TYPHOID PROVED FATAL
Louis Jackson Baker, aged 32 years and 26 days, died Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock at his home at 1619 West 17th Street, of typhoid fever, following an illness of three weeks, the latter two weeks of which period he had been confined to his bed. The deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Baker and was born and reared in Bedford. He was united in marriage on May 25, 1916 to Miss Ethel Fountain, of Mitchell and the widow and infant son survive. A father, mother, four brothers and sour sisters also survive, the latter being Mrs. V. Steele, Mrs. T.J. Owens, Mrs. Lora Hyland, Vaught, August, and Johnnie Baker, of Bedford; Mrs. Kate Burns, of Kansas City, MO., and Fred Baker of Needmore. The deceased was one of Bedford's most energetic and promising young men. He had been engaged at the John A. Rowe mill for several years as an apprentice stone cutter and only a few days before he was stricken by his fatal illness completed his time and was awarded his card. Funeral services will be conducted from the First Christian church Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Rev. Gerald Culbertson and burial will be in Green Hill cemetery.
The Bedford Democrat Newspaper, August 30, 1917
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Below is an original bio, after further research there are several questionable statements,
"spring storm" died end of August which is deep summer
"struck by lighting" Death certificate and obituary states he died with typhoid in his bed.
Information you read is only as good as the person who types it in. Do your research.
Baker was a stonecarver in the tiny town of Bedford, Indiana, when a spring storm rolled in as he finished his work day. Believing he could beat the storm - or possibly being cavalier in his youth - Baker set out down the road toward home. The next morning, he was not at his workbench. Baker was found lying by the road, near his home, struck dead by a bolt of lightening. His fellow stone carvers decided to honor him in the only way they knew how: The recreated Baker's workbench in limestone, with scattered tools, tossed apron, and in-progress limestone slabs as they were just before he went out into that fateful spring storm. From Joy Neighbors book "The Family Tree Cemetery Field Guide".
Louis Jackson Baker, aged 32 years and 26 days, died Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock at his home at 1619 West 17th Street, of typhoid fever, following an illness of three weeks, the latter two weeks of which period he had been confined to his bed. The deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Baker and was born and reared in Bedford. He was united in marriage on May 25, 1916 to Miss Ethel Fountain, of Mitchell and the widow and infant son survive. A father, mother, four brothers and sour sisters also survive, the latter being Mrs. V. Steele, Mrs. T.J. Owens, Mrs. Lora Hyland, Vaught, August, and Johnnie Baker, of Bedford; Mrs. Kate Burns, of Kansas City, MO., and Fred Baker of Needmore. The deceased was one of Bedford's most energetic and promising young men. He had been engaged at the John A. Rowe mill for several years as an apprentice stone cutter and only a few days before he was stricken by his fatal illness completed his time and was awarded his card. Funeral services will be conducted from the First Christian church Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Rev. Gerald Culbertson and burial will be in Green Hill cemetery.
The Bedford Democrat Newspaper, August 30, 1917
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Below is an original bio, after further research there are several questionable statements,
"spring storm" died end of August which is deep summer
"struck by lighting" Death certificate and obituary states he died with typhoid in his bed.
Information you read is only as good as the person who types it in. Do your research.
Baker was a stonecarver in the tiny town of Bedford, Indiana, when a spring storm rolled in as he finished his work day. Believing he could beat the storm - or possibly being cavalier in his youth - Baker set out down the road toward home. The next morning, he was not at his workbench. Baker was found lying by the road, near his home, struck dead by a bolt of lightening. His fellow stone carvers decided to honor him in the only way they knew how: The recreated Baker's workbench in limestone, with scattered tools, tossed apron, and in-progress limestone slabs as they were just before he went out into that fateful spring storm. From Joy Neighbors book "The Family Tree Cemetery Field Guide".
TYPHOID PROVED FATAL
Louis Jackson Baker, aged 32 years and 26 days, died Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock at his home at 1619 West 17th Street, of typhoid fever, following an illness of three weeks, the latter two weeks of which period he had been confined to his bed. The deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Baker and was born and reared in Bedford. He was united in marriage on May 25, 1916 to Miss Ethel Fountain, of Mitchell and the widow and infant son survive. A father, mother, four brothers and sour sisters also survive, the latter being Mrs. V. Steele, Mrs. T.J. Owens, Mrs. Lora Hyland, Vaught, August, and Johnnie Baker, of Bedford; Mrs. Kate Burns, of Kansas City, MO., and Fred Baker of Needmore. The deceased was one of Bedford's most energetic and promising young men. He had been engaged at the John A. Rowe mill for several years as an apprentice stone cutter and only a few days before he was stricken by his fatal illness completed his time and was awarded his card. Funeral services will be conducted from the First Christian church Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Rev. Gerald Culbertson and burial will be in Green Hill cemetery.
The Bedford Democrat Newspaper, August 30, 1917
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Below is an original bio, after further research there are several questionable statements,
"spring storm" died end of August which is deep summer
"struck by lighting" Death certificate and obituary states he died with typhoid in his bed.
Information you read is only as good as the person who types it in. Do your research.
Baker was a stonecarver in the tiny town of Bedford, Indiana, when a spring storm rolled in as he finished his work day. Believing he could beat the storm - or possibly being cavalier in his youth - Baker set out down the road toward home. The next morning, he was not at his workbench. Baker was found lying by the road, near his home, struck dead by a bolt of lightening. His fellow stone carvers decided to honor him in the only way they knew how: The recreated Baker's workbench in limestone, with scattered tools, tossed apron, and in-progress limestone slabs as they were just before he went out into that fateful spring storm. From Joy Neighbors book "The Family Tree Cemetery Field Guide".
Louis Jackson Baker, aged 32 years and 26 days, died Wednesday afternoon at 5 o'clock at his home at 1619 West 17th Street, of typhoid fever, following an illness of three weeks, the latter two weeks of which period he had been confined to his bed. The deceased was a son of Mr. and Mrs. John L. Baker and was born and reared in Bedford. He was united in marriage on May 25, 1916 to Miss Ethel Fountain, of Mitchell and the widow and infant son survive. A father, mother, four brothers and sour sisters also survive, the latter being Mrs. V. Steele, Mrs. T.J. Owens, Mrs. Lora Hyland, Vaught, August, and Johnnie Baker, of Bedford; Mrs. Kate Burns, of Kansas City, MO., and Fred Baker of Needmore. The deceased was one of Bedford's most energetic and promising young men. He had been engaged at the John A. Rowe mill for several years as an apprentice stone cutter and only a few days before he was stricken by his fatal illness completed his time and was awarded his card. Funeral services will be conducted from the First Christian church Friday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock by Rev. Gerald Culbertson and burial will be in Green Hill cemetery.
The Bedford Democrat Newspaper, August 30, 1917
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Below is an original bio, after further research there are several questionable statements,
"spring storm" died end of August which is deep summer
"struck by lighting" Death certificate and obituary states he died with typhoid in his bed.
Information you read is only as good as the person who types it in. Do your research.
Baker was a stonecarver in the tiny town of Bedford, Indiana, when a spring storm rolled in as he finished his work day. Believing he could beat the storm - or possibly being cavalier in his youth - Baker set out down the road toward home. The next morning, he was not at his workbench. Baker was found lying by the road, near his home, struck dead by a bolt of lightening. His fellow stone carvers decided to honor him in the only way they knew how: The recreated Baker's workbench in limestone, with scattered tools, tossed apron, and in-progress limestone slabs as they were just before he went out into that fateful spring storm. From Joy Neighbors book "The Family Tree Cemetery Field Guide".
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