William Alson Baker

1837 - 1897  (60 years)

• Name	William Alson Baker
  Birth	10 Mar 1837	Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH
  Gender	Male
  Census	2 Nov 1850	Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH ; age 12, born NH, living with parents
  Census	16 Jun 1860	Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH ; age 23, born NH, living with father and stepmother
  Military Service	1862/1863	Massachusetts ; Hospital attendant, Enlisted in Company E, Massachusetts 39th Infantry Regiment on 12 Aug 1862.Promoted to Full Private.Mustered out on 26 Oct 1863 at Washington, DC.
  Census	1 May 1865	Cambridge, Middlesex, MA ; age 28, born NH, machinist
  Census	24 Jun 1870	Somerville, Middlesex, MA ; age 33, born NH, machinist
  Census	3 Jun 1880	Middleton, Strafford, NH ; age 41, born NH, farmer, parents born NH/NH
  Death	23 Mar 1897	Arlington, Middlesex, MA
  Burial		Cambridge Cemetery, Cambridge, MA
  Person ID	I1571	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	Larkin Dudley Baker,   b. 17 Sep 1795, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH d. 3 Feb 1872, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH (Age 76 years)
  Mother	Celina Cobb,   b. 27 May 1802, NH d. 4 Oct 1852 (Age 50 years)
  Marriage	23 Jan 1823
  Family ID	F356	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Cornelia Devine Cannon,   b. 1843, Massachusetts d. 7 Sep 1884, Wakefield, Carroll, NH (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	9 Aug 1862	Cambridge, Middlesex, MA
  Notes	from "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915" (ancestry.com) on 9 Aug 1862 in Cambridge MA, William A Baker, 25, an attendant residing Somerville, born Westmoreland NH married Cornelia D Cannon, 20, residing Cambridge.
  Children	1. Kate Mabel Baker,   b. 12 Sep 1864, Cambridge, Suffolk, MA d. 31 Jan 1911, Salem, Essex, MA (Age 46 years) + 2. Josie M Baker,   b. 25 Sep 1866, Massachusetts d. 19 Jun 1908, Rhode Island (Age 41 years) + 3. Albert Larkin Baker,   b. Jun 1868, Somerville, Middlesex, MA d. 10 Oct 1941 (Age ~ 73 years) + 4. William A Baker,   b. 25 Dec 1870, Somerville, Middlesex, MA d. 25 Apr 1956, Los Angeles, CA (Age 85 years) + 5. George Clinton Baker,   b. 12 Sep 1875, Somerville, Middlesex, MA d. 27 Jan 1953 (Age 77 years)
  Family ID	F358	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	15 Mar 2016

  
  

  Family 2	Ellen S Horne,   b. 1857, Somersworth, NH d. 13 Jan 1904, Dover, Strafford, NH (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	16 Dec 1882	Cambridge, Middlesex, MA
  Notes	from "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915" on 16 Dec 1882 in Cambridge MA, William A Baker, 42, a broker, residing Cambridge MA son of Larkin and Celia Baker married Ellen S Horne, 25 , residing Great Falls, dau of Leverett C & Sylvia. 2nd marriage for William, 1st for Ellen.
  Family ID	F1808	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	13 Mar 2016

  
  

  Family 3	Olive A Barnes,   b. 30 May 1862, Boston, Suffolk, MA
  Marriage	6 Sep 1893	Cambridge, Middlesex, MA
  Notes	from "Massachusetts, Marriage Records, 1840-1915" (ancestry.com) On 6 Sep 1893 in Cambridge MA, William A Baker, 49, a banker, born NH to Larkin Baker & Selena Cobb, married Olive A Barnes, 28, born Boston to Martin & Mary Witham. His 3rd, her 1st marriage.
  Family ID	F1811	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 May 2017

  
  

• Headstones

  William A Baker Inscription on Barnes Family Gravestone WILLIAM A. BAKER / DIED MARCH 23. 1897

  
  

  Histories

  The History of Westmoreland (Great Meadow) New Hampshire 1741-1970

  
  

• Notes

  from "New Hampshire, Birth Records, 1659-1900" (ancestry.com) William Alson Baker was born on 10 Mar 1937 in Westmoreland. to Larkin Baker, residing Westmoreland and Celina Cobb. from "Massachusetts, Death Records, 1841-1915" (ancestry.com) William A Baker, 55, a broker, born Westmoreland NH to Larkin Baker b. NH and Selina Cobb b. NH died on 23 Mar 1897 in Arlington MA of natural causes from "The Boston Business Journal", 24 Mar 1897 (genealogybank.com) DEATH OF W.A. BAKER William A. Baker died very suddenly early Tuesday morning at his home 30 Park Street, Cambridge. Mr. Baker gained considerable prominence in Cambridge in connection with the Mayoralty context in 1893. At that time it was claimed by Bancroft supporters that the name of "William A Baker" was put forward on nomination papers simply to have a name appear on the ballot ahead of that of "William A. Bancroft." In that election Bancroft received 5838 votes, Kelley 4427 and Baker 167. Mr. Baker was about 56 years old, and had lived in Cambridge ever since the war. He served during the war in Company E, Thirty-ninth Massachusetts Volunteers, a Somerville company. He was a member of John A. Logan Post 186, G.A.R. Mr. Baker was a stock broker, having a Boston office at 43 Water Street. He leaves a widow.