Person:Jesse Baker (27)

Family 1348, Dwelling 1348

Jesse Baker
25
Male
Birthplace Unknown
Married within the year

Tamer[?] Baker
21
Female
Born in Tennessee
Cannot read and write

Joseph Baker
3
Male
Born in Illinois

Elizabeth Baker
2
Female
Born in Illinois

William Baker
4/12
Male
Born in Illinois

Census 1900 Baker Francis

11 June 1900
Sigel, Shelby, Illinois
Dwelling 90, Family 94

Jessey Baker
Head
White
Male
November 1823
76
Male
Married 41 years
Born in Illinois
Father born in North Carolina
Mother born in North Carolina
Farmer
Unemployed 0 months
Spoke English
Able to read and write
Owned farm free
30 on the farm schedule

Martha J. Baker
Wife
White
Female
July 1836
63
Married 41 years
Had given birth to 9 children, 4 living
Born in Tennessee
Both parents born in Tennessee
Spoke English
Not able to write
Able to read

Jessey J. Baker
Son
White
Male
Born May 1876
24
Married 2 years
Born in Illinois
Father born in Illinois
Mother born in Tennessee
Farm labor
Unemployed 0 months
Spoke English
Able to read and write

Fancy E. Baker
Daughter-in-law
White
Female
Born in December 1876
23
Married 2 years
Had given birth to 1 child, 1 living
Born in Illinois
Father born in Indiana
Mother born in Ohio
Spoke English
Able to read and write
Spoke English

Ralph L. Baker
Grandson
White
Male
Born October 1899
7/12
Single
Born in Illinois
Both parents born in Illinois

JUDGE JOSEPH BAKER. Many of the representative men of Moultrie County make their home in Sullivan and among them there is probably no one who is more thoroughly known or has a more general acquaintance through the county than the gentleman whose name appears at the head of this sketch. He is one of the pioneers of this region and for many years was a general farmer, stock-breeder and a buyer and seller of live stock. During the war he served the county as Associate Judge and has always been prominent in public affairs. He owns more than seven hundred acres lying within the limits of the city and his handsome home is located in the Northeastern part of the corporation. His farm of four hundred and seven acres adjoins the city and it is all either under the plow or in use as pasture land, being well stocked with the best grades of animals and being considered one of the best farms in the county. His other fine farm of two hundred and ninety-one and one-half acres, in another part of Sullivan Township is entirely in pasture, and is well watered by the Okaw River.

Mr. Baker has lived near the city of Sullivan since 1848 and began work here as a laborer for Dr. William Kellar in order to pay a bill which he owed the doctor for professional services. He was then a poor man and has gained his handsome property by his own efforts and enterprise. He waa born October 29, 1828, at the old Bland Homestead, on Sand Creek, Shelby County. His father. John A. Baker, a native of North Carolina, was a son of Joseph Baker who came to Kentucky while his son John A. was still a boy and settled in Allen County near Paducah and after some years (about 1826) the family removed to Shelby County, Ill., coming overland with teams and camping out along the way, being accompanied by the families of Mr. Wigger and Mr. Ledbetter.

The first location of this party was on Sand Creek, and the Baker family finally settled upon the Bland Homestead and began life as pioneers, and there where they first settled near Windsor, the wife of Joseph Baker died after she had spent a long and useful life. Her husband survived for a few years and died at the age of seventy-six. He had served in the Black Hawk War and enjoyed recounting his experience on the field of battle. They were members of the Christian Church and friends of Dr. Campbell and Mr. Stone. Joseph Baker was a Democrat in his political views and at an early date he was made Justice of the Peace in Shelby County.

John A. Baker, the father of our subject, was reared in Kentucky and there married Elizabeth Dillon who was born in the South and came of Irish stock. To them were born two children — Francis H. and Sarah F., who had their nativity in the Southern part of Illinois, before John and his wife came to Shelby County, and after coming here other children were added to their number. John Baker began as a poor man and turned the virgin prairie into a productive farm. He and his faithful wife were members of the Christian Church and universally beloved for their Christian faith and devotion. They died in old age, at Four Mile Grove. Of their eleven children seven are still living.

Our subject had not yet reached his majority when he came to this county, and here he was first married to Mary J. Brown who was born in Kentucky but reared here. She died while they were sojourning in Texas, leaving two children, John H. whose biography appears on another page of the Record and William A. now deceased. Mr. Baker married for his second wife Mrs. Nancy Kearney nee Duncan, a native of Indiana and the widow of Dr. Kearney by whom she had three sons — William A., Thomas H. and Amos T. By Mr. Baker she had two daughters — Sarah E. and Elizabeth A., the former being now Mrs. A. E. D. Scott of Fresno. Cal., and the latter, Mrs. David E. Dix, living in the same place. Mrs. Nancy Baker, the mother of these children died in Moultrie County in 1864, being then in the prime of life. The third marriage of Judge Baker united him with Miss Mary C. Miller who was born in Ohio and came to Illinois with her parents; Henry and Harriet Miller, who are both now deceased. They had given to their daughter a superior education and her natural abilities supplemented by the excellent training which she received have fitted her to shine in the social circles of Sullivan and have given her a broad influence with all who know her. She is the mother of four children, namely: Lucy May, a teacher in the public schools; Delia, a milliner; Rosa, a teacher and Zion F., all of whom are at home with their parents.

Portrait and Biographical Record of Shelby and Moultrie Counties, 1891 - p. 533/533

Transcription copyright 2003/2007, Moultrie County ILGenWeb/USGenWeb

Census 1870 Baker Jesse

24 June 1870
Big Spring, Shelby, Illinois
Dwelling 143; Family 147

Jesse Baker
46
Male
White
Farmer
Value of real estate: 19,200
Value of personal estate: 3343
Born in Illinois

Martha J. Baker
36
Female
White
House keeping
Born in Tennessee
Cannot write

Sarah E. Baker
22
Female
White
Born in Illinois

William F. Baker
20
Male
White
Teacher
Born in Illinois

James P. Baker
18
Male
White
Born in Illinois
Attended school within the year

Charles H. Baker
16
Male
White
Born in Illinois
Attended school within the year

Robert M. Baker
14
Male
White
Born in Illinois
Attended school within the year

Levi L. Baker
10
Male
White
Born in Illinois
Attended school within the year

Henry M. Baker
5
Male
White
Born in Illinois

George P. Baker
2
Male
White
Born in Illinois

Census 1880 Baker Jesse

14 June 1880
Big Spring, Shelby, Illinois
Dwelling 280, Family 285

Jesse Baker
White
Male
56
Married
Farmer
Born in Illinois
Father born in North Carolina
Mother born in North Carolina

Martha Baker
White
Female
44
Wife
Married
Keeps House
Born in Tennessee
Father born in Tennessee
Mother born in Tennessee

Levi Baker
White
Male
20
Son
Single
Farmer
Born in Illinois
Father born in Illinois
Mother born in Tennessee

George Baker
White
Male
12
Son
Single
Attended school within the year
Born in Illinois
Father born in Illinois
Mother born in Tennessee

Katie Baker
White
Female
9
Daughter
Single
Attended school within the year
Born in Illinois
Father born in Illinois
Mother born in Tennessee

Edward Baker
White
Male
6
Son
Single
Born in Illinois
Father born Illinois
Mother born in Tennessee

Jesse Baker, Jr.
White
Male
4
Son
Single
Attended school within the year
Born in Illinois
Father born in Illinois
Mother born in Tennessee

Mary Frieze
White
Female
19
Servant
Single
Domestic Servant
Born in Illinois
Father born in Germany
Mother born in Prussia