"Father"
Contriuted by member #47618598-South Clark County South Dakota History 1976:
"Frank Baker Family author not known but typically a family member or really good neighbors.
The Baker family settled in Sec. 29, S. E. corner of Richland township. Frank and his brother, Ed came to Dakota in about 1890.
Blennie Young came to S. Dak. from Ohio to teach school. The first year she boarded and roomed at the Wm. Bronnans home, a half brother of her mother.
Frank and Blennie Baker were married February 13, 1896 in Ohio. The day they were married in Ohio, the house Frank had ready in Dakota to bring his bride home to, burned to the ground. So their first night in S. Dak. they slept on boards laid across saw horses in a vacant house belonging to Rudy Money. Franks brother Ed made his home most of the time with them. Ed and Frank Herbst started the 1st. store in Carpenter. Later he ran the Feed Mill where he lost one of his hands in an accident. He was also mgr. repair and maintence man of the Telephone System. He also played in the Carpenter Band.
Frank was a very community minded person. Blennie played the organ in the Methodist Church for years. Both were Sunday Schoolteachers.
Frank and Blennie had six children, identical twins Louise and Lucile born in 1897. The other children were Mildred, Marie, Margaret and Edgar.
After high school graduation in Clark the twins taught school in Logan consolidated school. Then when World War I started they joined the army and took nurses training during their service years. Laura Louise Baker, who graduated from Letterman branch of the school in 1921, established a reputation as an outstanding administrator. She served as assistant director of the American Red Cross Nursing Service for the Pacific area.
In 1948 she was named director of nurses at Children's Hospital of the East Bay in Oakland, a position she held until she retired in 1962. After retiring she and a sister lived in Europe for fourteen months. Her home in California was at Concord. Louise Baker died April 19, 1969.
Lucile married Ben Graves of Clark. They went to Wisc. where she was director of Public Health Nursing Service in Dane Co. Wisc. for 12 years. After an early retirement Ben and Lucile joined the Vista program and lived and worked on a Indian Reservation in Arizona. Following Ben's death, Lucile rejoined Vista, doing volunteer public health nursing. Lucile just retired a year ago and is now living in Minneapolis, Minn.
Mildred, Marie, and Margaret were all teachers, all were married and then quit teaching. After Margaret went to Calif. she took nurses training and became a nurse. Marie operated a beauty salon in Calif. until she retired.
After Franks death in 1926, Blennie and Edgar stayed on the farm a while then moved to Clark and later to California to make their home near the other girls. Edgar drove a U. S. Mail truck route until he retired. The Baker family were outstanding early settlers in Richland township. All the children are living at this time except Louise. All live in California except Mildred who lives with her husband in Pierpont, S. Dak. and Lucile in Minneapolis. Dennis Hofer now owns the Baker farm."
Contriuted by member #47618598-South Clark County South Dakota History 1976:
"Frank Baker Family author not known but typically a family member or really good neighbors.
The Baker family settled in Sec. 29, S. E. corner of Richland township. Frank and his brother, Ed came to Dakota in about 1890.
Blennie Young came to S. Dak. from Ohio to teach school. The first year she boarded and roomed at the Wm. Bronnans home, a half brother of her mother.
Frank and Blennie Baker were married February 13, 1896 in Ohio. The day they were married in Ohio, the house Frank had ready in Dakota to bring his bride home to, burned to the ground. So their first night in S. Dak. they slept on boards laid across saw horses in a vacant house belonging to Rudy Money. Franks brother Ed made his home most of the time with them. Ed and Frank Herbst started the 1st. store in Carpenter. Later he ran the Feed Mill where he lost one of his hands in an accident. He was also mgr. repair and maintence man of the Telephone System. He also played in the Carpenter Band.
Frank was a very community minded person. Blennie played the organ in the Methodist Church for years. Both were Sunday Schoolteachers.
Frank and Blennie had six children, identical twins Louise and Lucile born in 1897. The other children were Mildred, Marie, Margaret and Edgar.
After high school graduation in Clark the twins taught school in Logan consolidated school. Then when World War I started they joined the army and took nurses training during their service years. Laura Louise Baker, who graduated from Letterman branch of the school in 1921, established a reputation as an outstanding administrator. She served as assistant director of the American Red Cross Nursing Service for the Pacific area.
In 1948 she was named director of nurses at Children's Hospital of the East Bay in Oakland, a position she held until she retired in 1962. After retiring she and a sister lived in Europe for fourteen months. Her home in California was at Concord. Louise Baker died April 19, 1969.
Lucile married Ben Graves of Clark. They went to Wisc. where she was director of Public Health Nursing Service in Dane Co. Wisc. for 12 years. After an early retirement Ben and Lucile joined the Vista program and lived and worked on a Indian Reservation in Arizona. Following Ben's death, Lucile rejoined Vista, doing volunteer public health nursing. Lucile just retired a year ago and is now living in Minneapolis, Minn.
Mildred, Marie, and Margaret were all teachers, all were married and then quit teaching. After Margaret went to Calif. she took nurses training and became a nurse. Marie operated a beauty salon in Calif. until she retired.
After Franks death in 1926, Blennie and Edgar stayed on the farm a while then moved to Clark and later to California to make their home near the other girls. Edgar drove a U. S. Mail truck route until he retired. The Baker family were outstanding early settlers in Richland township. All the children are living at this time except Louise. All live in California except Mildred who lives with her husband in Pierpont, S. Dak. and Lucile in Minneapolis. Dennis Hofer now owns the Baker farm."
