Individual Details

1940 Census. Joliet, Will Co, IL, Hh 26
Lived in Santonal, IL in 1935
Arthur Thomas, 46, Guard, Illinois Penitentiary
Maude, wife, 49
Wendlian Bishop, dau, 22, married, husband not in residence
James A. Bishop, grandson, age 1

Married Harold Eugene Sharp, 12 Apr 1941, Lincoln Co, MO. He died 14 Apr 1977, Clinton Co, IL

Strangely enough a descendant states the father of James A. "Bishop" as Fred Maynard Baker, who was married to Emogene Mahon, 17 May 1942. He is traced back to Bolin Baker, son of George Washington Baker - which would make us cousins re John "Renta" Baker.

Birth	20 Jan 1917	Sandoval, Marion County, Illinois
Death	4 Jan 2003	Breese, Clinton County, Illinois

Child

James Arthur Baker (1938 - 2001)

Father	Arthur Otto Thomas (1894 - 1969)
Mother	Lily Maude Hopkins (1891 - 1974)