Lawson W. Baker, Jr., died Thursday from the effects of rheumatism, contracted while he was serving Uncle Sam in Cuba. He was a member of Co. M, of the Eighth Illinois colored regiment. He was 24 years of age.
(Lawson Baker married Melvina Gibson on 13 Dec 1871, in Alexander Co., Ill. One marker in Cairo City Cemetery near Villa Ridge reads: Lawson son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Baker Born Nov. 28, 1870 Died Nov. 1, 1899. Sources: The Cairo Citizen, Darrel Dexter
(Lawson Baker married Melvina Gibson on 13 Dec 1871, in Alexander Co., Ill. One marker in Cairo City Cemetery near Villa Ridge reads: Lawson son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Baker Born Nov. 28, 1870 Died Nov. 1, 1899. Sources: The Cairo Citizen, Darrel Dexter
Lawson W. Baker, Jr., died Thursday from the effects of rheumatism, contracted while he was serving Uncle Sam in Cuba. He was a member of Co. M, of the Eighth Illinois colored regiment. He was 24 years of age.
(Lawson Baker married Melvina Gibson on 13 Dec 1871, in Alexander Co., Ill. One marker in Cairo City Cemetery near Villa Ridge reads: Lawson son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Baker Born Nov. 28, 1870 Died Nov. 1, 1899. Sources: The Cairo Citizen, Darrel Dexter
(Lawson Baker married Melvina Gibson on 13 Dec 1871, in Alexander Co., Ill. One marker in Cairo City Cemetery near Villa Ridge reads: Lawson son of Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Baker Born Nov. 28, 1870 Died Nov. 1, 1899. Sources: The Cairo Citizen, Darrel Dexter
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