The son of Abraham & Mary Baer, in 1860 he was a laborer presumably living in or near Hummelstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, although he is not found in that census.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Hummelstown July 31, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 9 as a private with Co. C, 127th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 29, 1863.
He married Rebecca A. Hoover December 14, 1869, and fathered Charles W. (b. 1870), Cameron Lee (b. 12/14/76), and Louise (b. ? - mentioned in his obituary but not found in any census). Cause of his death is listed as "aortic insufficiency with capillary [indecipherable]" with "old age" a contributing factor. His death certificate (attached here) lists him as "Barr."
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Andrew J. Baer and Rebecca A. Hoover were married December 14, 1869 at Daria Shellys. (Source: Harrisburg First Church of God, Harrisburg, PA Church Records)
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Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA), Wednesday, March 18, 1936; pg. 11
ANDREW J. BAER IS DEAD AT 93
Andrew J. Baer, a Civil War Veteran who was mistaken for John Wilkes Booth shortly after Lincoln's assassination because of his marked resemblance, died yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of his niece and nephew, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Whitmoyer of 113 North Thirteenth street (sic). He was 93 years old. He was a retired railroad clerk.
Mr. Baer was born at Hummelstown on June 17, 1843 and at the outbreak of the Civil War was learning the trade as wood worker at the Walmer's Wagon Shop. He quit there to enter the war at the age of eighteen, serving in company C, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers under Captain Jenning. His major battles were at Fredericksburg and Antietam.
After the war he returned to Hummelstown where he finished the woodworking trade and later married Rebecca Hoover. Several years later he was appointed to the railway mail service by Senator Donald Cameron, retiring in January, 1917, after almost half a century service. In 1917 when the United States was fighting in the World War, he became employed by the Pipe Bending Company, making shells. At that time he was 75 years old.
Two episodes of importance occurred during his life. The day after Wilkes Booth had killed Lincoln, Booth was supposed to have fled north by way of the Shenandoah and Cumberland valleys, so everybody in Harrisburg was on the watch. Baer happened to be in Harrisburg and because of strong resemblance was noted by people who did not know him, and soon the story spread that Booth was here.
Arrangements were made to capture him, but he managed to flee out the back door and hastened to his home in Hummelstown.
During the Johnstown flood he was on the express that halted at the Johnstown station when the flood came. He was about to run for safety when he saw a woman helpless in the parlor car. Picking the woman up he carried her to safety just as the flood struck, sweeping the passengers and train to destruction. The woman was the wife of Elijah Halford, of Indiana, secretary to President Harrison.
Surviving is a son, Cameron L. Baer, of Harrisburg, vice-president and treasurer of the United Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, and a granddaughter, Miss Louise Baer, of New York City. Another son, Charles W., died at the age of twenty-one, years.
Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 2.30 o'clock at the J. H. Stump funeral parlors, Center Square, Hummelstown, with the Rev. Dr. Leroy Fegley, pastor of the Hummelstown United Brethren Church, officiating. Burial will be in Hummelstown Cemetery.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Hummelstown July 31, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 9 as a private with Co. C, 127th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 29, 1863.
He married Rebecca A. Hoover December 14, 1869, and fathered Charles W. (b. 1870), Cameron Lee (b. 12/14/76), and Louise (b. ? - mentioned in his obituary but not found in any census). Cause of his death is listed as "aortic insufficiency with capillary [indecipherable]" with "old age" a contributing factor. His death certificate (attached here) lists him as "Barr."
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Andrew J. Baer and Rebecca A. Hoover were married December 14, 1869 at Daria Shellys. (Source: Harrisburg First Church of God, Harrisburg, PA Church Records)
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Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA), Wednesday, March 18, 1936; pg. 11
ANDREW J. BAER IS DEAD AT 93
Andrew J. Baer, a Civil War Veteran who was mistaken for John Wilkes Booth shortly after Lincoln's assassination because of his marked resemblance, died yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of his niece and nephew, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Whitmoyer of 113 North Thirteenth street (sic). He was 93 years old. He was a retired railroad clerk.
