William and Elizabeth's children included:
Daniel Baker (1838, died at age 19),
Jonah Baker (1840, died at age 2),
Sarah Jane Baker Hartman (1841, married Peter Hartman),
Mary E. Baker Wagner (1845),
Margaret Ann Baker Gilfillen (1849, married William E. Gifillen),
Allen G. Baker (1852),
Martin A. Baker,
and Lewis William Baker (1859, married Julia A. Booze).
In 1842 they moved to Perry Township, Shelby County, Ohio. They were democrats and members of the Baptist church.
The family appeared in the 1850 census in Salem Township, Shelby County, Ohio. The household consisted of William age 34 who was a farmer, Elizabeth age 31, Daniel L. G. Baker age 12, Sarah Jane Baker age 9, Mary E. Baker age 3, and Margaret Ann Baker age 1. The children were all born in Ohio.
William and Elizabeth appeared in the 1880 census in Perry Township Shelby County, Ohio. William was 64 and a farmer, Elizabeth was 60.
Elizabeth died on June 18, 1905 and William followed on October 2, 1905. They are buried in Glen Cemetery, Salem Township, Shelby County, Ohio.
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 first Europeans settled in the Northwest Territory in 1788. Migrants came from New York and New England. Ohio was admitted to the Union as the 17th state on March 1, 1803.
