"Chas. K. Baker"
Co B 117th NY Vol
aged 93 years
Husband of Ellen B Baker
Father of Hanah, Jeremiah, James K. and Margarett
Utica Saturday Globe
March 25, 1916
NINETY-ONE YEARS A UTICAN
Charles K. Barker, Whose Birthday Was March 16, Was shot in the Civil War and Had Father and Grandsire in the War of 1812 Up at Sackets.
[The scanned in version of this article is very hard to read. Will add clips that are legible and pertinent]
"There were nine boys and one girl in the family of which Charles K. Baker was the infant., back in 1825. The oldest of them stood along the Eire canal bank, ________, and saw the first boat go through along about 1824, and Charles himself, we venture to say, was on hand when the first locomotive came puffing and snorting up the valley as far as Utica. He doesn't remember actually whether he was there or not, but then, a lot has transpired in 91 years, including getting shot in the war, and so many trains have come in and pulled out since the first one…."
"They got him through both legs and through his right arm down at Cold Harbor during some of the hottest fighting of the war, when they killed 10,000 men in 26 minutes. He was mustered out after three years of service in 1865. He served under _____ _______ and Col Rufus M. Daggett, and earned his honorable dishcarge. With the exception of his war days always he has lived in Utica."
"But there was nothing new about soldiering in the Baker family. His father and grandfather both served in the war of 1812. Old Grandsire Baker was killed in the service. Father, John K. Baker, who was a coppersmith by trade, was also a Great Lake Sailor and ended his days at Sackets Harbor. He is burried alongside the fort up there, not far from where the old ship _______ used to stand. You remember, the ship house if you ever put in any time up there …."
"The roll call of that family would make a father of these days despair, the way things in eat cost now. There were John and Christopher K., Jacob, Samuel, Elisabeth, William, James, Cornelius, and Charles."
"Their father was a native of Frankfort in Germany and came to this country when a lad with his father. Later he went back to Frankfort and served his apprenticeship as a coppersmith. Then he came back to Utica, where he practiced his craft until he set up a shop at Sackets and served his time on the lakes. He was 12 years foreman of O'Neil's shop in Utica and taught the craft to many in the trade today."
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Co B 117th NY Vol
aged 93 years
Husband of Ellen B Baker
Father of Hanah, Jeremiah, James K. and Margarett
Utica Saturday Globe
March 25, 1916
NINETY-ONE YEARS A UTICAN
Charles K. Barker, Whose Birthday Was March 16, Was shot in the Civil War and Had Father and Grandsire in the War of 1812 Up at Sackets.
[The scanned in version of this article is very hard to read. Will add clips that are legible and pertinent]
"There were nine boys and one girl in the family of which Charles K. Baker was the infant., back in 1825. The oldest of them stood along the Eire canal bank, ________, and saw the first boat go through along about 1824, and Charles himself, we venture to say, was on hand when the first locomotive came puffing and snorting up the valley as far as Utica. He doesn't remember actually whether he was there or not, but then, a lot has transpired in 91 years, including getting shot in the war, and so many trains have come in and pulled out since the first one…."
"They got him through both legs and through his right arm down at Cold Harbor during some of the hottest fighting of the war, when they killed 10,000 men in 26 minutes. He was mustered out after three years of service in 1865. He served under _____ _______ and Col Rufus M. Daggett, and earned his honorable dishcarge. With the exception of his war days always he has lived in Utica."
"But there was nothing new about soldiering in the Baker family. His father and grandfather both served in the war of 1812. Old Grandsire Baker was killed in the service. Father, John K. Baker, who was a coppersmith by trade, was also a Great Lake Sailor and ended his days at Sackets Harbor. He is burried alongside the fort up there, not far from where the old ship _______ used to stand. You remember, the ship house if you ever put in any time up there …."
"The roll call of that family would make a father of these days despair, the way things in eat cost now. There were John and Christopher K., Jacob, Samuel, Elisabeth, William, James, Cornelius, and Charles."
"Their father was a native of Frankfort in Germany and came to this country when a lad with his father. Later he went back to Frankfort and served his apprenticeship as a coppersmith. Then he came back to Utica, where he practiced his craft until he set up a shop at Sackets and served his time on the lakes. He was 12 years foreman of O'Neil's shop in Utica and taught the craft to many in the trade today."
