Fisher Ames Baker '59

THE uncle of George F. Baker had an interesting career. A summary of Fisher Ames Baker's life follows: The son of John and Patty (Ellis) Baker, he was born in Dedham, Massachusetts, February 8, 1837. Attended schools in Dedham; graduated from Dartmouth College A. B. 1859. Taught district-school and high- school in Sherborn, Massachusetts; read law in Albany, N. Y.

Served in the war of the Rebellion. Was commissioned for three years as Second Lieutenant, Company F, 18th Regiment, Massachusetts Volunteers, July 26, 1861; promoted First Lieutenant October 29, 1861; appointed Adjutant February 1, 1862; commissioned Lieutenant Colonel July 29, 1864. This Regiment was in the Army of the Potomac and he was in the following engagements: Siege of Yorktown, Peninsula Campaign, Second Bull Run, Antietam, Shepherdstown, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Rappahannock Station, Mine Run, Wilderness, Laurel Hill, Spottsyl- vania, Jericho Ford, Bethesda Church, Cold Harbor

and Siege of Petersburg. He was mustered out at expiration of term of service, September 2, 1864.

Married Catherine W. Fisher at Hadley, Massachusetts, May 25, 1869.

Alderman of Yonkers, N. Y.

Was an attorney for a great many large corporations, including the First National Bank of the City of New York; and was also a director of a great many large corporations.

He died at Yonkers, New York, May 1919. His nephew, George Fisher Baker, was his dearest friend. Their early love continued without abatement during their fifty-six years residence in New York, and only terminated with his death. His wife survived him. They had no children. He left, by a simple will, all of his property to his nephew, saying and knowing that he would hold it as a sacred trust for his wife and others. He requested that on his tomb be inscribed:

"A SOLDIER OF THE CIVIL WAR."