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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 ["frederic+baker"+1913&source=bl&ots=qZPhER9Yot&sig=ACfU3U3PSr7dkY_BFAhMZPWxzIWVl10bFA&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjK_v6W-830AhUIjokEHa-KAxoQ6AF6BAgMEAM#v=onepage&q="frederic baker" 1913&f=false|The 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.