Abner Baker

Abner Baker was the half-brother of Dr. Harvey Baker. In 1865 he was taken from a jail by a mob and put to death, according to a brief 1877 family note in the Morristown Gazette. The note does not name the jail or say how the mob reached him, or whether the jailer or officers resisted or handed him over.

Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched

Reported by: Morristown Gazette (1877 news summary) (reporters).

Source

• The Morristown Gazette, March 7, 1877, page 2 The Morristown Gazette, March 7, 1877