It will be remembered that he was called away, two weeks since, by sickness in his family. He reached his home to find every member of his family sick, one of whom, his second daughter, aged about fifteen, expired on the first day of this month. General Baker was the only member of the family that was able to be present at the funeral. The bereavement was sudden and unexpected the General brings back with him evidences of sleepless vigils and painful anxieties. There was considerable improvement among the sick of his family, when he left to resume the cares of his office at Des Moines. – Des Moines Reg. 11th.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Friday Morning, March 14, 1862, p. 2
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