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William Alson Baker

Male 1837 - 1897  (60 years)


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  • Name William Alson Baker 
    Birth 10 Mar 1837  Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Census 2 Nov 1850  Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 12, born NH, living with parents 
    Census 16 Jun 1860  Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 23, born NH, living with father and stepmother 
    Military Service 1862/1863  Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Hospital attendant, Enlisted in Company E, Massachusetts 39th Infantry Regiment on 12 Aug 1862.Promoted to Full Private.Mustered out on 26 Oct 1863 at Washington, DC. 
    Census 1 May 1865  Cambridge, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 28, born NH, machinist 
    Census 24 Jun 1870  Somerville, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 33, born NH, machinist 
    Census 3 Jun 1880  Middleton, Strafford, NH Find all individuals with events at this location 
    age 41, born NH, farmer, parents born NH/NH 
    Death 23 Mar 1897  Arlington, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Burial Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I1571  Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
    Last Modified 13 Feb 2019 

    Father Larkin Dudley Baker,   b. 17 Sep 1795, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Feb 1872, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 76 years) 
    Mother Celina Cobb,   b. 27 May 1802, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Oct 1852 (Age 50 years) 
    Marriage 23 Jan 1823 
    Family ID F356  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Cornelia Devine Cannon,   b. 1843, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 7 Sep 1884, Wakefield, Carroll, NH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Marriage 9 Aug 1862  Cambridge, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • from "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915" (ancestry.com)
      on 9 Aug 1862 in Cambridge MA, William A Baker, 25, an attendant residing Somerville, born Westmoreland NH married Cornelia D Cannon, 20, residing Cambridge.
    Children 
     1. Kate Mabel Baker,   b. 12 Sep 1864, Cambridge, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 31 Jan 1911, Salem, Essex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)
    +2. Josie M Baker,   b. 25 Sep 1866, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Jun 1908, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
    +3. Albert Larkin Baker,   b. Jun 1868, Somerville, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Oct 1941 (Age 73 years)
    +4. William A Baker,   b. 25 Dec 1870, Somerville, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Apr 1956, Los Angeles, CA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    +5. George Clinton Baker,   b. 12 Sep 1875, Somerville, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Jan 1953 (Age 77 years)
    Family ID F358  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2016 

    Family 2 Ellen S Horne,   b. 1857, Somersworth, NH Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Jan 1904, Dover, Strafford, NH Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Marriage 16 Dec 1882  Cambridge, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • from "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915"
      on 16 Dec 1882 in Cambridge MA, William A Baker, 42, a broker, residing Cambridge MA son of Larkin and Celia Baker married Ellen S Horne, 25 , residing Great Falls, dau of Leverett C & Sylvia. 2nd marriage for William, 1st for Ellen.
    Family ID F1808  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 13 Mar 2016 

    Family 3 Olive A Barnes,   b. 30 May 1862, Boston, Suffolk, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 6 Sep 1893  Cambridge, Middlesex, MA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • from "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915" (ancestry.com)
      On 6 Sep 1893 in Cambridge MA, William A Baker, 49, a banker, born NH to Larkin Baker & Selena Cobb, married Olive A Barnes, 28, born Boston to Martin & Mary Witham. His 3rd, her 1st marriage.
    Family ID F1811  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 8 May 2017 

  • Headstones
    William A Baker Inscription on Barnes Family Gravestone
    William A Baker Inscription on Barnes Family Gravestone
    WILLIAM A. BAKER / DIED MARCH 23. 1897

    Histories
    The History of Westmoreland (Great Meadow) New Hampshire 1741-1970
    The History of Westmoreland (Great Meadow) New Hampshire 1741-1970

  • Notes 
    • from "New Hampshire, Birth Records, 1659-1900" (ancestry.com)
      William Alson Baker was born on 10 Mar 1937 in Westmoreland. to Larkin Baker, residing Westmoreland and Celina Cobb.
    • from "Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915" (ancestry.com)
      William A Baker, 55, a broker, born Westmoreland NH to Larkin Baker b. NH and Selina Cobb b. NH died on 23 Mar 1897 in Arlington MA of natural causes
    • from "The Boston Business Journal", 24 Mar 1897 (genealogybank.com)
      DEATH OF W.A. BAKER
      William A. Baker died very suddenly early Tuesday morning at his home 30 Park Street, Cambridge. Mr. Baker gained considerable prominence in Cambridge in connection with the Mayoralty context in 1893. At that time it was claimed by Bancroft supporters that the name of "William A Baker" was put forward on nomination papers simply to have a name appear on the ballot ahead of that of "William A. Bancroft." In that election Bancroft received 5838 votes, Kelley 4427 and Baker 167. Mr. Baker was about 56 years old, and had lived in Cambridge ever since the war. He served during the war in Company E, Thirty-ninth Massachusetts Volunteers, a Somerville company. He was a member of John A. Logan Post 186, G.A.R. Mr. Baker was a stock broker, having a Boston office at 43 Water Street. He leaves a widow.