1840 - Born, GA
Father: Edward B. Baker (1792-)
Mother: Frances Jurdine (1810-)
08/12/1850 - Lived with his parents and sibs, McIntosh Co., GA (indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as Joseph B. Baker)
06/21/1860 - Medical student, Darien, McIntosh Co., GA (living with the family of Dr. Edward L. Baker and studying medicine under his preceptorship; indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as "Joseph R. L. Baker")
02/00/1861 - M.D. degree, Oglethorpe Medical College, Savannah, GA (from: Darien, GA)
07/15/1862 - Signed contract as an Acting Asst. Surgeon, Waynesville, GA, to perform the duties of a medical officer at Camp Spalding and Camp Clinch (near Kingston, GA)
07/15/1862 to 09/15/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Camp Spalding and Camp Clinch, GA
09/15/1862 to 01/15/1863 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, 3rd GA Battalion Cavalry, Lt. Co. l. Duncan, Lamont Clinch, Jr., Commanding
11/27/1862 - Married, Margaret Adelaide "Maggie" Taylor, Glynn Co., GA (1843-1912)
01/09/1863 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Mt. Pleasant, Glynn Co., GA
07/13/1863 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 05/19/1863
07/00/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th KY Infantry
10/21/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Hospital, Waynesville, Wayne Co., GA
11/23/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Abingdon, VA
- Asst. Surgeon, 2nd GA Hospital, Augusta, GA
07/02/1870 - Practiced medicine, Glynn Co., GA (lived with wife, Margaret A., and three children; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as Joseph B. L. Baker)
1876 - Health Officer, Darien, McIntosh Co., GA
09/00/1876 - Contracted yellow fever on Doboy Island, McIntosh Co., GA
09/26/1876 - Died of yellow fever, Darien, McIntosh Co., GA. "The doctor's illness was not of long duration, though he had been failing through overwork for some time. The deepest respect was paid to his memory, by the closing of all business houses in the city, by the large attendance at the church and the lengthened funeral train that followed his remains to the cemetery. As he was Port Physician the flags were also at half-mast . . . " (buried: Saint Andrews Cemetery, Darien, McIntosh Co.., GA; FindAGrave #92946697) [Sources of death and burial information: 1.) Statement of Dr. A. B. Lanier.
Report of the Georgia Board of Health, 1876, Appendix, p. 51; 2.) Darien Timber Gazette, Darien, GA, Sept. 29, 1876, p. 3.; 3.) "Cemeteries of McIntosh County, GA, copyright 2000, with written permission from the LAHS. ]
Tip (Backroads Traveler) and Jud McCranie provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
03/21/2013. Updated, 0702/2021.
Unpublished database.
Father: Edward B. Baker (1792-)
Mother: Frances Jurdine (1810-)
08/12/1850 - Lived with his parents and sibs, McIntosh Co., GA (indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as Joseph B. Baker)
06/21/1860 - Medical student, Darien, McIntosh Co., GA (living with the family of Dr. Edward L. Baker and studying medicine under his preceptorship; indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as "Joseph R. L. Baker")
02/00/1861 - M.D. degree, Oglethorpe Medical College, Savannah, GA (from: Darien, GA)
07/15/1862 - Signed contract as an Acting Asst. Surgeon, Waynesville, GA, to perform the duties of a medical officer at Camp Spalding and Camp Clinch (near Kingston, GA)
07/15/1862 to 09/15/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Camp Spalding and Camp Clinch, GA
09/15/1862 to 01/15/1863 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, 3rd GA Battalion Cavalry, Lt. Co. l. Duncan, Lamont Clinch, Jr., Commanding
11/27/1862 - Married, Margaret Adelaide "Maggie" Taylor, Glynn Co., GA (1843-1912)
01/09/1863 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Mt. Pleasant, Glynn Co., GA
07/13/1863 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 05/19/1863
07/00/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th KY Infantry
10/21/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Hospital, Waynesville, Wayne Co., GA
11/23/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Abingdon, VA
- Asst. Surgeon, 2nd GA Hospital, Augusta, GA
07/02/1870 - Practiced medicine, Glynn Co., GA (lived with wife, Margaret A., and three children; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as Joseph B. L. Baker)
1876 - Health Officer, Darien, McIntosh Co., GA
09/00/1876 - Contracted yellow fever on Doboy Island, McIntosh Co., GA
09/26/1876 - Died of yellow fever, Darien, McIntosh Co., GA. "The doctor's illness was not of long duration, though he had been failing through overwork for some time. The deepest respect was paid to his memory, by the closing of all business houses in the city, by the large attendance at the church and the lengthened funeral train that followed his remains to the cemetery. As he was Port Physician the flags were also at half-mast . . . " (buried: Saint Andrews Cemetery, Darien, McIntosh Co.., GA; FindAGrave #92946697) [Sources of death and burial information: 1.) Statement of Dr. A. B. Lanier.
Report of the Georgia Board of Health, 1876, Appendix, p. 51; 2.) Darien Timber Gazette, Darien, GA, Sept. 29, 1876, p. 3.; 3.) "Cemeteries of McIntosh County, GA, copyright 2000, with written permission from the LAHS. ]
Tip (Backroads Traveler) and Jud McCranie provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
03/21/2013. Updated, 0702/2021.
Unpublished database.
