Newton Albert Baker was born in Gallia County, Ohio, the son of John Henry Baker & Nancy Thorton Baker; he was the husband of Grace Eleanor Gray whom he married in 1902; father of one son, Glen H Baker.
He was a veteran of the Spanish American War; Co E, 20th Kansas Infantry; famously known as "The Fighting 20th"
The Topeka State Journal, January 02, 1907 pg. 7
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
The funeral service of Newton A Baker will be held Thursday at 2 pm at the home of his parents, 1201 Clay St.
*Tragically, Newton Albert Baker became very despondent, and despairing of his life, he drank carbolic acid and died in a short time. Read more on his death on pg 8 of the same newspaper.
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State: Kansas
Full Name: Baker, Newton A
Company: E
Regiment: 20 Kansas Infantry
Enlistment Rank: Pvt
Discharge Rank: Pvt
Conflict Period: Spanish-American War
Branch: US Army
Served For: United States of America
From the Kansas Museum of the National Guard: "The Fighting 20th"
http://www.kansasguardmuseum.com/?page_id=2034
Excerpt: So much has been written of the Twentieth Kansas regiment, and so much is yet to be written, that a record of its achievements in a volume of this size must needs be inadequate. Eight months in the trenches, on the firing line and leading charges over swamps and through jungles on the other side of the globe is not a story to be told in a few lines. It has been fruitful in experience, rich in adventure, pathetic in hardships, and cruel in disease and death. But no discomfort has daunted the ardor of those sturdy Kansas boys, and no peril has restrained them. It is a matter of record that the only trouble the Kansans have caused their superior officers has arisen through the tendency to get too far in advance of the others. They were first in war; let it be written also that they are first in peace and first in the hearts of the people of Kansas.
Battles of the “Fighting Twentieth
Advance on the enemy, February 5 [1899] Independent skirmish, February 7
Caloocan, February 10
Tulijan, March 25
Malinta, March 26
Poli, March 27
Marilao, March 28
Bigoa, March 29
Guiginto, March 29
Advance on Malolos, March 30 – 31
Defense of Malolos, three weeks
Bagbag river, April 25
Calumpit, April 26
Grand river, April 27
Santo Tomas, May 4
San Fernando, May 6
Bacolor, May 13
Santa Rita, May 15
Defense of San Fernando, May 25
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He was a veteran of the Spanish American War; Co E, 20th Kansas Infantry; famously known as "The Fighting 20th"
The Topeka State Journal, January 02, 1907 pg. 7
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
The funeral service of Newton A Baker will be held Thursday at 2 pm at the home of his parents, 1201 Clay St.
*Tragically, Newton Albert Baker became very despondent, and despairing of his life, he drank carbolic acid and died in a short time. Read more on his death on pg 8 of the same newspaper.
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State: Kansas
Full Name: Baker, Newton A
Company: E
Regiment: 20 Kansas Infantry
Enlistment Rank: Pvt
Discharge Rank: Pvt
Conflict Period: Spanish-American War
Branch: US Army
Served For: United States of America
From the Kansas Museum of the National Guard: "The Fighting 20th"
http://www.kansasguardmuseum.com/?page_id=2034
Excerpt: So much has been written of the Twentieth Kansas regiment, and so much is yet to be written, that a record of its achievements in a volume of this size must needs be inadequate. Eight months in the trenches, on the firing line and leading charges over swamps and through jungles on the other side of the globe is not a story to be told in a few lines. It has been fruitful in experience, rich in adventure, pathetic in hardships, and cruel in disease and death. But no discomfort has daunted the ardor of those sturdy Kansas boys, and no peril has restrained them. It is a matter of record that the only trouble the Kansans have caused their superior officers has arisen through the tendency to get too far in advance of the others. They were first in war; let it be written also that they are first in peace and first in the hearts of the people of Kansas.
Battles of the “Fighting Twentieth
Advance on the enemy, February 5 [1899] Independent skirmish, February 7
Caloocan, February 10
Tulijan, March 25
Malinta, March 26
Poli, March 27
Marilao, March 28
Bigoa, March 29
Guiginto, March 29
Advance on Malolos, March 30 – 31
Defense of Malolos, three weeks
Bagbag river, April 25
Calumpit, April 26
Grand river, April 27
Santo Tomas, May 4
San Fernando, May 6
Bacolor, May 13
Santa Rita, May 15
Defense of San Fernando, May 25
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Newton Albert Baker was born in Gallia County, Ohio, the son of John Henry Baker & Nancy Thorton Baker; he was the husband of Grace Eleanor Gray whom he married in 1902; father of one son, Glen H Baker.
