Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 137, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 December 1903 — Death of a Former Resident. [ARTICLE]

Death of a Former Resident.

J. N. Baker, of Barkley Tp., has received the intelligence of the death of his, only brother, Frank Baker, which occured at Taylorville, Alberta, in northwest Canada, on Nov. 26th, and he was buried there on Nov. 28th. Mr. Baker received a letter from him about two weeks ago, and in this he stated ‘he had been sick for a year, and ssked that some money left in bis brother’s care be sent to him, and this was done. Before this letter with the money could reach Frank he was taken with a stroke of paralysis and was unable to speak or move. v He was taken in charge by the Samaritan Sisters, a benevolent order, and cared for. It appears they knew he had relatives here but not any of their names, so they wrote to Postmaster Meyer, informing them of the facts, and he soon learned that he was a brother of J. N. Baker, as stated. Two letters came, in short succession, one giving the facts of his sickness, the other of his d§ath. Frank Baker lived in this county in his boyhood but went west about 16 years ago. He went to Utah dnd was there married. His

wife however was a Mormon in religious belief and this resulted in so much disagreement that they soon separated. He then went into Montana and acquired a large herd of sheep. While there he got lost in a fearful snow-storm and was terribly frozen and unconscious when found, and kept alive by his faithful dog, which lay upon his breast and thus prevented his freezing to death He was never well after this experience, and had a previous stroke of paralysis, probably as a result. He was back here about three years ago and stayed a year with his brother at that time. He did not leave any children.