Gender	Male
Census	13 Aug 1850	Charlestown, Middlesex, MA
	age 6, born VT, living with parents
Census	1855	Boston, Suffolk, MA
	age 11, born NH, living with parents
Census	7 Jul 1860	Charlestown, Middlesex, MA
	age 16, born VT, living with parents
Military Service	22 Sep 1862	Massachusetts
	Company E, Massachusetts 47th Infantry Regiment Mustered out 1 Sep 1863
Military Service	18 Jun 1864	Massachusetts
	Commissioned as an officer in the UN Navy. Mustered out on 18 Sep 1868.
Census	1 May 1865	Charlestown, Middlesex, MA
	age 21, born Bradford VT, engineer, living with parents
Census	13 Jun 1870	Cambridge, Middlesex, MA
	age 26, born MA, civil engineer, living in inlaws' house
Census	9 Jun 1880	Boston, Suffolk, MA
	Rodges, age 36, born VT, engineer, parents born NH/VT
Census	1 Jun 1900	Somerville, Middlesex, MA
	age 55, born Jan 1845 in VT, marr 13 yrs, president of mining co, parents born VT/VT
Death	24 Feb 1906	Somerville, Middlesex, MA
Burial	28 Feb 1906	Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett, MA
Person ID	I14286	Family Tree
Last Modified	6 Feb 2019

Father	Samuel Harrison Baker, b. 9 Sep 1813, Charleston, Cheshire, NH d. 13 Apr 1883, Cambridgeport, Middlesex, MA (Age 69 years)
Mother	Mary Ann Flanders, b. 20 Nov 1821, Warren, Grafton, NH d. 20 Dec 1870, Charlestown, Middlesex, MA (Age 49 years)
Marriage	1 Jan 1843	Vermont
Notes	from "Vermont, Vital Records, 1720-1908" (ancestry.com) On 1 Jan 1843, Samuel H Baker of Bradford married Mary Ann Flanders
Family ID	F5336	Group Sheet \| Family Chart

Family 1 Sarah Fuller Willis, b. 31 Mar 1848, Charlestown, Middlesex, MA [1]

Marriage 13 Jul 1867

Notes

from "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915" (genealogy.com)
On 13 Jul 1869 in Cambridge MA, Roswell F Baker, 25, an engineer residing Charlestown, born Bradford NH to Samuel F & Mary A Baker, married Sarah F Willis, 21, residing Cambridge, born Charlestown to Daniel G & Hannah Willis. 1st marriage for both.

Children

	1. Frederick E Baker, b. 21 Apr 1870, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA d. 18 Sep 1873, Fitchburg, Worcester, MA (Age 3 years)
	2. Mary Eva Baker, b. 14 Jun 1871, Cambridge, Middlesex, MA
	3. Martha Goodrich Baker, b. 13 Apr 1877, Charlestown, Middlesex, MA

Family ID F5343 Group Sheet | Family Chart

Last Modified 4 Mar 2017

Family 2	Lucy E Emery, b. Jan 1862, Gardner, Worcester, MA
Marriage	3 Aug 1886	Gardner, Worcester, MA
Notes	from "Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988" On 3 Aug 1886 in Gardner MA, Roswell F Baker, 42, a trader, residing Boston, born Bradford VT to Samuel H & Mary E Baker, married Lucy W Emery, 25, residing Gardner, born Gardner to Moses W and Amanda Emery. His 2nd, her 1st marriage.
Family ID	F5345	Group Sheet \| Family Chart
Last Modified	4 Mar 2017

Notes

from "Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915" (ancestry.com)
Roswell Farnum Baker, in mining business, age 62y 1m 23d, born in Bardford VT to Samuel Baker & Mary Farnum, died on 24 Feb 1906 in Somerville MA of chronic prostatitis. Burial on 28 Feb in Woodlawn Cemetery, Everett MA. Informant Mrs. A. F. Baker.
from "The Boston Herald", 26 Feb 1906 (genealogybank.com)
BAKER - In Somerville, Feb. 24, Roswell F. Baker. Funeral services at his late residence, 26 Hudson st, Tuesday, Feb 27, at 7:30 P M. Relatives and friends invited to attend.

Sources
[S25] Albert Clark Baker, Genealogy and history of the Baker, Andrus, Clark, and Adams families, (1920).

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