He became a scholar, for those days, and taught school and penmanship, being an expert with the old-fashioned goose quill
He married Margaret Critton (Critten) on June 25, 1846. Margaret was born about 1826 in Virginia. Her parents were William Critton and Mary Deaver.
Jefferson and Margaret's children included: William C. Baker (1847),
Mary Elizabeth Baker Rhynard (1849, married Francis Marion Rhynard),
Francis Marion Baker (1854, married Catherine Snyder),
John H. Baker (1856,),
George W. Baker (1857),
and an unnamed baby (1860).
In 1850 they were in Jackson Township, Shelby County, Ohio.
The family appeared in the 1860 census in Port Jefferson, Jackson Township, Shelby County, Ohio. The family consisted of Jefferson age 33, Margaret age 34, William age 13, Mary E. age 11, Francis M. age 6, John H., and George W. age 3. Jefferson was a farmer.
They remained in Port Jefferson during the Civil War and were still there in 1870. He was elected on the democratic ticket to the office of township trustee and also served as school director
Jefferson died on November 7, 1872 and Margaret died on January 2, 1882. They are buried together in Howell Cemetery in Montra, Jackson Township, Shelby County, Ohio with their son George and an unnamed infant.
Clark County, Ohio was formed March 1, 1817, from Champaign, Madison and Greene Counties. The first settlement was in 1796. The inhabitants of German Township were German Lutherans who came from Virginia.
The Miami Valley is in southwest Ohio. It includes parts of Montgomery, Greene, Preble, Clark, Miami, Darke, Champaign, Shelby, Logan, Butler, and Warren counties.
American pioneers migrated west to settle areas not previously inhabited by European Americans.
In 1607 the London Company established Virginia as the first permanent New World English colony.
