Here is an obituary for my Great, Great Uncle Charles Samuel Baker.
I found a brief mention of the death of Charles Baker in the Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois "Effingham Republican" newspaper microfilms, dated June 26, 1913, number 2, page 4 of the newspaper.
A.J. Baker received word Tuesday evening that his son Chas. Baker was killed in the E. St. Louis Big Four switch yards.
Carl Pfister and Wm. Schaaf and wife went to E. St. Louis the same evening.
A.J. Baker was the father of Charles Samuel Baker.
A. J. Baker's full name was Andrew Jackson Baker.
William Schaaf's wife was the sister of Charles Samuel Baker and her name was Nellie F. Baker Schaaf.
Carl Pfister had married another sister of Charles Baker and her name was Anna Baker Pfister.
According to the 1900 Census records for Charles Baker's father, who was Andrew Jackson Baker, Charles Baker was living with his parents in Edgewood, Effingham County, Illinois.
In 1900 Charles Baker was listed as being 21 years old and was employed as a Brakeman.
Since the brief mention of Charles Baker's death said that he was killed in the East St. Louis Big Four Railroad switch yards, I have to assume that Charles Baker was employed as a railroad brakeman, possibly for the Big Four Railroad company.
The Big Four Railroad was composed of the following railroads; Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railways.
I looked up the job description for a railroad brakeman during the early days of the railroads when Charles Baker would have held this job.
Here is the information that I found about a railroad brakeman's job:
Once upon a time when there was no such thing as automatic air brakes on freight trains, the brakeman was the crewman responsible for setting a freight car's brakes individually,while the train was at speed, by using the available brake wheel.
As you may have guessed this was very dangerous work and what's worse, it had to be done in all types of weather; rain, snow, wind, you name it!
I found this railroad brakeman information on this website:
Link: https://www.american-rails.com/brakeman.html
I found a brief mention of the death of Charles Baker in the Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois "Effingham Republican" newspaper microfilms, dated June 26, 1913, number 2, page 4 of the newspaper.
A.J. Baker received word Tuesday evening that his son Chas. Baker was killed in the E. St. Louis Big Four switch yards.
Carl Pfister and Wm. Schaaf and wife went to E. St. Louis the same evening.
A.J. Baker was the father of Charles Samuel Baker.
A. J. Baker's full name was Andrew Jackson Baker.
William Schaaf's wife was the sister of Charles Samuel Baker and her name was Nellie F. Baker Schaaf.
Carl Pfister had married another sister of Charles Baker and her name was Anna Baker Pfister.
According to the 1900 Census records for Charles Baker's father, who was Andrew Jackson Baker, Charles Baker was living with his parents in Edgewood, Effingham County, Illinois.
In 1900 Charles Baker was listed as being 21 years old and was employed as a Brakeman.
Since the brief mention of Charles Baker's death said that he was killed in the East St. Louis Big Four Railroad switch yards, I have to assume that Charles Baker was employed as a railroad brakeman, possibly for the Big Four Railroad company.
The Big Four Railroad was composed of the following railroads; Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railways.
I looked up the job description for a railroad brakeman during the early days of the railroads when Charles Baker would have held this job.
Here is the information that I found about a railroad brakeman's job:
Once upon a time when there was no such thing as automatic air brakes on freight trains, the brakeman was the crewman responsible for setting a freight car's brakes individually,while the train was at speed, by using the available brake wheel.
As you may have guessed this was very dangerous work and what's worse, it had to be done in all types of weather; rain, snow, wind, you name it!
I found this railroad brakeman information on this website:
Link: https://www.american-rails.com/brakeman.html
Here is an obituary for my Great, Great Uncle Charles Samuel Baker.
I found a brief mention of the death of Charles Baker in the Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois "Effingham Republican" newspaper microfilms, dated June 26, 1913, number 2, page 4 of the newspaper.
A.J. Baker received word Tuesday evening that his son Chas. Baker was killed in the E. St. Louis Big Four switch yards.
Carl Pfister and Wm. Schaaf and wife went to E. St. Louis the same evening.
A.J. Baker was the father of Charles Samuel Baker.
A. J. Baker's full name was Andrew Jackson Baker.
William Schaaf's wife was the sister of Charles Samuel Baker and her name was Nellie F. Baker Schaaf.
Carl Pfister had married another sister of Charles Baker and her name was Anna Baker Pfister.
According to the 1900 Census records for Charles Baker's father, who was Andrew Jackson Baker, Charles Baker was living with his parents in Edgewood, Effingham County, Illinois.
In 1900 Charles Baker was listed as being 21 years old and was employed as a Brakeman.
Since the brief mention of Charles Baker's death said that he was killed in the East St. Louis Big Four Railroad switch yards, I have to assume that Charles Baker was employed as a railroad brakeman, possibly for the Big Four Railroad company.
The Big Four Railroad was composed of the following railroads; Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railways.
I looked up the job description for a railroad brakeman during the early days of the railroads when Charles Baker would have held this job.
Here is the information that I found about a railroad brakeman's job:
Once upon a time when there was no such thing as automatic air brakes on freight trains, the brakeman was the crewman responsible for setting a freight car's brakes individually,while the train was at speed, by using the available brake wheel.
As you may have guessed this was very dangerous work and what's worse, it had to be done in all types of weather; rain, snow, wind, you name it!
I found this railroad brakeman information on this website:
Link: https://www.american-rails.com/brakeman.html
I found a brief mention of the death of Charles Baker in the Effingham, Effingham County, Illinois "Effingham Republican" newspaper microfilms, dated June 26, 1913, number 2, page 4 of the newspaper.
A.J. Baker received word Tuesday evening that his son Chas. Baker was killed in the E. St. Louis Big Four switch yards.
Carl Pfister and Wm. Schaaf and wife went to E. St. Louis the same evening.
A.J. Baker was the father of Charles Samuel Baker.
A. J. Baker's full name was Andrew Jackson Baker.
William Schaaf's wife was the sister of Charles Samuel Baker and her name was Nellie F. Baker Schaaf.
Carl Pfister had married another sister of Charles Baker and her name was Anna Baker Pfister.
According to the 1900 Census records for Charles Baker's father, who was Andrew Jackson Baker, Charles Baker was living with his parents in Edgewood, Effingham County, Illinois.
In 1900 Charles Baker was listed as being 21 years old and was employed as a Brakeman.
Since the brief mention of Charles Baker's death said that he was killed in the East St. Louis Big Four Railroad switch yards, I have to assume that Charles Baker was employed as a railroad brakeman, possibly for the Big Four Railroad company.
The Big Four Railroad was composed of the following railroads; Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railways.
I looked up the job description for a railroad brakeman during the early days of the railroads when Charles Baker would have held this job.
Here is the information that I found about a railroad brakeman's job:
Once upon a time when there was no such thing as automatic air brakes on freight trains, the brakeman was the crewman responsible for setting a freight car's brakes individually,while the train was at speed, by using the available brake wheel.
As you may have guessed this was very dangerous work and what's worse, it had to be done in all types of weather; rain, snow, wind, you name it!
I found this railroad brakeman information on this website:
Link: https://www.american-rails.com/brakeman.html
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