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Mrs. Matilda E. Baker
First wife of Governor Conrad Baker
03 Mar 1818 - 04 Nov 1855Section 12, Lot 50, Grave 5
Oak Hill Cemetery, Evansville, Indiana
Note that of the three white grave markers in the foreground, the one is different in two ways: shape & style is different and the inscriptions face in different directions. I have yet to see another marker with the title of "Mrs." on it. To me, this is very unusual. We have discovered that this is her footstone. According to the cemetery burial record (online) she died on 04 Nov 1855 (37 years, 8 months & 1 day).
These are facing East with the one on the left being for Louisa Matilda Baker Section 12 Lot 49 Grave 8. She was 31 years old at the time of her death on 25 Jun 1875. Her burial record states that she died in Indianapolis, Indiana. The grave on the right is almost completely unreadable; however, I believe this is the grave of Mary Baker Section 12 Lot 50 Grave 4 which should place this grave adjacent to Mrs. Matilda E. Baker. Mary Baker was 35 years old at the time of her death in Mar 1884.
- Submitted by JGWest
Photos taken by JGWest
Photos taken by JGWest
[Tombstone Thursday is dedicated in memory of Donald G. West 1952-2000]
