John W. Baker, Jr. is listed on the 1850 census for Whiteside County, Illinois in the household of John W. and Mary H. Baker: aged 6 years, born in Illinois. Both parents are shown as being born in Maryland. John W. Baker, aged 16 born in Illinois, is again listed in the household of John and Mary Baker on the 1860 census for Garden Plain, Whiteside, Illinois. Other Baker members listed are: Albert J., age 18; Ellen S., 14; Wm. H., 13; Thos J., 12; Edwin, 9; Ransy, 7; Mary, 4; and Sarah E, 2. In 1910 John W. Baker is a resident of Brown's Gulch, Silver Bow County, Montana, and listed on the census: aged 66, born 1844 in Illinois; single; placer miner; both parents born in Maryland. Brown's Gulch is located several miles west/northwest of Butte, Montana. Montana Death Certificate shows Jno. W. Baker died on October 25, 1916, near Rocker, Montana in Silver Bow County: age 71; single; placer miner; burial in Mount Moriah Cemetery in Butte, Montana.
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'Society of Montana Pioneers,' 1899, James Upton Sanders, page 225:
"J. W. Baker, born in Whiteside County, Illinois, April 30th, 1844. Place of departure for Montana, Illinois; route traveled, across the plains; arrived at Alder Gulch in 1863. Occupation, miner. Last address, Butte City."
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'Society of Montana Pioneers,' 1899, James Upton Sanders, page 225:
"J. W. Baker, born in Whiteside County, Illinois, April 30th, 1844. Place of departure for Montana, Illinois; route traveled, across the plains; arrived at Alder Gulch in 1863. Occupation, miner. Last address, Butte City."
John W. Baker, Jr. is listed on the 1850 census for Whiteside County, Illinois in the household of John W. and Mary H. Baker: aged 6 years, born in Illinois. Both parents are shown as being born in Maryland. John W. Baker, aged 16 born in Illinois, is again listed in the household of John and Mary Baker on the 1860 census for Garden Plain, Whiteside, Illinois. Other Baker members listed are: Albert J., age 18; Ellen S., 14; Wm. H., 13; Thos J., 12; Edwin, 9; Ransy, 7; Mary, 4; and Sarah E, 2. In 1910 John W. Baker is a resident of Brown's Gulch, Silver Bow County, Montana, and listed on the census: aged 66, born 1844 in Illinois; single; placer miner; both parents born in Maryland. Brown's Gulch is located several miles west/northwest of Butte, Montana. Montana Death Certificate shows Jno. W. Baker died on October 25, 1916, near Rocker, Montana in Silver Bow County: age 71; single; placer miner; burial in Mount Moriah Cemetery in Butte, Montana.
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'Society of Montana Pioneers,' 1899, James Upton Sanders, page 225:
"J. W. Baker, born in Whiteside County, Illinois, April 30th, 1844. Place of departure for Montana, Illinois; route traveled, across the plains; arrived at Alder Gulch in 1863. Occupation, miner. Last address, Butte City."
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'Society of Montana Pioneers,' 1899, James Upton Sanders, page 225:
"J. W. Baker, born in Whiteside County, Illinois, April 30th, 1844. Place of departure for Montana, Illinois; route traveled, across the plains; arrived at Alder Gulch in 1863. Occupation, miner. Last address, Butte City."
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