The son of John Boggs & Eleanor (English) Baker, in 1860 he was a self-described "gentleman" living with his family in Tuscarora Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania, but is in the 1863-65 draft registration for Saville Township, Perry County, as a shoemaker.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of twenty in Ickesburg, Perry County, June 30, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg July 6 as a private with Co. I, 36th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 11, 1863. He is in the muster roll by his middle name.
His obituaries - one seen below - erroneously claim he had "fought with Union forces in Gettysburg," but the 36th Pennsylvania Militia never went near Gettysburg at any point during its existence. In addition, the egregiously error-prone and completely untrustworthy Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Card just as wrongly asserts that he served one year in the military. (The 36th Pennsylvania Militia should not be confused with the 36th Pennsylvania Infantry, aka 7th Pennsylvania Reserves, that did fight at Gettysburg.)
He married Barbara Ellen Bixler ca. 1864 and fathered Anna L. (b. 09/09/64 - married Frederick Henry Mather and possibly a Bucher), Joseph Alfred (b. 04/03/66), Franics Rodrick "Frank" (b. 12/04/67), Mary Edith (b. 05/18/69 - married John W. Kines), John Dickey (b. 04/07/71), Grace Elizabeth "Bessie" (b. 11/23/74 - married George Bigler Mickey), Herbert Clyde (b. 06/03/77), and Clara E. (b. 01/05/80 - married Samuel Astor Potter). Working as both a shoemaker and teacher after the war, he opted to enter the medical profession, first studying with local physicians, then graduating in 1880 from Philadelphia's American University. He died at his home from "apoplexy" with "disease of heart" a contributing factor.
Philadelphia Inquirer, January 17, 1915:
Dr. John D. Baker Dead
MARYSVILLE, Pa., Jan. 16 -- Dr. John D. Baker, aged 72, of Eschol, this county, died today from a stroke of apoplexy. He had just risen from the table after eating a hearty meal when he fell to the floor. Dr. Baker was a Civil War veteran and fought with the Union forces in Gettysburg [false - see above].
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of twenty in Ickesburg, Perry County, June 30, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg July 6 as a private with Co. I, 36th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 11, 1863. He is in the muster roll by his middle name.
His obituaries - one seen below - erroneously claim he had "fought with Union forces in Gettysburg," but the 36th Pennsylvania Militia never went near Gettysburg at any point during its existence. In addition, the egregiously error-prone and completely untrustworthy Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Card just as wrongly asserts that he served one year in the military. (The 36th Pennsylvania Militia should not be confused with the 36th Pennsylvania Infantry, aka 7th Pennsylvania Reserves, that did fight at Gettysburg.)
He married Barbara Ellen Bixler ca. 1864 and fathered Anna L. (b. 09/09/64 - married Frederick Henry Mather and possibly a Bucher), Joseph Alfred (b. 04/03/66), Franics Rodrick "Frank" (b. 12/04/67), Mary Edith (b. 05/18/69 - married John W. Kines), John Dickey (b. 04/07/71), Grace Elizabeth "Bessie" (b. 11/23/74 - married George Bigler Mickey), Herbert Clyde (b. 06/03/77), and Clara E. (b. 01/05/80 - married Samuel Astor Potter). Working as both a shoemaker and teacher after the war, he opted to enter the medical profession, first studying with local physicians, then graduating in 1880 from Philadelphia's American University. He died at his home from "apoplexy" with "disease of heart" a contributing factor.
Philadelphia Inquirer, January 17, 1915:
Dr. John D. Baker Dead
MARYSVILLE, Pa., Jan. 16 -- Dr. John D. Baker, aged 72, of Eschol, this county, died today from a stroke of apoplexy. He had just risen from the table after eating a hearty meal when he fell to the floor. Dr. Baker was a Civil War veteran and fought with the Union forces in Gettysburg [false - see above].
