Isaiah Abednego Baker was a son of Abednego and Rachel Baker Baker of Lafayette Township, Coshocton County, Ohio. After returning home from his first enlistment with Company D, 16th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Isaiah married Nancy Jane Booth on September 11, 1862. Isaiah and Nancy had one child who died in infancy.
Toward the end of the war, Isaiah reenlisted in the 51st OVI Regiment, joining the same company as his brother John D Baker. Sadly Isaiah died on a troop train enroute from Victoria, Texas to Columbus, Ohio. His military service record describes him as "age 23 and by occupation a farmer. This soldier has blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion and is five feet 8 inches high."
Isaiah's widow Nancy applied for a pension on his record and received a monthly allotment until her death on 27 December 1912.
Toward the end of the war, Isaiah reenlisted in the 51st OVI Regiment, joining the same company as his brother John D Baker. Sadly Isaiah died on a troop train enroute from Victoria, Texas to Columbus, Ohio. His military service record describes him as "age 23 and by occupation a farmer. This soldier has blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion and is five feet 8 inches high."
Isaiah's widow Nancy applied for a pension on his record and received a monthly allotment until her death on 27 December 1912.
Isaiah Abednego Baker was a son of Abednego and Rachel Baker Baker of Lafayette Township, Coshocton County, Ohio. After returning home from his first enlistment with Company D, 16th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Isaiah married Nancy Jane Booth on September 11, 1862. Isaiah and Nancy had one child who died in infancy.
Toward the end of the war, Isaiah reenlisted in the 51st OVI Regiment, joining the same company as his brother John D Baker. Sadly Isaiah died on a troop train enroute from Victoria, Texas to Columbus, Ohio. His military service record describes him as "age 23 and by occupation a farmer. This soldier has blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion and is five feet 8 inches high."
Isaiah's widow Nancy applied for a pension on his record and received a monthly allotment until her death on 27 December 1912.
Toward the end of the war, Isaiah reenlisted in the 51st OVI Regiment, joining the same company as his brother John D Baker. Sadly Isaiah died on a troop train enroute from Victoria, Texas to Columbus, Ohio. His military service record describes him as "age 23 and by occupation a farmer. This soldier has blue eyes, light hair, fair complexion and is five feet 8 inches high."
Isaiah's widow Nancy applied for a pension on his record and received a monthly allotment until her death on 27 December 1912.
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Isaiah A Baker died October 26 1865 aged 23 y 11 m 20 d, Co H 51st Regt OVI.
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