Final Illness and Death
Bishop Baker was no longer able to take a public role in the work of the Church. Nevertheless, he continued to attend the various meetings and enjoyed them, up until a short time before his death.
Returning from worship one Sabbath, he fell helpless at the threshold of his home, but regained his strength for a time. The fatal stroke of paralysis came 8 December 1871. Bishop Baker lingered but a few days afterwards. He died 20 December 1871 in Concord, New Hampshire, aged fifty-nine years.
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