Baker, Alsworth bio

History of Fulton County, Illinois; together with Sketches of its Cities, Villages and Townships, Educational, Religious, Civil, Military, and Political History; Portraits of Prominent Persons and Biographies of Representative Citizens. Chas. C. Chapman & Co., Peoria, Illinois, 1879, page 470, Banner Township
Alsworth Baker was in the War of 1812. He served in the Black Hawk War, and when Black Hawk was taken he was sent to convey the news to General Scott near Galena. He started out horseback, and while camping on the prairie overnight his horse was scared by a deer and ran off. He was then left to trudge along on foot, which he manfully did, swimming the Fever River, and arriving safely before the General and delivered the dispatch.