"Father"
Contriuted by member #47618598-South Clark County South Dakota History 1976:
"Frank Baker Family author not known but typically a family member or really good neighbors.
The Baker family settled in Sec. 29, S. E. corner of Richland township. Frank and his brother, Ed came to Dakota in about 1890.
Blennie Young came to S. Dak. from Ohio to teach school. The first year she boarded and roomed at the Wm. Bronnans home, a half brother of her mother.
Frank and Blennie Baker were married February 13, 1896 in Ohio. The day they were married in Ohio, the house Frank had ready in Dakota to bring his bride home to, burned to the ground. So their first night in S. Dak. they slept on boards laid across saw horses in a vacant house belonging to Rudy Money. Franks brother Ed made his home most of the time with them. Ed and Frank Herbst started the 1st. store in Carpenter. Later he ran the Feed Mill where he lost one of his hands in an accident. He was also mgr. repair and maintence man of the Telephone System. He also played in the Carpenter Band.
Frank was a very community minded person. Blennie played the organ in the Methodist Church for years. Both were Sunday Schoolteachers.
Frank and Blennie had six children, identical twins Louise and Lucile born in 1897. The other children were Mildred, Marie, Margaret and Edgar.
After high school graduation in Clark the twins taught school in Logan consolidated school. Then when World War I started they joined the army and took nurses training during their service years. Laura Louise Baker, who graduated from Letterman branch of the school in 1921, established a reputation as an outstanding administrator. She served as assistant director of the American Red Cross Nursing Service for the Pacific area.
In 1948 she was named director of nurses at Children's Hospital of the East Bay in Oakland, a position she held until she retired in 1962. After retiring she and a sister lived in Europe for fourteen months. Her home in California was at Concord. Louise Baker died April 19, 1969.
Lucile married Ben Graves of Clark. They went to Wisc. where she was director of Public Health Nursing Service in Dane Co. Wisc. for 12 years. After an early retirement Ben and Lucile joined the Vista program and lived and worked on a Indian Reservation in Arizona. Following Ben's death, Lucile rejoined Vista, doing volunteer public health nursing. Lucile just retired a year ago and is now living in Minneapolis, Minn.
Mildred, Marie, and Margaret were all teachers, all were married and then quit teaching. After Margaret went to Calif. she took nurses training and became a nurse. Marie operated a beauty salon in Calif. until she retired.
After Franks death in 1926, Blennie and Edgar stayed on the farm a while then moved to Clark and later to California to make their home near the other girls. Edgar drove a U. S. Mail truck route until he retired. The Baker family were outstanding early settlers in Richland township. All the children are living at this time except Louise. All live in California except Mildred who lives with her husband in Pierpont, S. Dak. and Lucile in Minneapolis. Dennis Hofer now owns the Baker farm."
Contriuted by member #47618598-South Clark County South Dakota History 1976:
"Frank Baker Family author not known but typically a family member or really good neighbors.
The Baker family settled in Sec. 29, S. E. corner of Richland township. Frank and his brother, Ed came to Dakota in about 1890.
Blennie Young came to S. Dak. from Ohio to teach school. The first year she boarded and roomed at the Wm. Bronnans home, a half brother of her mother.
Frank and Blennie Baker were married February 13, 1896 in Ohio. The day they were married in Ohio, the house Frank had ready in Dakota to bring his bride home to, burned to the ground. So their first night in S. Dak. they slept on boards laid across saw horses in a vacant house belonging to Rudy Money. Franks brother Ed made his home most of the time with them. Ed and Frank Herbst started the 1st. store in Carpenter. Later he ran the Feed Mill where he lost one of his hands in an accident. He was also mgr. repair and maintence man of the Telephone System. He also played in the Carpenter Band.
Frank was a very community minded person. Blennie played the organ in the Methodist Church for years. Both were Sunday Schoolteachers.
Frank and Blennie had six children, identical twins Louise and Lucile born in 1897. The other children were Mildred, Marie, Margaret and Edgar.
After high school graduation in Clark the twins taught school in Logan consolidated school. Then when World War I started they joined the army and took nurses training during their service years. Laura Louise Baker, who graduated from Letterman branch of the school in 1921, established a reputation as an outstanding administrator. She served as assistant director of the American Red Cross Nursing Service for the Pacific area.
In 1948 she was named director of nurses at Children's Hospital of the East Bay in Oakland, a position she held until she retired in 1962. After retiring she and a sister lived in Europe for fourteen months. Her home in California was at Concord. Louise Baker died April 19, 1969.
Lucile married Ben Graves of Clark. They went to Wisc. where she was director of Public Health Nursing Service in Dane Co. Wisc. for 12 years. After an early retirement Ben and Lucile joined the Vista program and lived and worked on a Indian Reservation in Arizona. Following Ben's death, Lucile rejoined Vista, doing volunteer public health nursing. Lucile just retired a year ago and is now living in Minneapolis, Minn.
Mildred, Marie, and Margaret were all teachers, all were married and then quit teaching. After Margaret went to Calif. she took nurses training and became a nurse. Marie operated a beauty salon in Calif. until she retired.
After Franks death in 1926, Blennie and Edgar stayed on the farm a while then moved to Clark and later to California to make their home near the other girls. Edgar drove a U. S. Mail truck route until he retired. The Baker family were outstanding early settlers in Richland township. All the children are living at this time except Louise. All live in California except Mildred who lives with her husband in Pierpont, S. Dak. and Lucile in Minneapolis. Dennis Hofer now owns the Baker farm."
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