Syrus Holmes Baker (1839 - 1930)

Born 7 Jun 1839 in Charlotte, Eaton, Michigan, United States

Died 17 Feb 1930 at age 90 in Portland, Multnomah, Oregon, United States

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Biography

Sgt Syrus Baker served in the United States Civil War.
Enlisted: 1864
Mustered out: 1865
Side: USA
Regiment(s): Co D 3rd Regiment Colorado Cavalry

Nickname: the "Bloodless Third"

Military

Location: 'Colorado

Surname: Baker

mustered = Dec. 31, 1864

side = USA

regiment flag =

regiment name = Co F 3rd Regiment Colorado Cavalry

source: FOLD3 Index

AGE: 24

Occupation: Engineer

United States Civil War Soldiers Index

Name Syrus H Baker

Event Type Military Service

Military Beginning Rank Sgt.

Military Final Rank Sgt.

Military Side Union

State or Military Term Colorado Territory

Military Unit 3rd Regiment, Colorado Cavalry

Military Unit Note (100 Days, 1864.)

Military Company H

Affiliate Film Number 1

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THIS is Syrus H. with his family........

1850 Eaton, Eaton, Michigan

Age 11

Birth Year (Estimated) 1839

Birthplace Michigan

House Number 520

Elisha R Pierce M 47 Vermont

Samantha Pierce F 49 New York

Sally J Pierce F 15 Ohio

Revel B Pierce M 10 Ohio

Julia J Baker F 18 New York

Matilda A Baker F 17 New York

Squire H Baker M 11 Michigan

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Marriage

Spouse: Mary Loomis Lindsay

Date: 1884

Place: Livingston, Montana

Source: Military Hospital record

Divorced 1906

Children

Flora M. Baker born 1886

Montana, County Marriages

Name Franklin Frederick Fetterman

Event Date 22 Nov 1942

Event Place Butte, Silver Bow, Montana

Age 42

Birth Year (Estimated) 1900

Father's Name George A. Fetterman

Mother's Name Ida Mae Mason Fetterman

Spouse's Name Flora May Winsenberg

Spouse's Age 52

Spouse's Birth Year (Estimated) 1890

Spouse's Father's Name Syrus Holmes Baker

Spouse's Mother's Name Mary Loomis Lindsay

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California Great Registers

Name Syrus Holmes Baker

Event Type Voter Registration

Event Date 18 May 1909

Event Place 319 N Grant, San Joaquin, California, United States

Age 69

Birth Year (Estimated) 1840

Birthplace Michigan

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United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards

Name Syrus H Baker

Event Type Pension

Event Date 1907-1933

Event Place United States

Form Type Army Invalid

Death Date 17 Feb 1930

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Death

Burial at Lincoln Memorial Park, Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon

Woodland Lot 164 Space 3

Added by: Carolyn Arntson on 31 Oct 2020

" We are in process of getting a government issued headstone that will be installed at his burial site, hopefully in the next few months. Thanks! Contributor: Carolyn Arntson (47341873) •

Oregon Death Index

Name Syrus H. Baker

Event Date 17 Feb 1930

Event Place Multnomah, Oregon

Certificate Number 46

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Research Notes

Received an email

"Did you find an actual grave for Syrus at the Grand Army of the Republic Cemetery, Portland, Oregon?

Because his death announcement has him at Lincoln Memorial Park.

I have been to Lincoln and they have him in an unmarked grave purchased by my Great Grandmother at the back of the park." The sender, Windy Bolger (winmcwin com),

Requested f-a-g for a photo request Taylor-25258 14:34, 1 August 2018 (UTC)

Since we have an obit that states, "Commitment Lincoln Memorial Park." guess we will move the place of burial there. Unless, and until someone gets a photo of headstone. The cemeteries are 8.6 miles away from each other.

Sources

1. Descriptive card fold3
2. "United States Census, 1850," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MF8D-N73 : 12 April 2016), Squire H Baker in household of Elisha R Pierce, Eaton, Eaton, Michigan, United States; citing family 524, NARA microfilm publication M432 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
3. Death card fold3
4. Find A Grave: Memorial #185348242
5. "United States Veterans Administration Pension Payment Cards, 1907-1933," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6WL-N15 : 12 December 2014), Syrus H Baker, 1907-1933; citing NARA microfilm publication M850 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.); FHL microfilm 1,634,123.
6. "Oregon Death Index, 1903-1998," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZ4D-9H3 : 11 December 2014), Syrus H. Baker, 17 Feb 1930; from "Oregon, Death Index, 1898-2008," database and images, Ancestry (http://www.ancestry.com : 2000); citing Multnomah, Oregon, certificate number 46, Oregon State Archives and Records Center, Salem.
7. "California Great Registers, 1866-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VTXG-GKS : 4 August 2017), Syrus Holmes Baker, 18 May 1909; citing Voter Registration, 319 N Grant, San Joaquin, California, United States, county clerk offices, California; FHL microfilm 1,838,584.
8. "Montana, County Marriages, 1865-1950," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F3WL-9T9 : 21 September 2017), Syrus Holmes Baker in entry for Franklin Frederick Fetterman and Flora May Winsenberg, 22 Nov 1942; citing Marriage, Butte, Silver Bow, Montana, county courthouses, Montana; FHL microfilm 1,939,686.