Mr. Baer was born at Hummelstown on June 17, 1843 and at the outbreak of the Civil War was learning the trade as wood worker at the Walmer's Wagon Shop. He quit there to enter the war at the age of eighteen, serving in company C, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers under Captain Jenning. His major battles were at Fredericksburg and Antietam.
After the war he returned to Hummelstown where he finished the woodworking trade and later married Rebecca Hoover. Several years later he was appointed to the railway mail service by Senator Donald Cameron, retiring in January, 1917, after almost half a century service. In 1917 when the United States was fighting in the World War, he became employed by the Pipe Bending Company, making shells. At that time he was 75 years old.
Two episodes of importance occurred during his life. The day after Wilkes Booth had killed Lincoln, Booth was supposed to have fled north by way of the Shenandoah and Cumberland valleys, so everybody in Harrisburg was on the watch. Baer happened to be in Harrisburg and because of strong resemblance was noted by people who did not know him, and soon the story spread that Booth was here.
Arrangements were made to capture him, but he managed to flee out the back door and hastened to his home in Hummelstown.
During the Johnstown flood he was on the express that halted at the Johnstown station when the flood came. He was about to run for safety when he saw a woman helpless in the parlor car. Picking the woman up he carried her to safety just as the flood struck, sweeping the passengers and train to destruction. The woman was the wife of Elijah Halford, of Indiana, secretary to President Harrison.
Surviving is a son, Cameron L. Baer, of Harrisburg, vice-president and treasurer of the United Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, and a granddaughter, Miss Louise Baer, of New York City. Another son, Charles W., died at the age of twenty-one, years.
Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 2.30 o'clock at the J. H. Stump funeral parlors, Center Square, Hummelstown, with the Rev. Dr. Leroy Fegley, pastor of the Hummelstown United Brethren Church, officiating. Burial will be in Hummelstown Cemetery.
The son of Abraham & Mary Baer, in 1860 he was a laborer presumably living in or near Hummelstown, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, although he is not found in that census.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Hummelstown July 31, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 9 as a private with Co. C, 127th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 29, 1863.
He married Rebecca A. Hoover December 14, 1869, and fathered Charles W. (b. 1870), Cameron Lee (b. 12/14/76), and Louise (b. ? - mentioned in his obituary but not found in any census). Cause of his death is listed as "aortic insufficiency with capillary [indecipherable]" with "old age" a contributing factor. His death certificate (attached here) lists him as "Barr."
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Andrew J. Baer and Rebecca A. Hoover were married December 14, 1869 at Daria Shellys. (Source: Harrisburg First Church of God, Harrisburg, PA Church Records)
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Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA), Wednesday, March 18, 1936; pg. 11
ANDREW J. BAER IS DEAD AT 93
Andrew J. Baer, a Civil War Veteran who was mistaken for John Wilkes Booth shortly after Lincoln's assassination because of his marked resemblance, died yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of his niece and nephew, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Whitmoyer of 113 North Thirteenth street (sic). He was 93 years old. He was a retired railroad clerk.
Mr. Baer was born at Hummelstown on June 17, 1843 and at the outbreak of the Civil War was learning the trade as wood worker at the Walmer's Wagon Shop. He quit there to enter the war at the age of eighteen, serving in company C, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers under Captain Jenning. His major battles were at Fredericksburg and Antietam.
After the war he returned to Hummelstown where he finished the woodworking trade and later married Rebecca Hoover. Several years later he was appointed to the railway mail service by Senator Donald Cameron, retiring in January, 1917, after almost half a century service. In 1917 when the United States was fighting in the World War, he became employed by the Pipe Bending Company, making shells. At that time he was 75 years old.
Two episodes of importance occurred during his life. The day after Wilkes Booth had killed Lincoln, Booth was supposed to have fled north by way of the Shenandoah and Cumberland valleys, so everybody in Harrisburg was on the watch. Baer happened to be in Harrisburg and because of strong resemblance was noted by people who did not know him, and soon the story spread that Booth was here.
Arrangements were made to capture him, but he managed to flee out the back door and hastened to his home in Hummelstown.