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"Chas. K. Baker"
Co B 117th NY Vol
aged 93 years
Husband of Ellen B Baker
Father of Hanah, Jeremiah, James K. and Margarett
Utica Saturday Globe
March 25, 1916
NINETY-ONE YEARS A UTICAN
Charles K. Barker, Whose Birthday Was March 16, Was shot in the Civil War and Had Father and Grandsire in the War of 1812 Up at Sackets.
[The scanned in version of this article is very hard to read. Will add clips that are legible and pertinent]
"There were nine boys and one girl in the family of which Charles K. Baker was the infant., back in 1825. The oldest of them stood along the Eire canal bank, ________, and saw the first boat go through along about 1824, and Charles himself, we venture to say, was on hand when the first locomotive came puffing and snorting up the valley as far as Utica. He doesn't remember actually whether he was there or not, but then, a lot has transpired in 91 years, including getting shot in the war, and so many trains have come in and pulled out since the first one…."
"They got him through both legs and through his right arm down at Cold Harbor during some of the hottest fighting of the war, when they killed 10,000 men in 26 minutes. He was mustered out after three years of service in 1865. He served under _____ _______ and Col Rufus M. Daggett, and earned his honorable dishcarge. With the exception of his war days always he has lived in Utica."
"But there was nothing new about soldiering in the Baker family. His father and grandfather both served in the war of 1812. Old Grandsire Baker was killed in the service. Father, John K. Baker, who was a coppersmith by trade, was also a Great Lake Sailor and ended his days at Sackets Harbor. He is burried alongside the fort up there, not far from where the old ship _______ used to stand. You remember, the ship house if you ever put in any time up there …."
"The roll call of that family would make a father of these days despair, the way things in eat cost now. There were John and Christopher K., Jacob, Samuel, Elisabeth, William, James, Cornelius, and Charles."
"Their father was a native of Frankfort in Germany and came to this country when a lad with his father. Later he went back to Frankfort and served his apprenticeship as a coppersmith. Then he came back to Utica, where he practiced his craft until he set up a shop at Sackets and served his time on the lakes. He was 12 years foreman of O'Neil's shop in Utica and taught the craft to many in the trade today."
________________________
Co B 117th NY Vol
aged 93 years
Husband of Ellen B Baker
Father of Hanah, Jeremiah, James K. and Margarett
Utica Saturday Globe
March 25, 1916
NINETY-ONE YEARS A UTICAN
Charles K. Barker, Whose Birthday Was March 16, Was shot in the Civil War and Had Father and Grandsire in the War of 1812 Up at Sackets.
[The scanned in version of this article is very hard to read. Will add clips that are legible and pertinent]
"There were nine boys and one girl in the family of which Charles K. Baker was the infant., back in 1825. The oldest of them stood along the Eire canal bank, ________, and saw the first boat go through along about 1824, and Charles himself, we venture to say, was on hand when the first locomotive came puffing and snorting up the valley as far as Utica. He doesn't remember actually whether he was there or not, but then, a lot has transpired in 91 years, including getting shot in the war, and so many trains have come in and pulled out since the first one…."
"They got him through both legs and through his right arm down at Cold Harbor during some of the hottest fighting of the war, when they killed 10,000 men in 26 minutes. He was mustered out after three years of service in 1865. He served under _____ _______ and Col Rufus M. Daggett, and earned his honorable dishcarge. With the exception of his war days always he has lived in Utica."
"But there was nothing new about soldiering in the Baker family. His father and grandfather both served in the war of 1812. Old Grandsire Baker was killed in the service. Father, John K. Baker, who was a coppersmith by trade, was also a Great Lake Sailor and ended his days at Sackets Harbor. He is burried alongside the fort up there, not far from where the old ship _______ used to stand. You remember, the ship house if you ever put in any time up there …."
"The roll call of that family would make a father of these days despair, the way things in eat cost now. There were John and Christopher K., Jacob, Samuel, Elisabeth, William, James, Cornelius, and Charles."
"Their father was a native of Frankfort in Germany and came to this country when a lad with his father. Later he went back to Frankfort and served his apprenticeship as a coppersmith. Then he came back to Utica, where he practiced his craft until he set up a shop at Sackets and served his time on the lakes. He was 12 years foreman of O'Neil's shop in Utica and taught the craft to many in the trade today."
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