James Northam Baker

1824 - 1883  (58 years)

• Name	James Northam Baker
  Birth	10 Nov 1824	Sodus Point, Wayne, NY
  Gender	Male
  Census	12 Sep 1850	Royalton, Niagara, NY ; age 26, born NY, Merchant, living with parents
  Census	22 Jun 1855	Royalton, Niagara, NY ; age 31, born Wayne Co, town resident30 yrs, merchant, living with parents
  Census	21 Jun 1860	Oswego, Oswego, NY ; [probable] age 26, born NY, millowner, living with sister Elizabeth's family
  Census	30 Jun 1865	Royalton, Niagara, NY ; age 41, born Wayne Co, merchant miller, he & family living with brother Andrew's family
  Census	8 Aug 1870	Oswego, Oswego , NY ; age 43, born NY, Music Teacher, living in in-law's residence
  Census	19 Jun 1875	Oswego, Oswego, NY ; age 53, born Wayne Co, music teacher
  Census	9 Jun 1880	Oswego, Oswego , NY ; age 55, born NY, Work in Sarch Factory, parents born VT/PA
  Death	10 Mar 1883	Oswego, Oswego , NY
  Burial		Riverside Cemetery, Oswego, NY
  Person ID	I1584	Family Tree | 12 Generation Ancestor Chart
  Last Modified	13 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	Alden Sprague Baker,   b. 10 Nov 1798, Westmoreland, Cheshire, NH d. 13 Mar 1878, Middleport, Niagara, NY (Age 79 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Wanton Wickham,   b. 22 Dec 1804, Philadelphia, PA d. 5 Feb 1892, Middleport, Niagara, NY (Age 87 years)
  Marriage	1823	Sodus Point, Wayne, NY
  Family ID	F360	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Katherine Cotter Taylor,   b. 24 Mar 1840, Oriskany, Oneida, New York d. 16 Jan 1926, Chicago, Cook, IL (Age 85 years)
  Marriage	1863	Oswego, Oswego, NY
  Children	1. Katharine Clinton Baker,   b. 28 Feb 1865, Fulton, Oswego, NY d. 9 Oct 1947, South Haven, Van Buren, MI (Age 82 years) 2. Samuel Taylor Baker,   b. Aug 1874, Oswego, Oswego, NY d. 13 Dec 1956, Chicago, Cook, IL (Age ~ 82 years) 3. Margaret Elizabeth Baker,   b. Dec 1875, Oswego, Oswego, NY d. 13 Jul 1955, Denver, Denver, CO (Age ~ 79 years)   4. Mary Angelica “Angela” Baker,   b. Aug 1878, Oswego, Oswego, NY d. 6 Oct 1957, Chicago, Cook, IL (Age ~ 79 years) + 5. John Frederick Baker,   b. Aug 1878, Oswego, Oswego, NY d. 18 Apr 1954, Chicago, Cook, IL (Age ~ 75 years)
  Family ID	F365	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2014

  
  

• Headstones

  James N Baker Gravestone Site Per Findagrave entry: No stone was found in 2014; the index indicates there was no stone found in 1972 either.

  
  

• Notes

  From "Historical Sketches Relating to the First Quarter Century of the State Normal and Training School at Oswego, N.Y.", 1888 James N Baker Oldest child of Alden Sprague Baker and Elizabeth Wanton Baker, born at Sodus Point, Wayne County, New York, November 10th, 1824; parents removed to Niagara County, where his early life was passed in the usual way of American boys; graduated from Albion Academy with the honors of his class, at the age of eighteen; then engaged in business - studying music as a pastime; removed to Oswego in the year of 1855 and engaged in the milling business, and from there to Fulton; October 23d, 1862, married Catherine Taylor, daughter of Samuel R. and Margaret S. Taylor; was a teacher of Vocal Music, Composition and Harmony in the Oswego Normal school from 1874 to 1875. Died March 10th, 1883, leaving five children. from The Utica Observer, Mar. 15, 1883 (fultonhistory.com) OSWEGO's SINGULAR CASE James N. Baker died at Oswego on Saturday. He was to have been buried yesterday. Mr. Baker, when alive, frequently conversed with his wife about the horrors of being buried alive, and expressed fears that he himself should be so buried. Yesterday, although he had been apparently dead for two days, his lips and face retained a bright pink color, which indicated that there might still be life, although the body was rigid. A doctor pricked the body to several places, but no blood appeared. It was, however, thought best to postpone the burial.