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Baker, John Edwin

Male 1883 - 1922  (39 years)


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  • Headstones
    Baker,  John Edwin
    Baker, John Edwin
    Grave Location: G-16-8

  • Name Baker, John Edwin 
    Born 29 Apr 1883  Cloverbottom, Jackson, Kentucky Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    OCCU 1919  Farmington, Davis, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2
    Signal Maintainer on the Oregon Short Line 
    Buried Jun 1922  Farmington City Cemetery, Farmington, Davis, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  [3
    Cause of Death 20 Jun 1922  Farmington, Davis, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Hit by passenger train 
    Age: 39 
    Died 20 Jun 1922  Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  [4, 5
    Person ID I23468  Taylor
    Last Modified 8 Sep 2005 

    Family Johnson, Annie Mary,   b. 11 May 1887, Harplinge, Halland, Sweden Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Feb 1974, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years)  [6
    Married 18 Oct 1908  Pocatello, Oneida, Idaho Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Baker, Calvin Dee,   b. 12 Mar 1922, Farmington, Davis, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 07 Mar 1994, Layton, Davis, Utah Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years)  [Birth]
    Last Modified 8 Sep 2005 
    Family ID F8192  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S166] Davis County Clipper, (Utah Digital Newspapers), 1 (Reliability: 3), 30 May 1919.
      Farminton Fractions
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      Mr. and Mrs. John Baker are spending a few days with Mrs. Baker's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, at Randolph. Mr. Baker is the signal maintainer her on the Short Line.

    2. [S166] Davis County Clipper, (Utah Digital Newspapers), 1 (Reliability: 3), 07 Dec 1917.
      FARMINGTON
      ________

      John Baker, the new signal maintenance man on the Oregon Short Line, arrived here from Sage, Wyo., Friday. He succeeded Ernest Allen, who has been transferred to Pocatello.

    3. [S15] Cemeteries and Burial Databases, (State of Utah) (Reliability: 3).
      Name: Baker, John
      Birth Date: 0 0 1883
      Death Date: 20 June 1922
      Burial Date: 0 0 1922
      Cemetery: Farmington City Cemetery
      Source: Sexton Records / Grant
      Grave Location: G-16-8

    4. [S166] Davis County Clipper, (Utah Digital Newspapers), 1 (Reliability: 3), 30 Jun 1922.
      UNAVOIDABLE ACCIDENT IS VERDICT OF JURY
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      "Unavoidable accident" is the verdict rendered by the coroner's jury consisting of T.E. Winegar, J. S. Rrbuckle and George H. Stevens in the case of John E. Baker, signal maintainer of Farmington, who was instantly killed by a southbound passengar train at 10:45 o'clock Tuesday night of last week, on the curve south of Joseph T. Mabey's.
      The verdict reads as follows:
      "The said John C. Baker came to his death by being struck by an engine drawing train No. 30 at Woods Cross, June 20, about 10:45 p.m., and the death of said John E. Baker was an unavoidable accident so far as Engineer Blakemore was concerned."

    5. [S166] Davis County Clipper, (Utah Digital Newspapers), 1 (Reliability: 3), 23 Jun 1922.
      SIGNAL MAINTAINER AT FARMINGTON KILLED
      _________________________

      J. E. Baker of Farmington, Signal maintainer for the Oregon Short Line railroad, was instantly killed Tuesday night at 10:20 o’clock just north of the Centerville station, when the “speeder� he was driving was struck by a southbound passenger train. At the time he was killed the man was on duty in search of block signal trouble reported to him.
      Whether Baker did not hear the train approach of the passenger train, traveling in the same direction as himself, could not be ascertained. Engineer W. Blakemore did not see the “speeder� with its human freight until too close to stop and prevent the accident.
      The long range of the headlight is also believed to have deceived Baker as to the nearness of the train and led him to believe he could reach the point on the line where he was going before the train was near enough that he would have to take his vehicle from the rails. The train was in charge of Conductor W. J. Slater. Both the engineer and conductor are Salt Lake men.
      Baker had been in the service of the signal department of the Short Line for the past sixteen years, having worked nine years at Opal, Wyo., and the balance of the time at Farmington. He was credited with being one of the most efficient men in the service by local Signal Supervisor Haleen.
      Deceased was 39 years old.
      Surviving are a widow and six minor children, the oldest of which is 12 years; Mrs. Fannie Baker, Agnes, Viola, Sherd, John, James and Calvin, Seven brothers residing at Hamilton, O., and Cloverbottom, Ky. also survive the signalman.
      Funeral services will be held in the Farmington meeting house, this Saturday, at 2 p.m. and interment will take place in the Farmington cemetery.


    6. [S166] Davis County Clipper, (Utah Digital Newspapers) (Reliability: 3), 07 Jun 1918.
      Woman Frozen to Ground.

      During a cold snap last winter Mrs. John Baker of Downsville took a bucket of hot water and went into the yard to clean the concrete pavement. She splashed the water around and used the broom vigorously, when suddenly she realized she could not move. She made determined efforts to move her feet, and experienced a fearful cold chill as thoughts of paralysis flashed into her mind. She screamed loudy for help, and her husband, who came running, found her shoes were frozen to the pavement.
      With a vigorous jerk he yanked her loose, almost pulling her out of her shoes. It was a thankful wife he led into the house to warm her feet.