He was a veteran of the Spanish American War; Co E, 20th Kansas Infantry; famously known as "The Fighting 20th"
The Topeka State Journal, January 02, 1907 pg. 7
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
The funeral service of Newton A Baker will be held Thursday at 2 pm at the home of his parents, 1201 Clay St.
*Tragically, Newton Albert Baker became very despondent, and despairing of his life, he drank carbolic acid and died in a short time. Read more on his death on pg 8 of the same newspaper.
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State: Kansas
Full Name: Baker, Newton A
Company: E
Regiment: 20 Kansas Infantry
Enlistment Rank: Pvt
Discharge Rank: Pvt
Conflict Period: Spanish-American War
Branch: US Army
Served For: United States of America
From the Kansas Museum of the National Guard: "The Fighting 20th"
http://www.kansasguardmuseum.com/?page_id=2034
Excerpt: So much has been written of the Twentieth Kansas regiment, and so much is yet to be written, that a record of its achievements in a volume of this size must needs be inadequate. Eight months in the trenches, on the firing line and leading charges over swamps and through jungles on the other side of the globe is not a story to be told in a few lines. It has been fruitful in experience, rich in adventure, pathetic in hardships, and cruel in disease and death. But no discomfort has daunted the ardor of those sturdy Kansas boys, and no peril has restrained them. It is a matter of record that the only trouble the Kansans have caused their superior officers has arisen through the tendency to get too far in advance of the others. They were first in war; let it be written also that they are first in peace and first in the hearts of the people of Kansas.
Battles of the “Fighting Twentieth
Advance on the enemy, February 5 [1899] Independent skirmish, February 7
Caloocan, February 10
Tulijan, March 25
Malinta, March 26
Poli, March 27
Marilao, March 28
Bigoa, March 29
Guiginto, March 29
Advance on Malolos, March 30 – 31
Defense of Malolos, three weeks
Bagbag river, April 25
Calumpit, April 26
Grand river, April 27
Santo Tomas, May 4
San Fernando, May 6
Bacolor, May 13
Santa Rita, May 15
Defense of San Fernando, May 25
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
He was a veteran of the Spanish American War; Co E, 20th Kansas Infantry; famously known as "The Fighting 20th"
The Topeka State Journal, January 02, 1907 pg. 7
DEATHS AND FUNERALS
The funeral service of Newton A Baker will be held Thursday at 2 pm at the home of his parents, 1201 Clay St.
*Tragically, Newton Albert Baker became very despondent, and despairing of his life, he drank carbolic acid and died in a short time. Read more on his death on pg 8 of the same newspaper.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
State: Kansas
Full Name: Baker, Newton A
Company: E
Regiment: 20 Kansas Infantry
Enlistment Rank: Pvt
Discharge Rank: Pvt
Conflict Period: Spanish-American War
Branch: US Army
Served For: United States of America
From the Kansas Museum of the National Guard: "The Fighting 20th"
http://www.kansasguardmuseum.com/?page_id=2034
Excerpt: So much has been written of the Twentieth Kansas regiment, and so much is yet to be written, that a record of its achievements in a volume of this size must needs be inadequate. Eight months in the trenches, on the firing line and leading charges over swamps and through jungles on the other side of the globe is not a story to be told in a few lines. It has been fruitful in experience, rich in adventure, pathetic in hardships, and cruel in disease and death. But no discomfort has daunted the ardor of those sturdy Kansas boys, and no peril has restrained them. It is a matter of record that the only trouble the Kansans have caused their superior officers has arisen through the tendency to get too far in advance of the others. They were first in war; let it be written also that they are first in peace and first in the hearts of the people of Kansas.
Battles of the “Fighting Twentieth
Advance on the enemy, February 5 [1899] Independent skirmish, February 7
Caloocan, February 10
Tulijan, March 25
Malinta, March 26
Poli, March 27
Marilao, March 28
Bigoa, March 29
Guiginto, March 29
Advance on Malolos, March 30 – 31
Defense of Malolos, three weeks
Bagbag river, April 25
Calumpit, April 26
Grand river, April 27
Santo Tomas, May 4
San Fernando, May 6
Bacolor, May 13
Santa Rita, May 15
Defense of San Fernando, May 25
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