Our American Family - Person Sheet
Our American Family - Person Sheet
NameTom Bazel BAKER 
Birth Date24 Dec 1887
Birth PlaceWhitley City, McCreary County, Kentucky
Death Date4 Jun 1939 Age: 51
Death PlaceWhitley City, McCreary County, Kentucky
Burial PlaceRockholds, Whitley County, Kentucky, William Meeks Johnson Cemetery
OccupationWWI Soldier KY. PVT. 50th INF. 20th Division, U. S. Army,
Spouses
Birth Date12 Mar 1901
Birth PlaceWhitley City, McCreary County, Kentucky
Death Date1959 Age: 57
Death PlaceWhitley City, McCreary County, Kentucky
Burial PlaceRockholds, Whitley County, Kentucky, William Meeks Johnson Cemetery
FatherSamuel JOHNSON (1862-1924)
MotherNancy D. “Nannie” HART (1879-1953)
Family ID9401
Marr Date11 Nov 1921
Marr PlaceRockholds, Whitley County, Kentucky
ChildrenHenry (1935-2022)
Notes for Tom Bazel BAKER
Tom is a son of Jim Matt Baker and Mary Bryant.
KY. PVT. 50th INF. 20th Division, U. S. Army, World War 1.
Note, The war ended during their training, the 20th Division did not go overseas.
It was demobilized in February 1919 at Camp Sevier, South Carolina. The Spanish Influenza outbreak decimated the regiment's ranks as well as those of the entire military installation. The entire camp was quarantined on September 23rd, 1918, until the outbreak subsided. Hundreds died from this outbreak
Husband of Ella Johnson. Father of Willie, Bill, Henry, Dora, Herbert, Ledford and Azalee Baker.
In an altercation with Leland Johnson over a pair of leggings before church, Leland shot Tom twice in the shoulder. Leland surrendered but appears to have not been charged.
Tom was shot and killed at the home of Sam Rickett on Meadow Creek.
Sam Rickett was supposed to have served 11 years in prison for the murder of Tom Baker. Despite getting 11 years for killing Tom Baker in 1939, Sam was out by 1945, living in Oldham County, Kentucky and had a draft card for WWII.
Note Sam Rickett is living with his parents in 1910 Rockholds, Whitley County, Kentucky.
Next door are the Gail Hart and Henry Gilbert Terrell households.
There are 4 unmarked graves next to Tom's.
On Find A Grave.
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KY. PVT. 50th INF. 20th Division, U. S. Army, World War 1.
Note, The war ended during their training, the 20th Division did not go overseas.
It was demobilized in February 1919 at Camp Sevier, South Carolina. The Spanish Influenza outbreak decimated the regiment's ranks as well as those of the entire military installation. The entire camp was quarantined on September 23rd, 1918, until the outbreak subsided. Hundreds died from this outbreak
Husband of Ella Johnson. Father of Willie, Bill, Henry, Dora, Herbert, Ledford and Azalee Baker.
In an altercation with Leland Johnson over a pair of leggings before church, Leland shot Tom twice in the shoulder. Leland surrendered but appears to have not been charged.
Tom was shot and killed at the home of Sam Rickett on Meadow Creek.
Sam Rickett was supposed to have served 11 years in prison for the murder of Tom Baker. Despite getting 11 years for killing Tom Baker in 1939, Sam was out by 1945, living in Oldham County, Kentucky and had a draft card for WWII.
Note Sam Rickett is living with his parents in 1910 Rockholds, Whitley County, Kentucky.
Next door are the Gail Hart and Henry Gilbert Terrell households.
There are 4 unmarked graves next to Tom's.
On Find A Grave.
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