Individual Details
Jasper Baker
(21 Aug 1883 - 14 Sep 1970)
The World War I draft registration of Jasper Baker show he was working for the L & N Railroad Company at Hazard, Perry Co., Kentucky. Next of kin was Myrtle Baker.
On the 1920 U. S. Census Precinct 10 Hazard City, Perry Co., Kentucky Jasper Baker appears with his wife Myrtle and children Roscoe, Ruth and Mildred. Jasper's occupation is unable to be read but works for the railroad. ED100, Page 14B. Taken the 8th & 9th of January.
On the 1930 U. S. Census Fayette, Sanpete Co., Utah, Jasper Baker appears with his children Ruth age 19, Roscoe age 21 and Mildred age 12. Jasper lists his marital status as married and having married at age 24. Jasper is a caretaker doing groundskeeping. Roscoe is a laborer in a gas works. Gas works is a guess as the entry is very hard to read.
Obituary from Salt Lake Tribune, Sept. 15, 1970, Page 27: Jasper Baker. Fayette---Sanpete County--Jasper Baker, 87, died Sept. 14, in a Gunnison hospital of natural causes. Born Aug. 21, 1883, Wooten, Ky., to Henderson and Barbara Cress Baker. Married Myrtle Johnson, Aug. 11, 1907, Farnston, Ky., she died March 4, 1924 [should be 1923]. Farmer, dairyman. Survivors, daughters Mrs. Ruth James, Fayette; Mrs. Paul (Mildred) Duggins, Fayette; 4 grandchildren; 9 great grandchildren; sister Sarah B. Hill, Fayette. Funeral Thursday 1 p.m. Fayette LDS Ward Chapel; Friends call Warren R. Jensen Mortuary, Gunnison, Wednesday 7-9 p.m.; Ruth James home Fayette, Thursday 3 hours prior to services. Burial Fayette Cemetery.
On the 1920 U. S. Census Precinct 10 Hazard City, Perry Co., Kentucky Jasper Baker appears with his wife Myrtle and children Roscoe, Ruth and Mildred. Jasper's occupation is unable to be read but works for the railroad. ED100, Page 14B. Taken the 8th & 9th of January.
On the 1930 U. S. Census Fayette, Sanpete Co., Utah, Jasper Baker appears with his children Ruth age 19, Roscoe age 21 and Mildred age 12. Jasper lists his marital status as married and having married at age 24. Jasper is a caretaker doing groundskeeping. Roscoe is a laborer in a gas works. Gas works is a guess as the entry is very hard to read.
Obituary from Salt Lake Tribune, Sept. 15, 1970, Page 27: Jasper Baker. Fayette---Sanpete County--Jasper Baker, 87, died Sept. 14, in a Gunnison hospital of natural causes. Born Aug. 21, 1883, Wooten, Ky., to Henderson and Barbara Cress Baker. Married Myrtle Johnson, Aug. 11, 1907, Farnston, Ky., she died March 4, 1924 [should be 1923]. Farmer, dairyman. Survivors, daughters Mrs. Ruth James, Fayette; Mrs. Paul (Mildred) Duggins, Fayette; 4 grandchildren; 9 great grandchildren; sister Sarah B. Hill, Fayette. Funeral Thursday 1 p.m. Fayette LDS Ward Chapel; Friends call Warren R. Jensen Mortuary, Gunnison, Wednesday 7-9 p.m.; Ruth James home Fayette, Thursday 3 hours prior to services. Burial Fayette Cemetery.
Events
| Birth | 21 Aug 1883 | Wooton, Leslie Co., Kentucky |  | ||
| Marriage | 12 Dec 1907 | Fariston, Laurel Co., Kentucky - Myrtle Johnston | | ||
| Death | 14 Sep 1970 | Fayette, Sanpete Co., Utah | | ||
| Burial | Fayette Cemetery, Fayette, Sanpete Co., Utah |
Families
| Spouse | Myrtle Johnston (1887 - 1923) |
| Child | Roscoe J. Baker (1908 - 1952) |
| Child | Ruth Elizabeth Baker (1911 - 2001) |
| Child | Mildred Baker (1917 - 2011) |
| Father | Henderson Baker (1828 - 1916) |
| Mother | Barbara Ellen Cress (1843 - 1938) |
| Sibling | Ransom Baker (1868 - 1944) |
| Sibling | Ella Jane Baker (1870 - 1965) |
| Sibling | Martha Baker (1873 - 1941) |
| Sibling | Mary Baker (1873 - 1911) |
| Sibling | Sarah Baker (1877 - 1974) |
| Sibling | Boyd Baker (1880 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Social Security Death Index.
2. Marriage License of Jasper Baker and Myrtle Johnson.
3. Salt Lake Tribune, Obituary of Jasper Baker (n.p: Sept. 15, 1970, n.d).
4. Marriage License of Jasper Baker and Myrtle Johnson, Page 385.
5. Social Security Death Index.
6. Ancestry.com World Tree Search.
7. Utah Limited Death Information.