On Apr 27, 1:22 pm, j_nsc...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> Possibly the right person:
>
> 1910 census
>
> Name: Beverly P Baker
> Age in 1910: 33 [? difficult to read second digit]
> [...]
> Birthplace: Kentucky
> Relation to Head of House: Head
> Father's Birth Place: Kentucky
> Mother's Birth Place: Kentucky
> Spouse's Name: Martha
> Home in 1910: Elkhorn, Leslie, Kentucky
> Marital Status: Married
> Race: White
> Gender: Male
> ["Occupation Laborer Odd Jobs"]
> [...]
> Household Members: Name Age
> Beverly P Baker 33 [?]
> Martha Baker 28
> Helen Baker 13
> Hoke Baker 12
> Florence Baker 11
> Balie Baker 3
> Blanche Baker 4
>
> 1900 census
>
> Name: Beverley Baker
> Home in 1900: Allen, Clay, Kentucky
> Age: 28
> Estimated Birth Year: abt 1872
> Birthplace: Kentucky
> Relation****p to head-of-house: Head
> Spouse's Name: Marthy
> Race: White
> Occupation: [Farmer]
> [...]
> Household Members: Name Age
> Beverley Baker 28
> Marthy Baker 20
> Ellen Baker 3
> Hoak Baker 1
>
> Kentucky Death Index
>
> Name: Beverley Baker
> Death Date: 15 Mar 1939
> Death Place: Perry
> Age: 066
> RESIDENCE: Hazard
> Volume: 17
> Certificate: 8386
>
> The Beverly Baker who was a nephew of Thomas M. "Bad Tom" Baker
> (1860-1899, of the feuding Bakers) was apparently a different,
> younger, person from the above man. However, "our" Bev might have been
> a cousin of Bad Tom. From the Mount Vernon _Signal_, 6/30/1899:
>
> "ATTEMPTED KILLING
> By Four Feet assassins Missed Shooting Beverly Baker and Edward
> Garrard,
> Near Manchester
> Barboursville, Ky: June 27--Some details have been received here of
> the
> attempted killing of Beverly Baker and Edward Garrard, near Manchester
> Saturday. Four shots were fired from bushes on a hill opposite
> Baker's
> house on Goose Creek. One lodged in the door jamb four feet from
> where
> Baker was sitting. Beverly is a cousin of Tom Baker.
> As Edward Garrard was en route from his home to his farm three
> strangers
> approached and asked him to take a drink of whisky. When he refused
> they
> said they would shoot him if he did not. Garrard was afraid the
> liquor
> might be poisoned and talked awhile regarding it, giving three of his
> farm
> hands time to overtake him which they did and the strangers
> disappeared.
> The Garrards are Baker sup****ters."
>
> Joseph Scott
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