George Payson Baker

1831 - 1903  (72 years)

• Name	George Payson Baker
  Birth	20 Jan 1831	Lancaster, Coos, NH
  Gender	Male
  Census	17 Aug 1850	St Johnsbury, Caledonia, VT ; age 19, born NH, single boarder, mason
  Census	5 Jul 1860	Hastings, Barry, MI ; age 28, born NH, hardware merchant
  Military Service	29 Apr 1862	Hastings, Barry, MI ; Enlisted in 8th MI Inf, rank 2nd Lt, discharged 30 Jul 1865
  Census	14 Jul 1870	Wyandotte, Wayne, MI ; age 38, born NH, castom hour (?)
  Census	1 Jun 1880	Wyandotte, Wayne, MI ; age 47, born NH, works in iron mill, parents born MA/CT
  Census	5 Jun 1900	Portland, Multnomah, OR ; age 69, born Jan 1839 in NH, widowed boarder at Quimby hotel, construction contractor, parents born MA/MA
  Death	28 Aug 1903	Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
  Burial		Los Angeles National Cemetery. , Los Angeles, CA
  Person ID	I14789	Family Tree
  Last Modified	7 Apr 2018

  
  

  Father	Charles Baker,   b. 27 Mar 1793, Lancaster, Coos, NH d. 8 Dec 1867, Lancaster, Coos, NH (Age 74 years)
  Mother	Margaret Holton,   b. 4 May 1800, Ellington, Tolland, CT d. 25 Jun 1871, Lancaster, Coos, NH (Age 71 years)
  Family ID	F5529	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Celestia W J Hibbard,   b. 6 Apr 1835, Sugar Grove, Mercer, PA d. 13 Jun 1910, Chicago, Cook, IL (Age 75 years)  [1]
  Marriage	17 Jan 1857
  Children	+ 1. Hibbard Baker,   b. 9 May 1858, Michigan   2. Edward H Baker,   b. 20 May 1860, Hastings, Barry, MI d. Bef 1870 (Age 9 years)   3. Margaret Baker,   b. 8 Jul 1866   4. Julia Louisa Baker,   b. 8 Jul 1867, Wyandotte, Wayne, MI 5. George Barr Baker,   b. 1 Apr 1869, Wyandotte, Wayne, MI d. 29 Jul 1948, San Mateo Co, CA (Age 79 years) 6. Louis Jolls Baker,   b. 27 Apr 1873, Wyandotte, Wayne, MI d. 27 Apr 1946, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, OK (Age 73 years)   7. Mayry C B Baker,   b. 9 Aug 1879, Wyandotte, Wayne, MI d. 9 Jul 1920, Grand Rapids, Kent, MI (Age 40 years)
  Family ID	F5546	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Mar 2017

  
  

• Notes

  from "U.S. National Homes for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, 1866-1938" (ancestry.com) George P Baker, age 72, widowed a contractor residing Portland OR, former 2nd Lt in 8th MI Inf enlisting 29 Apr 1862 in Hasting MI, discharged 20 Jul 1865 at Delaney House, DC, born NH, was admitted to Home for Disabled Home on 22 Jul 1903 on account of deafness. Death date 29 Aug 1903 from cancer. Burial in home cemetery, Sec 9, Row D, No 6. Next of Kin Hibbard Baker of NYC (son).

  
  

• Sources

  [S25] Albert Clark Baker, Genealogy and history of the Baker, Andrus, Clark, and Adams families, (1920).