Mrs. Harriet Baker

The body of Mrs. Harriet Baker of Denver was brought to Ft. Calhoun from Salt Lake City, Sept. 7, 1910 and placed beside her first husband, Mr. Briggs, who was buried here forty-two years ago.

There are also buried in this cemetery her father and mother, Elder Gilbert and wife, her brother, Thomas, and sister, Mrs. Runyan-Parker.

Baker died several years after they left here and is buried in Colorado.

Mrs. Baker was born in Bangor, New York about 1845 and came to Washington County over fifty years ago, was married to Baker in 1871 and afterwards lived for a time on part of the property now owned by John Landis.

Mrs. Baker leaves ten children, all married, two by her first husband and eight by her second.

Her body was brought back by her youngest daughter, Violet, who was a school girl here twelve years ago when a visitor at her uncle’s Thomas Gilbert’s.

The funeral was held in the Presbyterian Church, Rev. Hilkeman presiding and among other present were Mrs. Krinzer and daughter of Rockport. We did not well enough to attend the services.

W. H. Woods

Note: Since the actual death date was not given, the date she was brought to Ft. Calhoun was used.

~~~ Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society. Newspaper clippings on file in the Blair Public Library at Blair, Nebraska.~~~