Asa Norman Baker

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Did not marry.

Asa Norman Baker— Asa Norman Baker, born November 25th, 1886; while hunting deer on the mountainside not far from his home was frozen December 4th, 1905, and brought home to his mother on the 6th instant— a block of ice; buried in Mendon cemetery. [Dr. Daniel B. Hill Richards, Hill Family History, (Magazine Printing Company, 1927) page 88]

Asa Norman Baker— Asa Norman Baker, son of Jarvis Young Baker and Rachel Richards, was born at Mendon, in the home of his grandfather John Kenny Richards, 25 November, 1886. He had his schooling in Mendon and later at the Utah Agricultural College at Logan, where he played football and became a strong six-foot-three athlete. He was expert in metal work and had a well-equipped blacksmith shop at home, where he did all types of welding and repairing farm tools. He was fond of hunting and was a true shot. He went into the mountains to hunt one cold day and did not return. His body was found by a searching party led by his brother Simon three days later on the topmost peak above Mendon. [Emma Baker Sorensen, compiler & Frederick Chester Sorensen, editor, Simon Baker and His Descendants (Utah Printing Company, 1964) page 613]

Asa Norman Baker— Young Baker Was Taken Sick — Young Asa Baker of Mendon who lost his life while out hunting last Monday, was taken ill, it seems, while in the mountains, and being pretty well exhausted anyway, was unable to get back to his horse. The searching party found that he had vomited several times, before lying down in the snow, and there was blood in the vomit. It is thought that the eating of snow caused this. The unfortunate young fellow apparently was temporarily incapacitated by this attack, and before he could recover, he froze to death. He was on his way home alright, and had come back about a mile and a half. In all probability he would have reached home safely but for the sudden attack of illness. He was a robust, healthy young man, but the journey he made was enough to wear down a giant. The snow was so deep that the searchers were compelled to alternate in breaking track, yet he had climbed through it all. No doubt his exertions caused great thirst and there being no water there he ate snow, causing thereby a stomach disorder. Funeral services over the remains will be held at Mendon on Monday at one o'clock p.m. The young man's name was Asa N. Baker, and he was the son of Rachel and Jarvis Y. Baker. He was born in Mendon on November 25, 1886. He was a sturdy honest, bright young fellow, generally liked in Mendon. His poor mother is distracted with grief. Less than a year ago another son met death in a railway accident, and she had not recovered form the effect of that tragedy when this one came upon her. [Newspaper Not Listed]