Baker family papers
Collection — Folder: S0056
Identifier: S0056
Scope and Contents
This collection includes correspondence between Sarah (Price) Baker and Frances C. Baker during the Civil War, F.C. Baker’s travel and war journals, and some of Henry Baker’s papers on the Indiana Roadside Council.
Dates
- 1859-1864, 1961
Creator
- Baker family (Family)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Rare Books and Manuscripts, Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to Rare Books and Manuscripts.
Biographical Note
Francis C. Baker, also known as F.C. Baker, was born in New York in 1838. He relocated to Greene County, Indiana some time before 1850. F.C. Baker fought for the 59th Indiana Infantry, Company E, enlisting as a corporal on December 13, 1861. By the time of his discharge, July 17, 1865, he had been promoted to the rank of sergeant. He married Sarah Price on January 11, 1866 in Greene County, Indiana. Francis and Sarah Baker earned their living by farming. The Bakers had a grandson named Harry, born in 1893, whose papers comprise a portion of this collection. Harry Baker was a grocer in Worthington Township in Greene County, Indiana. Baker was active in the Indiana Roadside Council, serving as the Landscape Supervisor for the Crawfordsville District.
Source:
Ancestry Library. 1850 United States Census. 13 October 2005 .
Source:
Ancestry Library. 1850 United States Census. 13 October 2005 .
Extent
0.01 Cubic Feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
This collection is arranged by subject.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Rare Books and Manuscripts as a donation from Martha M. Baker during 1976.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing and finding aid completed by Benjamin Clark during October 2005. Finding aid revised by Edythe Huffman on 2015/11/09. EAD finding aid completed by Bethany Fiechter on 2018/05/09.
Creator
- Baker family (Family)
- Title
- Baker family papers
- Status
- Completed
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
Repository Details
Part of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Repository
Contact:
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
140 North Senate Avenue
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204 U.S.A.
317-232-3671
