Military: CWR: Baker, John P. of interest in Somerset County, PA

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Baker, John P.

* Born 1833 
* Died Jan. 28, 1888 
* Buried in Samuels Cemetery 
* Private Co. B 53rd Regiment Pa. Infantry 
* Drafted
* Mustered in Oct. 15, 1862
* Age at enlistment - 32
* Absent wounded since May 12, 1864 
* Wounded at Spotsylvania May 12, 1864
* Private Co. K 171st Regiment Pa. Infantry 
* Mustered in Nov. 1, 1862
* Deserted Nov. 24, 1862 
* Invalid Pension: Applied Dec. 16, 1879, Application #324143, Certificate #
193112 or 193113
* Widows or Minor Pension: Application #419066, Certificate #359416
* NOTE: There is a difference in the certificate number for the invalid pension 
* NOTE: Pension through Co. K 171st lists a widow pension and through Co. B 53rd 
a Minor pension, both have the same number


SOURCE: 
* Veterans Card File 
* Muster Roster Co. B 
* Muster Roster Co. K
* Footnote.com [Lists death as Jan. 29, 1888 for company K
* Ancestry.com [Lists date of death as Jan. 28, 1888]
* Veterans Grave Registration [Lists him as buried in Berlin I. O. O. F. 
Cemetery, Berlin, Pa. NOTE: This info could be for John W. Baker]
* Somerset Past Vol. 10 No. 2 [Lists him as buried in Berlin I. O. O. F. 
Cemetery, Berlin, Pa. [NOTE: This info could be for John W. Baker]