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John Fain Baker

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John Fain Baker

Birth
Jefferson County, Tennessee, USA
Death
20 Aug 1928 (aged 86)
Hastings, Jefferson County, Oklahoma, USA
Burial
Hastings, Jefferson County, Oklahoma, USA GPS-Latitude: 34.2387021, Longitude: -98.1241959
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John Baker lost his right eye while serving in the Civil War. The oral history passed down is that he was laying down when a stack of rifles fell and one of the rifles hit him in the eye, which later became infected causing him to lose sight in that eye. (Member #46623093)
John Baker lost his right eye while serving in the Civil War. The oral history passed down is that he was laying down when a stack of rifles fell and one of the rifles hit him in the eye, which later became infected causing him to lose sight in that eye. (Member #46623093)

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JOHN F. BAKER
Oct 19, 1841
Aug 20, 1928
When the roll is
called up yonder
I'll be there.
BAKER



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