Note that the marker says he was born in 1779, but multiple bios all seem to agree with a family Bible which states that he was actually born in 1791.
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Austin, Texas, Dec. 12, 1857. . . . I regret to inform you of the great loss the State, and more particularly the cause of education, has sustained, in the loss of Rev. Daniel Baker, President of Austin College, at Huntsville. He died suddenly in this city, on Thursday evening last, of disease of the heart. The zealous efforts of Dr. Baker, in behalf of education, and high-toned morality in Texas, has made his name a household word, and his death a public calamity, and his loss to be deplored throughout our entire country. As a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, the Legislature adjourned to attend his funeral. . . . The Eastern Texian (San Augustine, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 26, 1857
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Five months later ... Died, in Huntsville, Texas, on Tuesday night, Mrs. Elizabeth Baker, relict of the late Rev. Daniel Baker, D.D. ... Southern Intelligencer, May 19, 1858 ...
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Austin, Texas, Dec. 12, 1857. . . . I regret to inform you of the great loss the State, and more particularly the cause of education, has sustained, in the loss of Rev. Daniel Baker, President of Austin College, at Huntsville. He died suddenly in this city, on Thursday evening last, of disease of the heart. The zealous efforts of Dr. Baker, in behalf of education, and high-toned morality in Texas, has made his name a household word, and his death a public calamity, and his loss to be deplored throughout our entire country. As a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, the Legislature adjourned to attend his funeral. . . . The Eastern Texian (San Augustine, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 26, 1857
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Five months later ... Died, in Huntsville, Texas, on Tuesday night, Mrs. Elizabeth Baker, relict of the late Rev. Daniel Baker, D.D. ... Southern Intelligencer, May 19, 1858 ...
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Note that the marker says he was born in 1779, but multiple bios all seem to agree with a family Bible which states that he was actually born in 1791.
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Austin, Texas, Dec. 12, 1857. . . . I regret to inform you of the great loss the State, and more particularly the cause of education, has sustained, in the loss of Rev. Daniel Baker, President of Austin College, at Huntsville. He died suddenly in this city, on Thursday evening last, of disease of the heart. The zealous efforts of Dr. Baker, in behalf of education, and high-toned morality in Texas, has made his name a household word, and his death a public calamity, and his loss to be deplored throughout our entire country. As a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, the Legislature adjourned to attend his funeral. . . . The Eastern Texian (San Augustine, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 26, 1857
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Five months later ... Died, in Huntsville, Texas, on Tuesday night, Mrs. Elizabeth Baker, relict of the late Rev. Daniel Baker, D.D. ... Southern Intelligencer, May 19, 1858 ...
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Austin, Texas, Dec. 12, 1857. . . . I regret to inform you of the great loss the State, and more particularly the cause of education, has sustained, in the loss of Rev. Daniel Baker, President of Austin College, at Huntsville. He died suddenly in this city, on Thursday evening last, of disease of the heart. The zealous efforts of Dr. Baker, in behalf of education, and high-toned morality in Texas, has made his name a household word, and his death a public calamity, and his loss to be deplored throughout our entire country. As a mark of respect to the memory of the deceased, the Legislature adjourned to attend his funeral. . . . The Eastern Texian (San Augustine, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 39, Ed. 1 Saturday, December 26, 1857
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Five months later ... Died, in Huntsville, Texas, on Tuesday night, Mrs. Elizabeth Baker, relict of the late Rev. Daniel Baker, D.D. ... Southern Intelligencer, May 19, 1858 ...
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Inscription
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Sacred
To the memory of one, Who.
Born
at Midway, Liberty County, Ga.
August 17, 1779 [sic, i.e., 1791]
Dying
at Austin City, Texas
December 10, 1857.
Left this as his only Epitaph
"Here lies
DANIEL BAKER
Preacher of the Gospel.
A sinner saved by grace."
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