Co. A. 3rd Regiment, Iowa Cavalry
Organized at Keokuk August 30 to September 14, 1861. Unit mustered out August 9, 1865.
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Bloomington (Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana) World Courier, December 8,
1911, p. 1.
DEATH ANGEL CLAIMED M. L. BAKER, TODAY
Mexican War Veteran Expired After Long Illness.
Capt. M. L. Baker, aged 86, a veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars and resident of Bloomington for the past six years, died at noon today at his home on north Walnut street of old age and a complication of diseases.
Mr. Baker was a native of Kentucky and came to Bloomington in 1832. He went from here to the Mexican war in 1846, and was married in 1851 to Isabel Hardestly. Mr. and Mrs. Baker went from here to Gosport and moved from there to Iowa, where they lived until they again moved to Bloomington. Mr. Baker organized Company A of the Third Iowa Cavalry and was its' [sic] captain.
He was a member of the Kirkwood Avenue Christian church, the Masons and G. A. R.
He is survived by a widow and the following children:
Charles A., of Mt. Ayr, Ia; W. E. and Samuel H. of California; Mark M. of Chicago; George D. of New York and Mrs. George A. Daugherty this city.
Funeral Friday at two o'clock at the Kirkwood Avenue Christian church in charge of the Rev. T. J. Clark, of Albion, Ill., and interment at Rose Hill cemetery.
Organized at Keokuk August 30 to September 14, 1861. Unit mustered out August 9, 1865.
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Bloomington (Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana) World Courier, December 8,
1911, p. 1.
DEATH ANGEL CLAIMED M. L. BAKER, TODAY
Mexican War Veteran Expired After Long Illness.
Capt. M. L. Baker, aged 86, a veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars and resident of Bloomington for the past six years, died at noon today at his home on north Walnut street of old age and a complication of diseases.
Mr. Baker was a native of Kentucky and came to Bloomington in 1832. He went from here to the Mexican war in 1846, and was married in 1851 to Isabel Hardestly. Mr. and Mrs. Baker went from here to Gosport and moved from there to Iowa, where they lived until they again moved to Bloomington. Mr. Baker organized Company A of the Third Iowa Cavalry and was its' [sic] captain.
He was a member of the Kirkwood Avenue Christian church, the Masons and G. A. R.
He is survived by a widow and the following children:
Charles A., of Mt. Ayr, Ia; W. E. and Samuel H. of California; Mark M. of Chicago; George D. of New York and Mrs. George A. Daugherty this city.
Funeral Friday at two o'clock at the Kirkwood Avenue Christian church in charge of the Rev. T. J. Clark, of Albion, Ill., and interment at Rose Hill cemetery.
Co. A. 3rd Regiment, Iowa Cavalry
Organized at Keokuk August 30 to September 14, 1861. Unit mustered out August 9, 1865.
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Bloomington (Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana) World Courier, December 8,
1911, p. 1.
DEATH ANGEL CLAIMED M. L. BAKER, TODAY
Mexican War Veteran Expired After Long Illness.
Capt. M. L. Baker, aged 86, a veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars and resident of Bloomington for the past six years, died at noon today at his home on north Walnut street of old age and a complication of diseases.
Mr. Baker was a native of Kentucky and came to Bloomington in 1832. He went from here to the Mexican war in 1846, and was married in 1851 to Isabel Hardestly. Mr. and Mrs. Baker went from here to Gosport and moved from there to Iowa, where they lived until they again moved to Bloomington. Mr. Baker organized Company A of the Third Iowa Cavalry and was its' [sic] captain.
He was a member of the Kirkwood Avenue Christian church, the Masons and G. A. R.
He is survived by a widow and the following children:
Charles A., of Mt. Ayr, Ia; W. E. and Samuel H. of California; Mark M. of Chicago; George D. of New York and Mrs. George A. Daugherty this city.
Funeral Friday at two o'clock at the Kirkwood Avenue Christian church in charge of the Rev. T. J. Clark, of Albion, Ill., and interment at Rose Hill cemetery.
Organized at Keokuk August 30 to September 14, 1861. Unit mustered out August 9, 1865.
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Bloomington (Bloomington, Monroe County, Indiana) World Courier, December 8,
1911, p. 1.
DEATH ANGEL CLAIMED M. L. BAKER, TODAY
Mexican War Veteran Expired After Long Illness.
Capt. M. L. Baker, aged 86, a veteran of the Mexican and Civil wars and resident of Bloomington for the past six years, died at noon today at his home on north Walnut street of old age and a complication of diseases.
Mr. Baker was a native of Kentucky and came to Bloomington in 1832. He went from here to the Mexican war in 1846, and was married in 1851 to Isabel Hardestly. Mr. and Mrs. Baker went from here to Gosport and moved from there to Iowa, where they lived until they again moved to Bloomington. Mr. Baker organized Company A of the Third Iowa Cavalry and was its' [sic] captain.
He was a member of the Kirkwood Avenue Christian church, the Masons and G. A. R.
He is survived by a widow and the following children:
Charles A., of Mt. Ayr, Ia; W. E. and Samuel H. of California; Mark M. of Chicago; George D. of New York and Mrs. George A. Daugherty this city.
Funeral Friday at two o'clock at the Kirkwood Avenue Christian church in charge of the Rev. T. J. Clark, of Albion, Ill., and interment at Rose Hill cemetery.
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