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Salem Pioneer Cemetery ~ Lewis M. Baker
~ part of the Marion County Pioneer Cemeteries of Oregon
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Lewis M. Baker
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| LAST NAME: Baker
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FIRST NAME: Lewis
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MIDDLE NAME: M.
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GENDER: M
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MILITARY: Civil War - Union
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| BORN: Abt 1836
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DIED: 15 Aug 1918
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BURIED: 15 Aug 1918
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OCCUPATION: Carpenter
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| BIRTH PLACE: Virginia
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| DEATH PLACE: Salem, Marion Co., Oregon
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NOTES:
Barrick Records: Lewis M. Baker, b. Virginia, son of Joe Baker and Margaret Dempsey (both b. Virgiina), d. Aug. 15, 1918, age 82 years at O.S.I. A.
1880 OR CENSUS - L. M. Baker, age 44, occupation carpenter, b. Virginia, is enumerated with wife Mary Baker, age 34, b. Wisconsin, along with O.,, male, age 9, b. Minnesota, F. A. , male, age 8, b. Minnesota, E. A., female, age 6, b. Oregon, Ed. D., age 4, b. Oregon and J. R., male, age 4 months, b. Oregon.
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DEATH CERTIFICATE:
OSBH DC (Marion County 1918) #401 - Lewis M. Baker, male, married, occupation Carpenter, b. Virginia, d. 15 Aug 1918 in Salem, Oregon (Oregon State Hospital) at the age of 87 years, name of father Joel Baker (b. Virginia), maiden name of mother Margaret Dempsey (b. Virginia), interment IOOF 17 Aug, undertaker Webb & Clough, informant Oregon State Hosp records.
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OBITUARY:
LEWIS M. BAKER PASSES BEYOND.
Civil War Veteran, Wounded at Gettysburg, Dies at His Home Here.
Lewis M. Baker, age 81 years and 6 months, who had lived in Salem about 40 years, died at his home here yesterday. He was born in Virginia, February 15, 1837, and was a veteran of the Civil war, having enlisted in Company B, Second regiment of Wisconsin infantry, at the beginning of the war and served until the battle of Gettysburg in 1863 where he received a wound which rendered him unfit for further service, and he was given an honorable discharge from the army.
For more than a year after the battle of Gettysburg Mr. Lewis was compelled to stay in a hospital, and throughout the remainder of his life he was bothered by the wound.
Mr. Baker was a charter member of Sedgwick post, G. A. R., of Salem, and for some years was a regular attendant at its meetings. He leaves a wife and five children, namely, Mrs. Ella Baker, Chester C. Baker and Frank A. Baker, all of Salem, and Fred O. Baker and Edward D. Baker of Spokane. Funeral services will be held from the chapel of Webb & Clough tomorrow forenoon at 10 o'clock. A large number of G. A. R. members will attend.
Oregon Statesman 16 Aug 1918 8:4.
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INSCRIPTION:
Lewis M. Baker
Corp. Co B, 2 Wis. Inf
[GAR symbol on grave marker]
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SOURCES:
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OSBH DC (Marion Co., 1918) #401
Saucy Survey & Photographs
S&H pg. 36
1880 OR CENSUS (Marion Co., S. Salem, ED 79, page 14C)
OS 16 Aug 1918 8:4.
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| LOT: 208
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SPACE: 1 SE S½
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LONGITUDE: N 44° 55.209'
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LATITUDE: W 123° 02.725'
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