He married Eve (Eva) Kiblinger on March 16, 1789 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. She was born in 1772 and was the daughter of Johann Daniel Küblinger.
In 1792 and 1811 they bought some of the Pence family's land in Virginia.
Their children included:
Catherine Baker Taylor Loudenback (1790, married Charles Taylor and David Loudenback),
Susannah Baker Metz (1791, married Peter Metz),
Daniel Baker (1794),
Elizabeth Baker Rust (1796, married Abraham Rust),
Eve Baker Loudenback (1798, married Joseph Loudenback),
Mary Baker Vaunn (1800, married Henry Vaunn),
Veronica Baker (1802, married Henry Baker son of Henry Baker and Magdalene Miller),
Adam Baker (1804, married Susan Klinefelter),
Barbara Baker Jenkins (1805, married John Jenkins), John R. Baker (1807), Isaac Baker (1807, married Ann Showalter and Ann West),
Anna Baker Seitz (1812, married Andrew Seitz),
and Rebecca Baker (1814-1825).
At they time of the 1810 census, they were in Shenandoah County, Virginia. The household consisted of a man and a woman over 45, three girls and one boy between 10 and 15, and three girls and threee boys under ten.
The moved to Clark County Ohio in 1812 where they were among the early pioneers.
His will was filed on July 20, 1825 in Clark County. Rudolph died in 1831 in Clark County, Ohio. Eve died in 1842. They are buried together at Mt. Zion Cemetery, German Township, Clark 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.
In 1831 Page County, Virginia was
created from
Rockingham
and
Shenandoah
Counties. Originally it was part of Frederick County.
Many settlers in the Shenandoah Valley were Germans from Pennsylvania called the "Shenandoah Deitsch."
Shenandoah County, Virginia was established in 1772. It was originally Dunmore County.
In the War of 1812 (1812-1815) the United States declared war on England because of trade restrictions, impressment, and British support for Indian attacks. They signed the Treaty of Ghent on December 24, 1814 after reaching a stalemate.
