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Maj Walter Baker

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Maj Walter Baker

Birth
Dorchester, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Death
7 May 1852 (aged 59)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
Plot
Plot: Oak Ave, Rhodora Path, Lot 1430
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Son of Edmund Baker and his wife Sarah Howe. He was a chocolate manufacturer and merchant.

He graduated from Harvard in 1811. He practiced law in Litchfield, CT. During the War of 1812, he ran a successful woolen mill that failed when trade resumed with Great Britain. He joined his father maufactuering chocolate in Dorchester. --- New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1889, Vol 43, pg 288

Husband of Deborah Smith Mott. Married 10 Mar 1823 in Dorchester (intentions on 9 Feb 1823). His wife died while visiting London, England. --- Genealogies of the Early Settlers of Watertown (Waltham & Weston), Mass., Dr. Henry Bond, M.D., Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1855, Vol 2, pg 694

Children with first wife:

Walter Baker, 5 Jan 1827 –


Children with second wife:

Eleanor Williams Baker, 1841 – 1845
Anna Gurney Buxton Baker, 1843 – 1846
Robert Williams Baker, 1845 – 1846
Edith Baker, 1850 – 1854
Son of Edmund Baker and his wife Sarah Howe. He was a chocolate manufacturer and merchant.

He graduated from Harvard in 1811. He practiced law in Litchfield, CT. During the War of 1812, he ran a successful woolen mill that failed when trade resumed with Great Britain. He joined his father maufactuering chocolate in Dorchester. --- New England Historical and Genealogical Register, 1889, Vol 43, pg 288

Husband of Deborah Smith Mott. Married 10 Mar 1823 in Dorchester (intentions on 9 Feb 1823). His wife died while visiting London, England. --- Genealogies of the Early Settlers of Watertown (Waltham & Weston), Mass., Dr. Henry Bond, M.D., Little, Brown & Co., Boston, 1855, Vol 2, pg 694

Children with first wife:

Walter Baker, 5 Jan 1827 –


Children with second wife:

Eleanor Williams Baker, 1841 – 1845
Anna Gurney Buxton Baker, 1843 – 1846
Robert Williams Baker, 1845 – 1846
Edith Baker, 1850 – 1854


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  • Created by: Charles Baker
  • Added: Jul 29, 2012
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/94437238/walter-baker: accessed ), memorial page for Maj Walter Baker (28 Jun 1792–7 May 1852), Find a Grave Memorial ID 94437238, citing Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Charles Baker (contributor 47201082).