George Baker

George Baker

*No Plaque located

*The List of Liberty Row Names indicates the possible original location of the plaque.

*No soldier photograph found in the following book: Doyle, A. C., Haulsee, W. M., Howe, F. G. Soldiers of the Great War. Washington, DC: Soldiers Record Publishing Company, 1920.

Birth: 9/10/1896, Port Gibson, Mississippi [an historic city known for its well-preserved antebellum architecture and the Union victory in the 1863 Battle of Port Gibson]

Address: 2355 E. 39th St. and 2387 E. 40th St., Cleveland, Ohio

Demographics: age 21 at draft registration; married; Black; native-born citizen; occupation Foundry Worker at American Steel & Wire Co., 1230 Marquette St., Cleveland, OH [dominant manufacturer of iron since the mid-19th century]; listed closest relative as Mrs. Cynthia Baker, Port Gibson, Mississippi

Appearance: Height medium, Build slender, Eyes black, Hair black

Marriage: 6/12/1918 at age 21 married for the first time to Irene Johnson [additional surnames include Ramsey, Baker and Getter], age 21, (1897-?), born Memphis, Tennessee, divorced from a previous marriage in 1913, parents William Johnson and Mannie Moore Johnson. No definitive additional information was found for her.

Draft Date/Enlistment Date/Rank: 6/5/1918; 9/24/1918; Private

Service Number: 3864530

Deployment: died prior to deployment

Action: 43 Co 11 Tng Bn 158 Dep Brig to death. Pvt. 

Death: October 11 or 12, 1918 (one month before the Armistice on November 11, 1918] at age 22 at Camp Sherman, Chillicothe, Ohio; cause of death Bronchopneumonia

Burial: Harvard Grove Cemetery, 6100 Lansing Ave., Cleveland, OH, Section 1 Lot 12 Tier 1 Grave 16 [no grave photo]

Next of Kin: Mrs. Irene Baker, wife, 6203 Central Ave., Cleveland, OH

Additional Information: Father: James Baker (1840-?), born Mississippi, occupation Farmer; Mother: Cynthia, aka Sinta, Macklin Baker (1862-?), per 1900 Census had 12 children of whom 10 were surviving, occupation Farm Laborer; Siblings: Harry Ellis (stepson) (1877-?); Patsie Baker (1878-?); William Baker (1880-?); Edward Baker (1882-?); Mattie Baker (1884-?); Rebecca Baker (1886-?); Annie Baker (1888-?); James Baker (1889-?); Mandie Baker (1891-?). Sibling list may be incomplete. No additional information due to the prevalence of the surname Baker and the paucity of genealogy information for Black Americans in the 19th and early 20th centuries.