1840 - Born, GA
Father: Edward B. Baker (1792-)
Mother: Frances Jurdine (1810-)
08/12/1850 - Lived with his parents and sibs, McIntosh Co., GA (indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as Joseph B. Baker)
06/21/1860 - Medical student, Darien, McIntosh Co., GA (living with the family of Dr. Edward L. Baker and studying medicine under his preceptorship; indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as "Joseph R. L. Baker")
02/00/1861 - M.D. degree, Oglethorpe Medical College, Savannah, GA (from: Darien, GA)
07/15/1862 - Signed contract as an Acting Asst. Surgeon, Waynesville, GA, to perform the duties of a medical officer at Camp Spalding and Camp Clinch (near Kingston, GA)
07/15/1862 to 09/15/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Camp Spalding and Camp Clinch, GA
09/15/1862 to 01/15/1863 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, 3rd GA Battalion Cavalry, Lt. Co. l. Duncan, Lamont Clinch, Jr., Commanding
11/27/1862 - Married, Margaret Adelaide "Maggie" Taylor, Glynn Co., GA (1843-1912)
01/09/1863 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Mt. Pleasant, Glynn Co., GA
07/13/1863 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 05/19/1863
07/00/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th KY Infantry
10/21/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Hospital, Waynesville, Wayne Co., GA
11/23/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Abingdon, VA
- Asst. Surgeon, 2nd GA Hospital, Augusta, GA
07/02/1870 - Practiced medicine, Glynn Co., GA (lived with wife, Margaret A., and three children; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as Joseph B. L. Baker)
1876 - Health Officer, Darien, McIntosh Co., GA
09/00/1876 - Contracted yellow fever on Doboy Island, McIntosh Co., GA
09/26/1876 - Died of yellow fever, Darien, McIntosh Co., GA. "The doctor's illness was not of long duration, though he had been failing through overwork for some time. The deepest respect was paid to his memory, by the closing of all business houses in the city, by the large attendance at the church and the lengthened funeral train that followed his remains to the cemetery. As he was Port Physician the flags were also at half-mast . . . " (buried: Saint Andrews Cemetery, Darien, McIntosh Co.., GA; FindAGrave #92946697) [Sources of death and burial information: 1.) Statement of Dr. A. B. Lanier.
Report of the Georgia Board of Health, 1876, Appendix, p. 51; 2.) Darien Timber Gazette, Darien, GA, Sept. 29, 1876, p. 3.; 3.) "Cemeteries of McIntosh County, GA, copyright 2000, with written permission from the LAHS. ]
Tip (Backroads Traveler) and Jud McCranie provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
03/21/2013. Updated, 0702/2021.
Unpublished database.
Father: Edward B. Baker (1792-)
Mother: Frances Jurdine (1810-)
08/12/1850 - Lived with his parents and sibs, McIntosh Co., GA (indexed in the 1850 U. S. Census as Joseph B. Baker)
06/21/1860 - Medical student, Darien, McIntosh Co., GA (living with the family of Dr. Edward L. Baker and studying medicine under his preceptorship; indexed in the 1860 U.S. Census as "Joseph R. L. Baker")
02/00/1861 - M.D. degree, Oglethorpe Medical College, Savannah, GA (from: Darien, GA)
07/15/1862 - Signed contract as an Acting Asst. Surgeon, Waynesville, GA, to perform the duties of a medical officer at Camp Spalding and Camp Clinch (near Kingston, GA)
07/15/1862 to 09/15/1862 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Camp Spalding and Camp Clinch, GA
09/15/1862 to 01/15/1863 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, 3rd GA Battalion Cavalry, Lt. Co. l. Duncan, Lamont Clinch, Jr., Commanding
11/27/1862 - Married, Margaret Adelaide "Maggie" Taylor, Glynn Co., GA (1843-1912)
01/09/1863 - Acting Asst. Surgeon, Mt. Pleasant, Glynn Co., GA
07/13/1863 - Appointed Asst. Surgeon, Provisional Army of the Confederate States, to rank from 05/19/1863
07/00/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, 5th KY Infantry
10/21/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Hospital, Waynesville, Wayne Co., GA
11/23/1863 - Asst. Surgeon, Abingdon, VA
- Asst. Surgeon, 2nd GA Hospital, Augusta, GA
07/02/1870 - Practiced medicine, Glynn Co., GA (lived with wife, Margaret A., and three children; indexed in the 1870 U. S. Census as Joseph B. L. Baker)
1876 - Health Officer, Darien, McIntosh Co., GA
09/00/1876 - Contracted yellow fever on Doboy Island, McIntosh Co., GA
09/26/1876 - Died of yellow fever, Darien, McIntosh Co., GA. "The doctor's illness was not of long duration, though he had been failing through overwork for some time. The deepest respect was paid to his memory, by the closing of all business houses in the city, by the large attendance at the church and the lengthened funeral train that followed his remains to the cemetery. As he was Port Physician the flags were also at half-mast . . . " (buried: Saint Andrews Cemetery, Darien, McIntosh Co.., GA; FindAGrave #92946697) [Sources of death and burial information: 1.) Statement of Dr. A. B. Lanier.
Report of the Georgia Board of Health, 1876, Appendix, p. 51; 2.) Darien Timber Gazette, Darien, GA, Sept. 29, 1876, p. 3.; 3.) "Cemeteries of McIntosh County, GA, copyright 2000, with written permission from the LAHS. ]
Tip (Backroads Traveler) and Jud McCranie provided input to this biography.
This biographical sketch is from:
Hambrecht, F.T. & Koste, J.L., Biographical
register of physicians who served the
Confederacy in a medical capacity.
03/21/2013. Updated, 0702/2021.
Unpublished database.
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