Carl Thomas Baker 1883-1914

BAKER, THREEWIT, BARLOW

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 1/19/2011 at 23:44:51

Carl Thomas Baker Dies
Carl Thomas Baker was born in Butler county, Kansas, April 16, 1883 and died in Estherville, May 7, 1914, aged thirty-one years and twenty-one days. When he was but two years of age his parents moved to Linn county, Iowa, where they lived for some twelve years, when they again returned to Butler county, Kansas. Mr. Baker lived with his parents until about six years ago, when he moved to Oklahoma and filed on forty acres of land, where he lived until he had proved up on it.

On the twenty-second of December, 1911, he was married to Miss Ruby Threewit of Major county, Oklahoma. About two months ago Mr. Baker had a sale and moved his family to Estherville, where his half-brother, J. S. Barlow, and his brother, Will Baker, both lived.

He was sick when he arrived in Estherville and for several weeks his life hung in the balance. A few weeks ago he began to improve and his friends all hoped that he might still regain his health. During his long sickness he was always very hopeful of his recovery. A week ago Saturday he was taken worse and gradually sank, until ten minutes of twelve o’clock on Thursday night when the end came.

He was converted last June and since then has lived a good Christian life. He leaves to mourn his loss his living wife, who nursed him so lovingly and tenderly all through his long sickness, his one little child, one full brother and sister, and six half-brothers and two half-sisters.

Mr. Baker was a faithful member of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows for several years and although his membership was still in Oklahoma the local order looked after him all through his long sickness and had full charge of the funeral services and attended the services in a body.

The funeral services were held in the Union Baptist church at 2:30 Sunday afternoon conducted by Rev. J. Frederic Catlin, pastor of the church. The pall bearers were all members of the I.O.O.F. order and the Odd Fellows who marched to the cemetery in a body had full charge of the services at the grave, reading their impressive burial services. The body was laid to rest in Oak Hill cemetery. (Estherville Enterprise, Estherville, IA, May 13, 1914)