Civil War Veteran. Private, Vol. 2nd Maine Battery Light Artillery. Josiah, age 19, a farmer and resident of Avon, Maine, volunteered for three years of military service on December 16, 1863. He mustered into his unit at Lewiston, Maine on December 26th. Baker was 5 feet 7 inches tall, had blue eyes and light colored hair. He served a year before he was discharged for disability on December 18, 1864.
The census of 1850 had the Baker family at Chesterville, Maine. His father was a farmer. The clan was enumerated in Temple, Maine in 1860.
Josiah married his first wife, Louisa, and they were recorded in the 1870 census at Templeton, Massachusetts. He was a chair shop worker. Their children were Gertrude, 2, and Nettie, four months. They had a live-in domestic servant named Cordelia Taylor, age 23. Tragically, Nettie and his wife would both die later that year.
Josiah and Martha Fletcher wed in 1873. They had a daughter, Lottie, born in 1875 who died age four in 1879.
In 1880 Mr. Baker was out in Denver, Colorado. He was staying at the Pacific House and his occupation was stated to be an agent ( of what it did not say). That boarding house or hotel, at the time of the census, was residence to about one hundred people including the proprietor and wife. Josiah's wife, Martha, was back home here in Gardner living with her parents, Charles and Mary Fletcher. She was a cook.
This contributor believes the Gertrude Baker, 12, living with her uncle George W. Baker and his family at Templeton, Mass., in 1880, is Josiah's oldest child.
The Bakers could not be located in the 1900 census. It would have been nice to see since we never had a complete household list of his wife and children before they married. Three of their daughters' marriage certificates in Maine (1903 and 1906) list their parents' residence as Sanford, Maine. Two of those records again list Josiah Baker as an agent. [Really curious what he did for work? Insurance agent? Government agent?] In the census of 1910 Jennie and Josiah were counted at Sanford. No one else was living with them.
After his wife's death Josiah was up at the Togus, Maine veterans home from September 15, 1916 until March 29, 1917. His daughter, Ethelyn Roberts, of East Waterboro, Maine was his nearest relative. He had a long-standing issue with his left hip maybe since the war.
By 1920 he was living with his brother, Lemuel Baker, in Saint Cloud, Florida. Even though Josiah was seventy-five years old and probably retired that census taker finally put down what kind of agent he was - he somehow was involved in medicine. This still leaves some questions but it's better than nothing.
The census of 1850 had the Baker family at Chesterville, Maine. His father was a farmer. The clan was enumerated in Temple, Maine in 1860.
Josiah married his first wife, Louisa, and they were recorded in the 1870 census at Templeton, Massachusetts. He was a chair shop worker. Their children were Gertrude, 2, and Nettie, four months. They had a live-in domestic servant named Cordelia Taylor, age 23. Tragically, Nettie and his wife would both die later that year.
Josiah and Martha Fletcher wed in 1873. They had a daughter, Lottie, born in 1875 who died age four in 1879.
In 1880 Mr. Baker was out in Denver, Colorado. He was staying at the Pacific House and his occupation was stated to be an agent ( of what it did not say). That boarding house or hotel, at the time of the census, was residence to about one hundred people including the proprietor and wife. Josiah's wife, Martha, was back home here in Gardner living with her parents, Charles and Mary Fletcher. She was a cook.
This contributor believes the Gertrude Baker, 12, living with her uncle George W. Baker and his family at Templeton, Mass., in 1880, is Josiah's oldest child.
The Bakers could not be located in the 1900 census. It would have been nice to see since we never had a complete household list of his wife and children before they married. Three of their daughters' marriage certificates in Maine (1903 and 1906) list their parents' residence as Sanford, Maine. Two of those records again list Josiah Baker as an agent. [Really curious what he did for work? Insurance agent? Government agent?] In the census of 1910 Jennie and Josiah were counted at Sanford. No one else was living with them.
After his wife's death Josiah was up at the Togus, Maine veterans home from September 15, 1916 until March 29, 1917. His daughter, Ethelyn Roberts, of East Waterboro, Maine was his nearest relative. He had a long-standing issue with his left hip maybe since the war.
By 1920 he was living with his brother, Lemuel Baker, in Saint Cloud, Florida. Even though Josiah was seventy-five years old and probably retired that census taker finally put down what kind of agent he was - he somehow was involved in medicine. This still leaves some questions but it's better than nothing.
