FILMORE BAKER --Found in dying condition in Deep Ravine.
Filmore Baker, a basket maker near Kurtz was found in a dying conditions last Thursday morning about 7 o'clock by his son Jacob.
The family lives in what is known as "Blind Horse Hollow." about three miles north of Kurts. Mr. Baker left home about six o'clock that morning to walk to Shieldstown to market some baskets. About an hour afterward he was discovered by his son, about a half mile from home, lying at the foot of a twenty-foot cliff. The boy was on his way to Freetown and in passing the spot says he heard a noise, and looking over the cliff saw his father lying at the bottom of the ravine. He ran back after his brother Harvey, who accompanied him to the place and who says his father breathed twice after he got there. Neighbors were notified and soon gathered to the place and removed the dead man to his home.
The man was subject to epilepsy, and it is thought while suffering an attack he fell over the cliff and met his death. The remains were interred in the Thompson Cemetery, Friday afternoon.
Coroner Jesse Dowden was sent for and began an inquest Thursday afternoon which continued until Saturday night. The man's skull was crushed just above the left eye, which seemed to be about the only injury of any consequence, and which no doubt caused his death. There was rumor that the man had met with foul play but nothing of this nature was brough out in the evidence at the inquest.
Coroner Dowden's verdict was that the man died from the effects of a crushed skull, the cause of said injury being unknown.
FILMORE BAKER --Found in dying condition in Deep Ravine.
Filmore Baker, a basket maker near Kurtz was found in a dying conditions last Thursday morning about 7 o'clock by his son Jacob.
The family lives in what is known as "Blind Horse Hollow." about three miles north of Kurts. Mr. Baker left home about six o'clock that morning to walk to Shieldstown to market some baskets. About an hour afterward he was discovered by his son, about a half mile from home, lying at the foot of a twenty-foot cliff. The boy was on his way to Freetown and in passing the spot says he heard a noise, and looking over the cliff saw his father lying at the bottom of the ravine. He ran back after his brother Harvey, who accompanied him to the place and who says his father breathed twice after he got there. Neighbors were notified and soon gathered to the place and removed the dead man to his home.
The man was subject to epilepsy, and it is thought while suffering an attack he fell over the cliff and met his death. The remains were interred in the Thompson Cemetery, Friday afternoon.
Coroner Jesse Dowden was sent for and began an inquest Thursday afternoon which continued until Saturday night. The man's skull was crushed just above the left eye, which seemed to be about the only injury of any consequence, and which no doubt caused his death. There was rumor that the man had met with foul play but nothing of this nature was brough out in the evidence at the inquest.
Coroner Dowden's verdict was that the man died from the effects of a crushed skull, the cause of said injury being unknown.
Gravesite Details
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Family Members
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Jacob Lewis "Jake" Baker
1875–1937
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William Daniel Baker
1876–1944
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Malinda Myrtle Baker Goble
1878–1963
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John Harvey Baker
1880–1961
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Margaret Jane Baker Fox
1883–1954
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Wilsie Cleveland Baker
1885–1961
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Eliza Ann Baker Waggoner
1887–1966
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Amy E Baker Vermillion
1890–1963
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Canzada B Baker Adams
1892–1972
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Rosetta Easter "Rosey" Baker Sanders
1895–1971
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