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- from "The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union", 11 Feb 1896 (newspapers.com)
HAMPTON, Feb. 7. - The reaper death with its sickle keen has again invaded our midst and plucked one of our fairest flowers. This time in the home of L.F. Baker, taking from it the one who was the light of the home and the comfort of an aged father - Marion E. Baker. The deceased succumbed to consumption yesterday. She was born in Hampton Sept. 15, 1868. All that medical skill could do was done, but without avail. Last winter her father went south with her to Florida, where she derived some benefit, but she longed for her old home and associates, and came back home last May. Her health gradually failed, so the doctors advised a trip to the mountains. She, accompanied by her father, went to Colorado last August, but the relief experienced was only temporary, and with sorrowful hearts the father and daughter returned to their home here last November, since which time she had failed rapidly. The funeral will be held at the Congregational church, of which she was a member, Sunday morning at 10 o'clock, Rev. A. Harper, assisted by Rev. J.A. Alford, officiating.
- from "The Rock Island Argus and Daily Union", 11 Feb 1896 (newspapers.com)
HAMPTON, Feb. 10 - With a multitude of loving friends in attendance and surrounded by the great abundance of beautiful flowers, all that was motal of Marion E. Baker was laid away to await the morning of the resurrection. The funeral services were held yesterday at 10 a.m. at the Congregational church, Rev. A. Harper, of Port Byron, officiating. The relatives of the deceased who mourn her departure and who were present at the funeral were her father, L.F. Baker; her sister, Mrs. J.L. Wells, of Chicago, and her brothers, Howard G. and Silas S. Baker, of this place, and her uncle, E.A. Lynde, of Buffalo, Iowa, and niece, Mrs. Ed Strobehn, of Davenport. The pallbearers were selected from amoong the intimate friends of the deceased and were: Messrs. Morris S. Heagy, Carroll Vincent, O.J. Guckert, C.E. Sikes, W.L. Black and O.J. Anderson. When the deceased was 18 years of age her mother died leaving her in charge of the home, where she remained until her health failed, excepting about two years in which she was engaged in teaching school in this township. She was very fond of company, and loved children and had a remarkable faculty of gaining their love and confidence, and had great success as a teacher. She was very ambitious in anything she undertook, and always went at matters in a systematic way, which no doubt was the secret of her success. Jan. 13, 1895, she united with the Congregational church at this place and was a faithful member, and at the time of her death was 27 years, 4 months and 22 days old. She was greatly loved by all who formed her acquaintance and many were the tears that were shed in sympathy with the aged father and family at her early demise. The interment was made in the family lot of the Hampton cemetery.
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1868 - 1896 (27 years)
Leonard Fiske Baker, b. 5 Dec 1824, Phillipston, Worcester, MA 
