Life and trial of Dr. Abner Baker, Jr : (a monomaniac), who was executed October 3, 1845, for the alleged murder of his brother-in-law, Daniel Bates : including letters and petitions in favor of a pardon, and narrative of the circumstances attending his execution, etc. etc. / by C.W. Crozier ; trial and evidence by A.R. M'Kee.

  • Crozier, C. W.
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1846
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Credit: Life and trial of Dr. Abner Baker, Jr : (a monomaniac), who was executed October 3, 1845, for the alleged murder of his brother-in-law, Daniel Bates : including letters and petitions in favor of a pardon, and narrative of the circumstances attending his execution, etc. etc. / by C.W. Crozier ; trial and evidence by A.R. M'Kee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    LIFE DR. ABNERBAKER Dr. Abner Baker, the subject of this memoir, aged thirty-two years the 26th March, 1815, was the youngest son of Capt. A. Baker, (now of Lancaster, Kentucky,) by his first wife—his present wife, the sister of Gov. R. P. Letcher, having no children. Abner Baker, sen., the father of Dr. A. Baker, resided some twenty-five years in Clay county. And, during a great part of this period, the people of the county had the character of being lawless and immoral, and indulging in every species of vice that their imaginations could sug- gest. Capt. Baker, from his position in society, his occupation and business, had frequent occasion to give his counsel and advice in pre- venting scenes of strife and contention. And, as he was Clerk of both Courts, with the aid of some of his respectable neighbors, he was en. abled, in some degree, to establish law and order in that community. And he has often, in part for this purpose, invited and procured min- isters of the gospel of different denominations to visit that county, that the people might be admonished of their immoralities and disso lute habits. His house was the home and the resort of ministers of every denomination who visited the county. Capt. A. Baker, the fa- ther of Dr. A. Baker, Ind a large family—six sons and eight daugh- ters— all of them arrived at the age of maturity. The parents were pious, and felt the importance and duty of giving their children at an early age religious and moral instruction—the father observing the privilege and christian duty of attending and continuing regularly family worship a number of years before he made a public profession of religion. The parents of Dr. A. Baker were kind, affectionate, and exemplary in their conduct, and their children were dutiful, obe- dient and respectful. Few families have enjoyed more peace and harmony—none, perhaps, more kind and affectionate. The step- mother was so indulgent and remarkably affectionate, that none could discover that she was not the natural mother. No difficulties had ever occurred to mar this feeling. Many of their numerous friends and acquaintances have observed and often remarked that peaceful and kind disposition, which existed and continued between