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Frederic Baker

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Born: November 30, 1830, Watertown

Died: June 15, 1913

Married: Frances Emma Steers

Children: Abigail (died in childhood)

Frederic Baker was the stepfather of [Graham Lake], in whose memory Baker Memorial Chapel was built. He operated a warehouse business in Manhattan.  He died at his home at 816 Fifth Avenue, Manhattan.  He owned a house on Jekyll Island, Georgia; a biography appears in [Jekyll Island Cottage Colony], pp. 53-62, June Hall McCash, U. Georgia Press, 1998.  U.S. President William McKinley stayed in the house for a few days in 1899.