Jack Baker, Betty Baker, Inez Baker, Pauline Baker, Nick Baker Sr., Garnett Baker and Lillian Baker
Nick Baker Sr. was born in Sept. 1922.
Thomas Jefferson Baker (my granddad), son of Alex Baker and Lucy (Haney) Baker, was born in 1882 in Carter County, Kentucky.
Tom’s first wife was a Jerden and she bore him 2 children, Rob and Hubert. His second wife bore him one son, Everette, and she died giving birth.
Tom then married Nora Wicker on December 3, 1917. Nora Wicker was the daughter of William M. Wicker and Millie (Davis) Wicker.
Nora's marriage to Tom was her third marriage. Nora's first marriage was to a Mr. Hayes and they had one child,
Wilma Hayes, who was raised by the Wicker Clan of Wicker Hollow off old hwy 60 near the Biggs Hill Cemetery. Nora's second marriage was to a Mr. Brammel
and they had one son, Charles Brammel.
Tom and Nora had eleven children: Garnet, Lillian, Inez, Betty, Pauline, Jack, Harlan, Tommy, Ernest, Nick (my dad),
and Manford who was killed in action aboard the battle ship USS South DakOta in World War II.
Nick Baker Sr., circa 1940's.
Nick Baker Sr., circa 1945
Submitted by Nick Baker