John Edward Baker

1833 - 1900  (67 years)

• Name	John Edward Baker
  Birth	26 Mar 1833	Lancaster, Coos, NH
  Gender	Male
  Census	6 Aug 1850	Lancaster, Coos, NH
  	age 17, born NH, living with parents
  Census	9 Jul 1860	Lancaster, Coos, NH
  	age 27, born NH, living with parents
  Census	9 Jun 1870	Monroe, Green, WI
  	age 37, born NH, conductor on RR
  Death	14 May 1900	Freeport, Stephenson, IL
  Burial	Chippiannock Cemetery, Rock Island, IL
  Person ID	I14790	Family Tree
  Last Modified	4 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	Charles Baker,   b. 27 Mar 1793, Lancaster, Coos, NH d. 8 Dec 1867, Lancaster, Coos, NH (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Margaret Holton,   b. 4 May 1800, Ellington, Tolland, CT d. 25 Jun 1871, Lancaster, Coos, NH (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F5529	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Frances E Cheney,   b. 15 Feb 1842, Wisconsin d. 1929, Dane Co, WI (Age 86 years)  [1]
  Marriage	21 Sep 1864	Dawson Co, WI
  Notes	from "Wisconsin, County Marriages, 1836-1911" (familysearch.org) John E Baker married Frances E Cheney on 21 Sep 1864 in Dawson Co, WI
  Children	1. Harriet W Baker,   b. 4 Nov 1865   d. 30 Jun 1866 (Age 0 years)   2. Edward C Baker,   b. 22 Nov 1869, Wisconsin d. 17 Jan 1873 (Age 3 years) + 3. Rufus Cheney “Rewey” Baker,   b. 22 Feb 1872, Longton, Elk, KS d. 26 Sep 1940, Dane Co, WI (Age 68 years)
  Family ID	F5548	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2018

  
  

• Headstones

  John E Baker Gravestone JOHN E. BAKER / Mar. 26, 1833 - May 14, 1900

  
  

• Notes

  from "Illinois, U.S., Select Deaths Index, 1877-1916" (ancestry.com) John E Baker, 67, died 14 May 1900 in Freeport, Stephenson, IL. from "The Rock Island Argus" 16 May 1900 (findagrave listing) The remains of John E. Baker, the Milwaukee conductor, arrived from Freeport at 11:30 today over the C. M. & St. P. road. They were accompanied by the wife and son, Rufus and wife, and a committee from the Order of Railway Conductors 106 of Rock Island. Services were conducted at the home in Freeport this morning at 7 o'clock by Rev. Axtell, of the Methodist church. The funeral occurred from the depot on Twentieth street to Chippiannock cemetery, where the remains were laid to rest. Many floral tributes covered the bier. Among them was one from the Milwaukee employees at Freeport, the design standing four feet high. A bunch of flowers was handed to the mourners by a little miss at Port Byron junction, who was accustomed to ride to Rock Island with the deceased. The pallbearers, all of the order of Railway Conductors, were: M. F. Archer, J. D. Dizotell, A. T. Rohwedder, J. A. Stafford, O. J. Brien and L. A. Mapes.

  
  

• Sources

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