Newton Baker died of typhoid fever — the first death of an adult in his town.

The evidence

• “The First Death. — The first death of an adult to occur in the town was Newton Baker above alluded to, who laid down his life on September 19, 1839, the cause being typhoid fever.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/13-rock-county-ch07-town-histories.md, PDF p. 511

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources