MARY BAKER GRAVESITE
Located on US Route 4, northbound from the intersection with Route 127. Short distance on the left side of the road opposite Whittemore Road entrance, along a small, unmaintained lane & Route 4.
Data is from the study of tombstones by Priscilla Hammond in 1933.
Access is good, tombstone readable but broken, possible poison ivy in the area. Renovation shortly.
The following information on the Bakers was derived from the book History of Salisbury, NH by John Dearborn-
John Baker was born in Salisbury in 1793, son of Benjamin Baker of Bunker Hill fame. He practiced medicine in Salisbury from 1841-1851. His residence was a home located adjacent to the gravesite and still stands. He married Esther Town of Hillsboro (burial site unknown), and after her death, he married her sister Mary Town, who rests in this grave.
Mary Town passed away in January 1845, leaving one son from this marriage who moved to Nebraska.
Dr. Baker married again. His third wife was named Lydia, and he practiced lastly in New England in Lowell, Mass., before moving to Arkansas. One of his younger married sisters also resided in Arkansas (Little Rock).
The home was lastly in the name of Lydia Baker, presumably his third wife, until 1858. From preliminary research, it seems neither Dr.Baker nor his third wife remains or is buried in Salisbury, the solitary grave.