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Franklin H. Baker (Caldwell County, Kentucky, barkeeper, merchant, and retail dealer)

b. 1830?

Caldwell County, Kentucky, barkeeper, merchant, and retail dealer. Trigg County, Kentucky native. Married to Elizabeth "Bettie" Summer Baker in Caldwell County on January 26, 1858. Father of Robert Baker, Blanche Baker, and Johnny Reb Baker. Barkeeper in Trigg County in 1850. Merchant in Fredonia in 1860. Employed Charles Kinks as a merchant’s clerk in Fredonia in 1860. Owned one enslaved person in Fredonia in 1860. Retail Dealer in Fredonia in 1865.

Details

Sex
Male
Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 2, p. 362B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Fredonia, p. 150.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Caldwell County, Fredonia, p. 211B.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Crittenden County, District 2, p. 366B.

Internal Revenue Assessment Lists for Kentucky, 1862-1866 NARA RG 58, Microfilm Series M768, Roll 3, Caldwell County, Kentucky, 1865.

Kentucky Birth, Marriage and Death Records (1852-1910), KDLA, Frankfort, KY, Roll #994029, Caldwell County Marriage, p. 40.

Citation

Baker, Franklin H.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32204915 (November 12, 2026).

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