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- from "The Stebbins Genealogy" by Ralph Stebbins Greenlee, 1904 (archive.org)
CHARLES STEBBINS BAKER began life on the home farm, helping his father, until he was twenty-one, after which he worked several years for some of the largest farmers in the vicinity of Northampton, Mass. He spent some time during the winters canvassing in New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Vermont, where he met with good success. He purchased the old homestead, and later bought a piece of land adjoining the same. He has been moderately successful in various lines, such as dairying, poultry raising, market gardening, etc. Near the close of the war of the rebellion, the President issued a call for volunteers, and MR. STEBBINS, with two of his neighbors, volunteered to fill the quota; but, the war ending soon, they were not sent south. He had the honor of volunteering, but not the honor of fighting to preserve the Union.
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