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Personal data Hisen Frelang Baker 

• He was born on December 18, 1843 in Pike, KY.
• He died on June 4, 1907 in Ludington, Eau Claire, WI, he was 63 years old.
• A child of Eligah Baker and Sarah POLLY
• This information was last updated on June 20, 2011.

Household of Hisen Frelang Baker

(1) He is married to Rachel Ann "Dicey" MARCUM.

They got married on June 9, 1868 at Wamsleyville, Adams, OH, he was 24 years old.

Child(ren):

1. Celia Ann Baker  1869-????
2. William Edward Baker  1870-1931
3. Daniel Henry Baker  1871-1943
4. George Washington Baker  1871-1954
5. Sarah "Sadie" C. Baker  1875-1940
6. Nancy Ellen Baker  1874-????
7. Lee Ora Baker  1879-± 1895
8. James Kelly Baker  1881-1959
9. Thomas Andrew Baker  1883-1959
10. Shirden Albert Baker  1885-1960
11. Elijah Alfred Baker  1888-1965

(2) He is married to Mary MAYFIELD.

They got married about 1906 at Chehalis, Lewis, WA.

Child(ren):

1. Eugene Mayfield Baker  1907-

Notes about Hisen Frelang Baker

1 NUMB 2000506

June White [mailto:(XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)]
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I found Freling listed in the 1850 census with his mother and Elijah,
and also in the 1900 census in the same town as Henry. I thought the
pension application would say who Frelings father was, and then the
census showing them in Ludington would connect them as brothers.
William was there in Ludington in 1900 also, so a pension application
for him might also work. Thanks Robyn McGregor (XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)
===
In a message dated 10/19/2005 6:02:37 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
(XXXXX@XXXX.XXX) writes:
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I received Freeling's pension papers today and sat down to read them
for a few minutes. A few items jumped out at me and I wanted to
mention them to you. There was noted in the declaration page several
items that were interesting. Freeling gave as his enlistment location
something that looked like the mouth of "Granger Creek", but, as we
have discussed before, he joined in Pike County, probably either
somewhere in the Tug Valley area (there were no towns at that time in
the area) or at Pikeville. There is no Granger Creek in the area or
anywhere else in the region that I know of. The page in question is
dated 45 years after the date of Freeling's enlistment, so it is
likely that his memory could have been somewhat hazy. The date was
just three months before Freeling died. However, it is likely that
this was a very memorable moment in his life. He remembered the date
exactly (Dec. 27, 1862), indicating that it was important to him
(recall my comments about Eligah's death), but he may not have known
the name of the holler where he joined. He also stated that he was
born in Pike County in 1843 - also quite interesting since, if my
memory serves me correctly, Eligah was listed in the Perry County tax
rolls as late as 1835. I thought it was also pretty cool to see Ned
Baker witness the papers. Ned did not serve with the regiment and
was, from my research anyway, the only brother who did not serve.
===
I've incorporated the information from the pension record you sent me
into my Revised, Annotated Roster for the regiment and noted that
there is some other information that I got from some other sources
(see the entry below). Apparently, Freeling's injuries were due to
the premature explosion of a rifle cartridge. How the heck that
happened, I don't know. I'm not an expert on those things, but it
would be fairly hard to do. The prepared cartridges for their guns
would be basically paper packets (possibly waxed) that contained a
lead bullet and some gun powder. When the soldier got ready to use
it, he would tear off one end (usually with his teeth, pour the powder
into the open end of the gun barrel, place the paper over the open end
of the barrel, place the bullet on top of the paper and then ram the
paper patch and the bullet deep into the barrel with the rammer. He
would then right the gun, placing a small explosive cap on a "nipple"
near the trigger and hammer part of the gun, cock the hammer, aim the
gun, pull the trigger, which would then release the hammer, which
would strike that cap on the nipple, which would send some of its
"fire" into the breech end of the barrel, lighting up that powder the
soldier poured in earlier, creating some gasses that would push the
bullet out and at the target. I cannot imagine how Freeling managed
to get a cartridge to go off in his hands. Obviously, there had to be
some fire involved.
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Baker, Freeling Hisen, Private, Company H. Age 25. Born Dec. 18,
1843, in Pike Co., Ky., s/o Eligah and Sarah Polley Baker. Res. of
Tazewell (Buchanan) Co., Va., in 1850. Res. of Buchanan Co., Va., in
1860; 14 yo, poss. literate (however, would make his mark on co.
muster roll dated Feb. 28, 1863). Listed on rolls as absent sick on
June 30, 1864. First finger of one hand missing and first finger of
the other rendered useless after the accidental explosion of a rifle
cartridge he was holding. Mar. 1st Rachel Ann "Dicey" Markham, Apr.
9, 1868, in Adams Co., OH; 2nd Mary Mayfield. Res. of Burtrum, Todd
Co., MN., in 1890. Died at Ludington, Eau Claire, WI, on Jun. 4,
1907, after living for a while in Washington State.
===
Thanks, Robyn. Those papers were much appreciated and informative.
===
Robert M. Baker,
Historian for the 39th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, U.S. Volunteers,
(XXXXX@XXXX.XXX)
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1900 > WISCONSIN > EAU CLAIRE > LUDINGTON
Series: T623 Roll: 1788 Page: 282
BAKER HIRON 53 Oct 1847 M W WV WV WV
Rachel
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