The son of John Boggs & Eleanor (English) Baker, in 1860 he was a self-described "gentleman" living with his family in Tuscarora Township, Perry County, Pennsylvania, but is in the 1863-65 draft registration for Saville Township, Perry County, as a shoemaker.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of twenty in Ickesburg, Perry County, June 30, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg July 6 as a private with Co. I, 36th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 11, 1863. He is in the muster roll by his middle name.
His obituaries - one seen below - erroneously claim he had "fought with Union forces in Gettysburg," but the 36th Pennsylvania Militia never went near Gettysburg at any point during its existence. In addition, the egregiously error-prone and completely untrustworthy Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Card just as wrongly asserts that he served one year in the military. (The 36th Pennsylvania Militia should not be confused with the 36th Pennsylvania Infantry, aka 7th Pennsylvania Reserves, that did fight at Gettysburg.)
He married Barbara Ellen Bixler ca. 1864 and fathered Anna L. (b. 09/09/64 - married Frederick Henry Mather and possibly a Bucher), Joseph Alfred (b. 04/03/66), Franics Rodrick "Frank" (b. 12/04/67), Mary Edith (b. 05/18/69 - married John W. Kines), John Dickey (b. 04/07/71), Grace Elizabeth "Bessie" (b. 11/23/74 - married George Bigler Mickey), Herbert Clyde (b. 06/03/77), and Clara E. (b. 01/05/80 - married Samuel Astor Potter). Working as both a shoemaker and teacher after the war, he opted to enter the medical profession, first studying with local physicians, then graduating in 1880 from Philadelphia's American University. He died at his home from "apoplexy" with "disease of heart" a contributing factor.
Philadelphia Inquirer, January 17, 1915:
Dr. John D. Baker Dead
MARYSVILLE, Pa., Jan. 16 -- Dr. John D. Baker, aged 72, of Eschol, this county, died today from a stroke of apoplexy. He had just risen from the table after eating a hearty meal when he fell to the floor. Dr. Baker was a Civil War veteran and fought with the Union forces in Gettysburg [false - see above].
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted at the stated age of twenty in Ickesburg, Perry County, June 30, 1863, during the Gettysburg crisis, mustered into state service at Camp Curtin in Harrisburg July 6 as a private with Co. I, 36th Pennsylvania Militia, and honorably discharged with his company August 11, 1863. He is in the muster roll by his middle name.
His obituaries - one seen below - erroneously claim he had "fought with Union forces in Gettysburg," but the 36th Pennsylvania Militia never went near Gettysburg at any point during its existence. In addition, the egregiously error-prone and completely untrustworthy Pennsylvania Veterans Burial Card just as wrongly asserts that he served one year in the military. (The 36th Pennsylvania Militia should not be confused with the 36th Pennsylvania Infantry, aka 7th Pennsylvania Reserves, that did fight at Gettysburg.)
He married Barbara Ellen Bixler ca. 1864 and fathered Anna L. (b. 09/09/64 - married Frederick Henry Mather and possibly a Bucher), Joseph Alfred (b. 04/03/66), Franics Rodrick "Frank" (b. 12/04/67), Mary Edith (b. 05/18/69 - married John W. Kines), John Dickey (b. 04/07/71), Grace Elizabeth "Bessie" (b. 11/23/74 - married George Bigler Mickey), Herbert Clyde (b. 06/03/77), and Clara E. (b. 01/05/80 - married Samuel Astor Potter). Working as both a shoemaker and teacher after the war, he opted to enter the medical profession, first studying with local physicians, then graduating in 1880 from Philadelphia's American University. He died at his home from "apoplexy" with "disease of heart" a contributing factor.
Philadelphia Inquirer, January 17, 1915:
Dr. John D. Baker Dead
MARYSVILLE, Pa., Jan. 16 -- Dr. John D. Baker, aged 72, of Eschol, this county, died today from a stroke of apoplexy. He had just risen from the table after eating a hearty meal when he fell to the floor. Dr. Baker was a Civil War veteran and fought with the Union forces in Gettysburg [false - see above].
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