Obituary from Newcomerstown News, Thursday, September 7, 1939:
James Riley Baker, 69, died Wednesday morning at his home on West Neighbor St., following a three year illness due to a paralytic stroke at that time and another suffered last week.
Mr. Baker was born April 10, 1870 near Plainfield, his parents being John D. and Charlotte [Hawk] Baker. He was a member of the Plainfield M. P. Church. He had resided in Newcomerstown for many years and was an employee of the Jas. B. Clow plant for more than twenty-five years, until ill health forced his retirement, three years ago.
Surviving are one son, John Baker of Columbia, Pa.; a daughter, Mrs. Lola Fretague of Coshocton; one brother Lewis Baker of Plainfield and one sister, Mrs. Christine Latham of Coshocton. Three grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 from the Jones-Lydick Funeral Home conducted by Rev. J.C. Cotrill and interment will be made in the Plainfield Cemetery.
James Riley Baker, 69, died Wednesday morning at his home on West Neighbor St., following a three year illness due to a paralytic stroke at that time and another suffered last week.
Mr. Baker was born April 10, 1870 near Plainfield, his parents being John D. and Charlotte [Hawk] Baker. He was a member of the Plainfield M. P. Church. He had resided in Newcomerstown for many years and was an employee of the Jas. B. Clow plant for more than twenty-five years, until ill health forced his retirement, three years ago.
Surviving are one son, John Baker of Columbia, Pa.; a daughter, Mrs. Lola Fretague of Coshocton; one brother Lewis Baker of Plainfield and one sister, Mrs. Christine Latham of Coshocton. Three grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 from the Jones-Lydick Funeral Home conducted by Rev. J.C. Cotrill and interment will be made in the Plainfield Cemetery.
Obituary from Newcomerstown News, Thursday, September 7, 1939:
James Riley Baker, 69, died Wednesday morning at his home on West Neighbor St., following a three year illness due to a paralytic stroke at that time and another suffered last week.
Mr. Baker was born April 10, 1870 near Plainfield, his parents being John D. and Charlotte [Hawk] Baker. He was a member of the Plainfield M. P. Church. He had resided in Newcomerstown for many years and was an employee of the Jas. B. Clow plant for more than twenty-five years, until ill health forced his retirement, three years ago.
Surviving are one son, John Baker of Columbia, Pa.; a daughter, Mrs. Lola Fretague of Coshocton; one brother Lewis Baker of Plainfield and one sister, Mrs. Christine Latham of Coshocton. Three grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 from the Jones-Lydick Funeral Home conducted by Rev. J.C. Cotrill and interment will be made in the Plainfield Cemetery.
James Riley Baker, 69, died Wednesday morning at his home on West Neighbor St., following a three year illness due to a paralytic stroke at that time and another suffered last week.
Mr. Baker was born April 10, 1870 near Plainfield, his parents being John D. and Charlotte [Hawk] Baker. He was a member of the Plainfield M. P. Church. He had resided in Newcomerstown for many years and was an employee of the Jas. B. Clow plant for more than twenty-five years, until ill health forced his retirement, three years ago.
Surviving are one son, John Baker of Columbia, Pa.; a daughter, Mrs. Lola Fretague of Coshocton; one brother Lewis Baker of Plainfield and one sister, Mrs. Christine Latham of Coshocton. Three grandchildren also survive.
Funeral services will be held Friday at 2:30 from the Jones-Lydick Funeral Home conducted by Rev. J.C. Cotrill and interment will be made in the Plainfield Cemetery.
Inscription
There is no marker for James Riley Baker. Obituary, death certificate and family documents indicate he was buried at Plainfield. He is most likely buried in the plot owned by his parents or the one directly behind theirs, owned by his sister, Christina Baker Latham. His name is included on the marker for his second wife in Greenwich, Huron, Ohio.
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