DIED ON THE TRAIN.
Sad Mission of Mrs. R. M. Baker, of London, Ky.
The southern railway train arriving in the city yesterday morning at 9 o'clock bore the body of R. M. Baker, one of the most prominent citizens of London, Ky., accompanied by his bereaved wife, with whom he had been spending the summer in southern points. Mr. Baker was consumptive, and had been through the south vainly seeking relief from the dread disease. Finding that he must die, he asked to be taken to his home, where he could pass away peacefully surrounded by his friends and relatives. Accordingly he started, accompanied by his wife, but they were barely a day on the road when grim death overtook the invalid, and yesterday morning the sorrowing wife brought the remains in the city. The body was left in the care of Undertaker Gillespie, and shipped last night to the home of the deceased in Kentucky. On the same train the wife left on her sad mission.
Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, Tennessee) 23 Nov 1894, Fri
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Son of Barton Russell Baker and Harriet “Hettie” Esther Chesnut. Rufus M. Baker married Nannie Brock on 10 Dec 1892 in Laurel County.
Marriage record:
Name: Rufus M. Baker
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Birth Date: abt 1869
Marriage Date: 10 Dec 1892
Marriage Place: Laurel, Kentucky, USA
Spouse: Nannie Brock
Film Number: 000965812
Death record:
Name R M Baker
Gender Male
Race White
Age 25
Record Type Death Registers (Death)
Birth Date 1869
Birth Place Kentucky, USA
Death Date 22 Nov 1894
Death Place Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA
Cause of death: Consumption
Burial: London, Kentucky
Sad Mission of Mrs. R. M. Baker, of London, Ky.
The southern railway train arriving in the city yesterday morning at 9 o'clock bore the body of R. M. Baker, one of the most prominent citizens of London, Ky., accompanied by his bereaved wife, with whom he had been spending the summer in southern points. Mr. Baker was consumptive, and had been through the south vainly seeking relief from the dread disease. Finding that he must die, he asked to be taken to his home, where he could pass away peacefully surrounded by his friends and relatives. Accordingly he started, accompanied by his wife, but they were barely a day on the road when grim death overtook the invalid, and yesterday morning the sorrowing wife brought the remains in the city. The body was left in the care of Undertaker Gillespie, and shipped last night to the home of the deceased in Kentucky. On the same train the wife left on her sad mission.
Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, Tennessee) 23 Nov 1894, Fri
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Son of Barton Russell Baker and Harriet “Hettie” Esther Chesnut. Rufus M. Baker married Nannie Brock on 10 Dec 1892 in Laurel County.
Marriage record:
Name: Rufus M. Baker
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Birth Date: abt 1869
Marriage Date: 10 Dec 1892
Marriage Place: Laurel, Kentucky, USA
Spouse: Nannie Brock
Film Number: 000965812
Death record:
Name R M Baker
Gender Male
Race White
Age 25
Record Type Death Registers (Death)
Birth Date 1869
Birth Place Kentucky, USA
Death Date 22 Nov 1894
Death Place Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA
Cause of death: Consumption
Burial: London, Kentucky
DIED ON THE TRAIN.
Sad Mission of Mrs. R. M. Baker, of London, Ky.
The southern railway train arriving in the city yesterday morning at 9 o'clock bore the body of R. M. Baker, one of the most prominent citizens of London, Ky., accompanied by his bereaved wife, with whom he had been spending the summer in southern points. Mr. Baker was consumptive, and had been through the south vainly seeking relief from the dread disease. Finding that he must die, he asked to be taken to his home, where he could pass away peacefully surrounded by his friends and relatives. Accordingly he started, accompanied by his wife, but they were barely a day on the road when grim death overtook the invalid, and yesterday morning the sorrowing wife brought the remains in the city. The body was left in the care of Undertaker Gillespie, and shipped last night to the home of the deceased in Kentucky. On the same train the wife left on her sad mission.
Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, Tennessee) 23 Nov 1894, Fri
_____
Son of Barton Russell Baker and Harriet “Hettie” Esther Chesnut. Rufus M. Baker married Nannie Brock on 10 Dec 1892 in Laurel County.
Marriage record:
Name: Rufus M. Baker
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Birth Date: abt 1869
Marriage Date: 10 Dec 1892
Marriage Place: Laurel, Kentucky, USA
Spouse: Nannie Brock
Film Number: 000965812
Death record:
Name R M Baker
Gender Male
Race White
Age 25
Record Type Death Registers (Death)
Birth Date 1869
Birth Place Kentucky, USA
Death Date 22 Nov 1894
Death Place Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA
Cause of death: Consumption
Burial: London, Kentucky
Sad Mission of Mrs. R. M. Baker, of London, Ky.
The southern railway train arriving in the city yesterday morning at 9 o'clock bore the body of R. M. Baker, one of the most prominent citizens of London, Ky., accompanied by his bereaved wife, with whom he had been spending the summer in southern points. Mr. Baker was consumptive, and had been through the south vainly seeking relief from the dread disease. Finding that he must die, he asked to be taken to his home, where he could pass away peacefully surrounded by his friends and relatives. Accordingly he started, accompanied by his wife, but they were barely a day on the road when grim death overtook the invalid, and yesterday morning the sorrowing wife brought the remains in the city. The body was left in the care of Undertaker Gillespie, and shipped last night to the home of the deceased in Kentucky. On the same train the wife left on her sad mission.
Chattanooga Daily Times (Chattanooga, Tennessee) 23 Nov 1894, Fri
_____
Son of Barton Russell Baker and Harriet “Hettie” Esther Chesnut. Rufus M. Baker married Nannie Brock on 10 Dec 1892 in Laurel County.
Marriage record:
Name: Rufus M. Baker
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Birth Date: abt 1869
Marriage Date: 10 Dec 1892
Marriage Place: Laurel, Kentucky, USA
Spouse: Nannie Brock
Film Number: 000965812
Death record:
Name R M Baker
Gender Male
Race White
Age 25
Record Type Death Registers (Death)
Birth Date 1869
Birth Place Kentucky, USA
Death Date 22 Nov 1894
Death Place Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee, USA
Cause of death: Consumption
Burial: London, Kentucky
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