This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Baker, Short, Beck Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/wV.2ADI/971 Message Board Post: I recently received the Arkansas Certificate of Death for Franklin James Baker, born 8/13/1898 in Arkansas; died 2/20/1984 in Bald Knob, White County, AR. He was widowed; a retired carpenter; built homes. Father ASHLEY BAKER; Mother BERTHA SHORT; Informant GRANDLENE BECK of Bald Knob. Frank served in the Armed Forces. Burial was in West Point Cemetery, West Point, White Co., AR. I have found the following census data on Frank: 1900 White County, Arkansas, Clay Township, ED 139, 8 June 1900, pg.30/ 4B: 82/82 Short, Emma M, head, w, f, Sept 1866, 43, widow, 4 children/2 living, AR,Germany,Germany, Farmer " John W., son, w, m, Mar, 1885, 15, single, AR,AR,AR, farm laborer Baker, Birthy M., dau., w, f, Oct 1879, 20, divorced, 1 child/1 living, AR,AR,AR, farm laborer " Joseph F., g(rand)son, w, m, Aug 1898, 1, single, AR,AR,AR (Note: this probably should read James F.) 1910 White County, Arkansas, Clay Township, ED 153, 10 May 1910, pg. 49/10A: 7/7 Short, Emma M, head, f, w, 53, widow, 2 children/1 living, AR,GERMANY,Ger, farmer John W., son, m, w, 26, single, AR,AR,AR, Farm laborer Baker, Frank, grandson, w, m, 8, single, AR.AR,AR., Farm Laborer 1920 White County, Arkansas, Red River Township, Ed 174, 14 Jan 1920, pg 251A/7A (image 9): FM84/87 Baker, Frank, head, rents, m, w, 21, married reads/writes, AR,AR,AR Lovie, wife, f, w, 17, m, reads/writes, AR,AR,AR I have recently discovered quite a bit of information on ASHLEY BAKER, father of Frank Baker. He served in the Phillipine/American War and moved to Texas where he is buried and then Louisiana where he died. He reportedly married Alice Lenora "Lola Mae" Stephens in Erath Co., TX. in 1903. Am seeking information on ASHLEY'S father, CONWAY BAKER. He is said to have died in White Co., AR. about 1909 (At least I cannot locate him in the 1910 census records! Nor is he found in cemetery records.)