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Robert Douglas Baker, Sr. (Trigg County, Kentucky, merchant and gentleman.)

b. 1823-12-16

Trigg County, Kentucky, merchant and gentleman. Kentucky native. Married to Cora Allen Baker in Franklin County, Kentucky, on November 27, 1850. Father of Francis Baker, Lucinda Baker, Cora C. Baker, Gertrude Baker, Robert D. Baker, Jr., and Joseph Baker. Merchant in Trigg County, Kentucky, in 1850. Gentleman in Trigg County in 1860. Co-owned twelve enslaved persons in Trigg County in 1860.

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Sex
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Race
White

Bibliography

Seventh Manuscript Census of the United States (1850), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, District 1, pp. 293A-B.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Cadiz, p. 187.

Eighth Manuscript Census of the United States (1860), Slave Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Cadiz, p. 391A.

Ninth Manuscript Census of the United States (1870), Population Schedules, Kentucky, Trigg County, Cadiz, p. 49A.

Kentucky Marriage Records, Madison County Courthouse, Richmond, Kentucky, Franklin County Marriages, Film 000266192, p. 158.

"Robert Douglas Baker Sr. (1823-1881)," Find A Grave, Memorial 100674365, accessed April 14, 2023, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/100674365.

Citation

Baker, Robert Douglas, Sr.. Accessed via the Civil War Governors of Kentucky Digital Documentary Edition, https://discovery.civilwargovernors.org/document/S32214039 (November 12, 2026).

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