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Michael Baker

Birth	:	15 Nov 1802 Dennis, Barnstable County, Massachusetts, USA
Death	:	31 Dec 1860 South Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial	:	South Dartmouth Cemetery, Dartmouth, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate	:	41.5936400, -70.9485200
Description	:	Death of the discoverer of "Baker's Island." Captain Michael Baker died at South Dartmouth, Massachusetts on the 31st ult. The commercial and agricultural world will long hold his name in grateful remembrance as the discoverer of guano on "New Nantucket," now called "Baker's Island." The discovery was on this wise: On board of the ship commanded by Captain Baker, in the year 1841, there was an orphan, named Warren Wilbur. This young man was fatally injured by falling from the look-out aloft, and his dying request of Capt. Baker, who watched over and cared for him as if he had been his own... Read More	Death of the discoverer of "Baker's Island." Captain Michael Baker died at South Dartmouth, Massachusetts on the 31st ult. The commercial and agricultural world will long hold his name in grateful remembrance as the discoverer of guano on "New Nantucket," now called "Baker's Island." The discovery was on this wise: On board of the ship commanded by Captain Baker, in the year 1841, there was an orphan, named Warren Wilbur. This young man was fatally injured by falling from the look-out aloft, and his dying request of Capt. Baker, who watched over and cared for him as if he had been his own son, was to bury him on land and not in the ocean. Capt. Baker promised to do so if possible, and being in the vicinity of Baker's Island, interred him there. In digging the grave he discovered what he then thought to be a most remarkable kind of soil, the dust of which so enveloped and choked the men that they were compelled to abandon the place first attempted, and choose another nearer the shore, where it was not so dry. Thus, while engaged in performing an act of kindness, which always characterized his life, sprang there up a business for thousands of ships, and the basis of food for millions of men. ...Richmond Virginia: Article 5 in: The Daily Dispatch: January 8, 1861. Richmond Dispatch. 4 pages. by Cowardin & Hammersley. Richmond. January 8, 1861.

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Michael Baker's memorial is located at: South Dartmouth Cemetery, Dartmouth, Bristol County, USA.
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Michael Baker death on 31 Dec 1860 in South Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, USA
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Latitude: 41.5936400
Longitude: -70.9485200

Family Members:

Parent

Deacon Archelaus Baker

(1767 - 1836)

Mahitable Chase Baker

(1767 - 1822)

Spouse

Lucy Warner Baker

(1806 - 1891)

Siblings

Rebecca Baker Baker

(1789 - 1872)

Deacon Anthony Baker

(1792 - 1881)

Gorham Baker

(1800 - 1840)

Children

(1831 - 1897)

(1834 - 1852)

(1838 - 1842)

(1847 - 1849)

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Nearby Cemetories:

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Coordinate: 41.5936400, -70.9485200

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Coordinate: 41.5912800, -70.9410100

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Coordinate: 41.6226273, -70.9497070

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Coordinate: 41.6215800, -70.9366800

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Coordinate: 41.5686100, -70.9761200

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Coordinate: 41.5613200, -70.9560200

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Coordinate: 41.5674800, -70.9766100

15. Apponagansett Friends Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5846000, -70.9922900

16. Almshouse Cemetery (Defunct)
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Coordinate: 41.6286400, -70.9659300

17. Griffin Street Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.6282300, -70.9226800

18. Pierce-Lewis Family Cemetery
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Coordinate: 41.5652900, -70.9873100

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Dartmouth, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6273300, -70.9794700

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Coordinate: 41.6319300, -70.9697400

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Coordinate: 41.6350630, -70.9236090

22. Smith Family Cemetery
Dartmouth, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5606900, -70.9910300

23. Saint Marys Cemetery
New Bedford, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.6391983, -70.9602966

24. Alderbrook Farm Cemetery
Dartmouth, Bristol County, USA
Coordinate: 41.5746769, -71.0060907