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    1. The William Baker Family - Bosque County, TX
    2. This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Wilson, Roe, Roberson, Baker, Poe, Williams, Donald, Massey Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/JCC.2ACEB/9024 Message Board Post: I'm searching for information regarding William Baker, born <1835> in AL, who appears on the 1870 Federal Census in Bosque County, TX. The family included his wife, Melvina Barton b.<1839> and children: Twins, Emma & Mary b.<1856>, Ida Zelphia b. <1859>, Isaac b.<1862>, Bayless b.<1865>, & Ellen b.<1870>. The daughter, Ida, married George Wesley Wilson. They appear on the 1880 census 2 doors from her father and brother, Bayless. Ida and George had 3 children: Emma, Henry, and William Murray Wilson, my grandfather. After the death of George Wilson about 1892, Ida married M. Lee (Leroy) Baker on July 1896in Cleburne, TX. The 1900 Federal Census, Hood County, TX shows Ida as head of household and 4 children still living at home: William Murray Wilson (18) Zora Wilson(16) Nonnie Wilson and Luther Baker(2). The 1910 Federal Census, Cleburne, Johnson County, TX lists Ida as a widow and only her son, Luther (12) still living at home. Ida is buried in Cleburne, TX. William Murray Wilson married Mary Viola Roberson on 5 April 1903. They had 8 children and lived in Dallas, TX. The are both buried at Restland Memorial Cemetery in Dallas. Any addtional information on regarding this family would be appreciated.

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