Civil War Veteran. Private, Vol. 2nd Maine Battery Light Artillery. Josiah, age 19, a farmer and resident of Avon, Maine, volunteered for three years of military service on December 16, 1863. He mustered into his unit at Lewiston, Maine on December 26th. Baker was 5 feet 7 inches tall, had blue eyes and light colored hair. He served a year before he was discharged for disability on December 18, 1864.
The census of 1850 had the Baker family at Chesterville, Maine. His father was a farmer. The clan was enumerated in Temple, Maine in 1860.
Josiah married his first wife, Louisa, and they were recorded in the 1870 census at Templeton, Massachusetts. He was a chair shop worker. Their children were Gertrude, 2, and Nettie, four months. They had a live-in domestic servant named Cordelia Taylor, age 23. Tragically, Nettie and his wife would both die later that year.
Josiah and Martha Fletcher wed in 1873. They had a daughter, Lottie, born in 1875 who died age four in 1879.
In 1880 Mr. Baker was out in Denver, Colorado. He was staying at the Pacific House and his occupation was stated to be an agent ( of what it did not say). That boarding house or hotel, at the time of the census, was residence to about one hundred people including the proprietor and wife. Josiah's wife, Martha, was back home here in Gardner living with her parents, Charles and Mary Fletcher. She was a cook.
This contributor believes the Gertrude Baker, 12, living with her uncle George W. Baker and his family at Templeton, Mass., in 1880, is Josiah's oldest child.
The Bakers could not be located in the 1900 census. It would have been nice to see since we never had a complete household list of his wife and children before they married. Three of their daughters' marriage certificates in Maine (1903 and 1906) list their parents' residence as Sanford, Maine. Two of those records again list Josiah Baker as an agent. [Really curious what he did for work? Insurance agent? Government agent?] In the census of 1910 Jennie and Josiah were counted at Sanford. No one else was living with them.
After his wife's death Josiah was up at the Togus, Maine veterans home from September 15, 1916 until March 29, 1917. His daughter, Ethelyn Roberts, of East Waterboro, Maine was his nearest relative. He had a long-standing issue with his left hip maybe since the war.
By 1920 he was living with his brother, Lemuel Baker, in Saint Cloud, Florida. Even though Josiah was seventy-five years old and probably retired that census taker finally put down what kind of agent he was - he somehow was involved in medicine. This still leaves some questions but it's better than nothing.
The census of 1850 had the Baker family at Chesterville, Maine. His father was a farmer. The clan was enumerated in Temple, Maine in 1860.
Josiah married his first wife, Louisa, and they were recorded in the 1870 census at Templeton, Massachusetts. He was a chair shop worker. Their children were Gertrude, 2, and Nettie, four months. They had a live-in domestic servant named Cordelia Taylor, age 23. Tragically, Nettie and his wife would both die later that year.
Josiah and Martha Fletcher wed in 1873. They had a daughter, Lottie, born in 1875 who died age four in 1879.
In 1880 Mr. Baker was out in Denver, Colorado. He was staying at the Pacific House and his occupation was stated to be an agent ( of what it did not say). That boarding house or hotel, at the time of the census, was residence to about one hundred people including the proprietor and wife. Josiah's wife, Martha, was back home here in Gardner living with her parents, Charles and Mary Fletcher. She was a cook.
This contributor believes the Gertrude Baker, 12, living with her uncle George W. Baker and his family at Templeton, Mass., in 1880, is Josiah's oldest child.
The Bakers could not be located in the 1900 census. It would have been nice to see since we never had a complete household list of his wife and children before they married. Three of their daughters' marriage certificates in Maine (1903 and 1906) list their parents' residence as Sanford, Maine. Two of those records again list Josiah Baker as an agent. [Really curious what he did for work? Insurance agent? Government agent?] In the census of 1910 Jennie and Josiah were counted at Sanford. No one else was living with them.
After his wife's death Josiah was up at the Togus, Maine veterans home from September 15, 1916 until March 29, 1917. His daughter, Ethelyn Roberts, of East Waterboro, Maine was his nearest relative. He had a long-standing issue with his left hip maybe since the war.
By 1920 he was living with his brother, Lemuel Baker, in Saint Cloud, Florida. Even though Josiah was seventy-five years old and probably retired that census taker finally put down what kind of agent he was - he somehow was involved in medicine. This still leaves some questions but it's better than nothing.
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