CONFEDERATE BIOGRAPHY: JAMES L. S. BAKER - Smith County, TX

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TEXANS WHO WORE THE GRAY by Sid S. Johnson

JAMES L. S. BAKER.

James L. S. Baker was born in Georgia 1830 and removed to Texas in 1847.  
Enlisted in Martin V. Smith's company at Starville, Texas, and served 
with the Trans-Mississippi Army until the surrender in 1865. He was 
placed in the old Regiment of Gen. Randall and was with that brave 
commander when killed.  He was at Mansfield and Pleasant Hill and 
participated in the campaign and battles of his com­mand. He was 
married three times; first marriage was with Miss Ann McDougal in 1851; 
the second, Mrs. Stinson; third, Miss Julia Mullins, who survives him.  
He was a prominent farmer, a leading citizen and a christian gentleman. 
He has been dead several years.