Madison O. Baker, 10 North 52 West
Madison claimed 40 acres in section 35, 10N 52W in 1919.
January 1919 Padroni items "Several of the M. O. Baker family are ill with their annual colds."
February 1920 "M. O. Baker of Sydney spent Saturday in town, He informed us his folks were just out of quarantine for smallpox, all of them contracting the disease excepting his eldest daughter, Miss Ruth."
In 1920 Sidney, Madison is a railroad section foreman, with Ida M. both 34 born in Kentucky. Stanley R. is 16, Roscoe R. 14, Thelma 11, all three born in Nebraska, and Alice R. 8 in Wyoming.
1963 Parker, Colorado "Dr. and Mrs. Roscoe Baker spent two days at Sidney, Nebraska with Dr. Baker's parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. O. Baker. "
Madison Oliver Baker 1885-1970 is buried in Sidney # 113335226, with Ida May (Bates) Baker 1886-1982.
Roscoe Stanley Baker 1904-1997 died in Plymouth, Minnesota, # 123733826.
"Roscoe Stanley Baker was born May 9, 1904 in Holstein, Nebraska, the son of Madison Oliver and Ida May (Bates) Baker. He became a dentist.
He married Matilda Pauline Hansen and together lived in Lincoln and Sidney, Nebraska, then moved to Denver, Colorado and then to the Minneapolis, Minnesota area.
He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, two sisters, Ruth Krepela and Thelma Spearow, and a brother, Ulysses Baker."
Thelma Baker Spearow died Nov 29, 1996, buried in Sidney # 113310839, with Paul DanielSpearow dying 1970.
Ruby Ruth Baker Krepela is buried in Riverside County, 1905-1994 # 79246957.
Theodore Krepela 1902-1972 is also buried there # 51742660.