Jefferson Baker
Jefferson Baker, deceased, was born in Clarke County, Ohio, in 1827. He was reared on a farm, and made farming his vocation through life. in 1845 he came with his mother, Elizabeth Baker (his father being dead), to Shelby County, and located on the farm in section 30, Jackson Township, now owned and occupied by his son, W. C. Baker, on which he passed the remainder of his days. In 1846 he married Miss Margaret Critten, then of Shelby County, but a native of Virginia, where she was born in October, 1826, and came to Shelby County with her parents in 1837. By this union he reared a family of four children, viz., William C., Mary E., Francis M., and John H. Mr. Baker died November 7, 1872. His companion survived him until January 2, 1882.
From History of Shelby County, Ohio; R. Sutton & Co, Philadelphia PA, 1883