During the Johnstown flood he was on the express that halted at the Johnstown station when the flood came. He was about to run for safety when he saw a woman helpless in the parlor car. Picking the woman up he carried her to safety just as the flood struck, sweeping the passengers and train to destruction. The woman was the wife of Elijah Halford, of Indiana, secretary to President Harrison.
Surviving is a son, Cameron L. Baer, of Harrisburg, vice-president and treasurer of the United Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, and a granddaughter, Miss Louise Baer, of New York City. Another son, Charles W., died at the age of twenty-one, years.
Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 2.30 o'clock at the J. H. Stump funeral parlors, Center Square, Hummelstown, with the Rev. Dr. Leroy Fegley, pastor of the Hummelstown United Brethren Church, officiating. Burial will be in Hummelstown Cemetery.
A Civil War veteran, he enlisted in Hummelstown July 31, 1862, mustered into federal service at Harrisburg August 9 as a private with Co. C, 127th Pennsylvania Infantry, and honorably discharged with his company May 29, 1863.
He married Rebecca A. Hoover December 14, 1869, and fathered Charles W. (b. 1870), Cameron Lee (b. 12/14/76), and Louise (b. ? - mentioned in his obituary but not found in any census). Cause of his death is listed as "aortic insufficiency with capillary [indecipherable]" with "old age" a contributing factor. His death certificate (attached here) lists him as "Barr."
Original post
Andrew J. Baer and Rebecca A. Hoover were married December 14, 1869 at Daria Shellys. (Source: Harrisburg First Church of God, Harrisburg, PA Church Records)
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Harrisburg Telegraph (Harrisburg, PA), Wednesday, March 18, 1936; pg. 11
ANDREW J. BAER IS DEAD AT 93
Andrew J. Baer, a Civil War Veteran who was mistaken for John Wilkes Booth shortly after Lincoln's assassination because of his marked resemblance, died yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock at the home of his niece and nephew, Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Whitmoyer of 113 North Thirteenth street (sic). He was 93 years old. He was a retired railroad clerk.
Mr. Baer was born at Hummelstown on June 17, 1843 and at the outbreak of the Civil War was learning the trade as wood worker at the Walmer's Wagon Shop. He quit there to enter the war at the age of eighteen, serving in company C, One Hundred and Twenty-seventh Pennsylvania Volunteers under Captain Jenning. His major battles were at Fredericksburg and Antietam.
After the war he returned to Hummelstown where he finished the woodworking trade and later married Rebecca Hoover. Several years later he was appointed to the railway mail service by Senator Donald Cameron, retiring in January, 1917, after almost half a century service. In 1917 when the United States was fighting in the World War, he became employed by the Pipe Bending Company, making shells. At that time he was 75 years old.
Two episodes of importance occurred during his life. The day after Wilkes Booth had killed Lincoln, Booth was supposed to have fled north by way of the Shenandoah and Cumberland valleys, so everybody in Harrisburg was on the watch. Baer happened to be in Harrisburg and because of strong resemblance was noted by people who did not know him, and soon the story spread that Booth was here.
Arrangements were made to capture him, but he managed to flee out the back door and hastened to his home in Hummelstown.
During the Johnstown flood he was on the express that halted at the Johnstown station when the flood came. He was about to run for safety when he saw a woman helpless in the parlor car. Picking the woman up he carried her to safety just as the flood struck, sweeping the passengers and train to destruction. The woman was the wife of Elijah Halford, of Indiana, secretary to President Harrison.
Surviving is a son, Cameron L. Baer, of Harrisburg, vice-president and treasurer of the United Telephone Company of Pennsylvania, and a granddaughter, Miss Louise Baer, of New York City. Another son, Charles W., died at the age of twenty-one, years.
Funeral services will be conducted tomorrow afternoon at 2.30 o'clock at the J. H. Stump funeral parlors, Center Square, Hummelstown, with the Rev. Dr. Leroy Fegley, pastor of the Hummelstown United Brethren Church, officiating. Burial will be in Hummelstown Cemetery.
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